Adjuvant platinum versus capecitabine for residual, invasive, triple-negative breast cancer: Patient-reported outcomes in ECOG-ACRIN EA1131

Karen L. Smith, Fengmin Zhao, Ingrid A. Mayer, Amye J. Tevaarwerk, Sofia F. Garcia, Carlos L. Arteaga, William F. Symmans, Ben H. Park, Brian L. Burnette, Della F. Makower, Margaret Block, Kimberly A. Morley, Chirag R. Jani, Craig Mescher, Shabana J. Dewani, Ursa Brown-Glaberman, Lisa E. Flaum, Erica L. Mayer, William M. Sikov, Eve T. RodlerAngela M. DeMichele, Joseph A. Sparano, Antonio C. Wolff, Kathy D. Miller, Lynne I. Wagner

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Abstract

Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are a better tool for evaluating the experiences of patients who have symptomatic, treatment-associated adverse events (AEs) compared with clinician-rated AEs. The authors present PROs assessing health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and treatment-related neurotoxicity for adjuvant capecitabine versus platinum on the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group-American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ECOG-ACRIN) EA1131 trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT02445391). Methods: Participants completed the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Breast Cancer Symptom Index (NFBSI-16) and the Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Gynecologic Oncology Group neurotoxicity subscale (platinum arm only) at baseline, cycle 3 day 1 (C3D1), 6 months, and 15 months. Because of early termination, power was insufficient to test the hypothesis that HRQoL, as assessed by the NFBSI-16 treatment side-effect (TSE) subscale, would be better at 6 and 15 months in the capecitabine arm; all analyses were exploratory. Means were compared by using t-tests or the Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and proportions were compared by using the χ2 test. Results: Two hundred ninety-six of 330 eligible patients provided PROs. The mean NFBSI-16 TSE subscale score was lower for the platinum arm at baseline (p =.02; absolute difference, 0.6 points) and for the capecitabine arm at C3D1 (p =.04; absolute difference, 0.5 points), but it did not differ at other times. The mean change in TSE subscale scores differed between the arms from baseline to C3D1 (platinum arm, 0.15; capecitabine arm, −0.72; p =.03), but not from baseline to later time points. The mean decline in Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy–Gynecologic Oncology Group neurotoxicity subscale scores exceeded the minimal meaningful change (1.38 points) from baseline to each subsequent time point (all p <.05). Conclusions: Despite the similar frequency of clinician-rated AEs, PROs identified greater on-treatment symptom burden with capecitabine and complemented clinician-rated AEs by characterizing patients’ experiences during chemotherapy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1747-1757
Number of pages11
JournalCancer
Volume130
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - May 15 2024

Keywords

  • adjuvant therapy
  • capecitabine
  • neuropathy
  • patient-reported outcomes
  • platinum
  • quality of life
  • triple-negative breast cancer

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Cancer Research

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