References

Regimen abbreviations/evidence base: https://hemonc.org/wiki/Breast_cancer

 _ddEC-_ddP, EC-_wP

Del Mastro L et al; Gruppo Italiano Mammella (GIM) investigators. Fluorouracil and dose-dense chemotherapy in adjuvant treatment of patients with early-stage breast cancer: an open-label, 2 × 2 factorial, randomised phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2015 May 9;385(9980):1863-72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)62048-1

 Citron et al.  Randomized trial of dose-dense versus conventionally scheduled and sequential versus concurrent combination chemotherapy as postoperative adjuvant treatment of node-positive primary breast cancer: first report of Intergroup Trial C9741/Cancer and Leukemia Group B Trial 9741. J Clin Oncol. 2003 Apr 15;21(8):1431-9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2003.09.081

 Lambertini  et al, GIM2 investigators. Dose-dense adjuvant chemotherapy in HER2-positive early breast cancer patients before and after the introduction of trastuzumab: Exploratory analysis of the GIM2 trial. Int J Cancer. 2020 Jul 1;147(1):160-169. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.32789

_ddEC-_ddP

EBCTCG. Increasing the dose intensity of chemotherapy by more frequent administration or sequential scheduling: a patient-level meta-analysis of 37 298 women with early breast cancer in 26 randomised trials. Lancet. 2019 Apr 6;393(10179):1440-1452. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(18)33137-4

EC-D, EC (E₉₀c)

EBCTCG. Comparisons between different polychemotherapy regimens for early breast cancer: meta-analyses of long-term outcome among 100,000 women in 123 randomised trials. Lancet. 2012 Feb 4;379(9814):432-44. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61625-5

EC-_wP

Sparano JA et al.  Weekly paclitaxel in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2008 Apr 17;358(16):1663-71. doi: https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa0707056

TC (DC)

Jones S, et al. Docetaxel With Cyclophosphamide Is Associated With an Overall Survival Benefit Compared With Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide: 7-Year Follow-Up of US Oncology Research Trial 9735. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Mar 10;27(8):1177-83. doi: https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2008.18.4028

EC (E₉₀c)

Brunt AM. The UKCCCR adjuvant breast cancer (ABC) trial. ABC Trial Steering Committee. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 1994;6(4):209-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0936-6555(05)80287-0

Abemaciclib

Johnston SRD et al.  MonarchE Committee Members and Investigators. Abemaciclib Combined With Endocrine Therapy for the Adjuvant Treatment of HR+, HER2-, Node-Positive, High-Risk, Early Breast Cancer (monarchE). J Clin Oncol. 2020 Dec 1;38(34):3987-3998. doi: https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.20.02514

TC (DC)

Jones SE, Savin MA, Holmes FA, O'Shaughnessy JA, Blum JL, Vukelja S, McIntyre KJ, Pippen JE, Bordelon JH, Kirby R, Sandbach J, Hyman WJ, Khandelwal P, Negron AG, Richards DA, Anthony SP, Mennel RG, Boehm KA, Meyer WG, Asmar L. Phase III trial comparing doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide with docetaxel plus cyclophosphamide as adjuvant therapy for operable breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Dec 1;24(34):5381-7. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.5391. Erratum in: J Clin Oncol. 2007 May 1;25(13):1819. PMID: 17135639.

_wP

Untch M, Jackisch C, Schneeweiss A, Conrad B, Aktas B, Denkert C, Eidtmann H, Wiebringhaus H, Kümmel S, Hilfrich J, Warm M, Paepke S, Just M, Hanusch C, Hackmann J, Blohmer JU, Clemens M, Darb-Esfahani S, Schmitt WD, Dan Costa S, Gerber B, Engels K, Nekljudova V, Loibl S, von Minckwitz G; German Breast Group (GBG); Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie—Breast (AGO-B) Investigators. Nab-paclitaxel versus solvent-based paclitaxel in neoadjuvant chemotherapy for early breast cancer (GeparSepto-GBG 69): a randomised, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Mar;17(3):345-356. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00542-2. Epub 2016 Feb 8. Erratum in: Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jul;17 (7):e270. PMID: 26869049.

Trastuzumab

Cameron D, Piccart-Gebhart MJ, Gelber RD, Procter M, Goldhirsch A, de Azambuja E, Castro G Jr, Untch M, Smith I, Gianni L, Baselga J, Al-Sakaff N, Lauer S, McFadden E, Leyland-Jones B, Bell R, Dowsett M, Jackisch C; Herceptin Adjuvant (HERA) Trial Study Team. 11 years' follow-up of trastuzumab after adjuvant chemotherapy in HER2-positive early breast cancer: final analysis of the HERceptin Adjuvant (HERA) trial. Lancet. 2017 Mar 25;389(10075):1195-1205. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32616-2. Epub 2017 Feb 17. Erratum in: Lancet. 2019 Mar 16;393(10176):1100. PMID: 28215665; PMCID: PMC5465633.

Sequential anthraycline and Taxane with Trastuzumab: _ddEC-_ddP, _wP

Tolaney SM, Barry WT, Dang CT, Yardley DA, Moy B, Marcom PK, Albain KS, Rugo HS, Ellis M, Shapira I, Wolff AC, Carey LA, Overmoyer BA, Partridge AH, Guo H, Hudis CA, Krop IE, Burstein HJ, Winer EP. Adjuvant paclitaxel and trastuzumab for node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancer. N Engl J Med. 2015 Jan 8;372(2):134-41. doi: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1406281

Trastuzumab and Pertuzumab

Schneeweiss A, Chia S, Hickish T, Harvey V, Eniu A, Hegg R, Tausch C, Seo JH, Tsai YF, Ratnayake J, McNally V, Ross G, Cortés J. Pertuzumab plus trastuzumab in combination with standard neoadjuvant anthracycline-containing and anthracycline-free chemotherapy regimens in patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer: a randomized phase II cardiac safety study (TRYPHAENA). Ann Oncol. 2013 Sep;24(9):2278-84. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt182. Epub 2013 May 22. PMID: 23704196.

Gianni L, Pienkowski T, Im YH, Tseng LM, Liu MC, Lluch A, Starosławska E, de la Haba-Rodriguez J, Im SA, Pedrini JL, Poirier B, Morandi P, Semiglazov V, Srimuninnimit V, Bianchi GV, Magazzù D, McNally V, Douthwaite H, Ross G, Valagussa P. 5-year analysis of neoadjuvant pertuzumab and trastuzumab in patients with locally advanced, inflammatory, or early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer (NeoSphere): a multicentre, open-label, phase 2 randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jun;17(6):791-800. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)00163-7. Epub 2016 May 11. PMID: 27179402.

von Minckwitz G, Procter M, de Azambuja E, Zardavas D, Benyunes M, Viale G, Suter T, Arahmani A, Rouchet N, Clark E, Knott A, Lang I, Levy C, Yardley DA, Bines J, Gelber RD, Piccart M, Baselga J; APHINITY Steering Committee and Investigators. Adjuvant Pertuzumab and Trastuzumab in Early HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jul 13;377(2):122-131. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1703643. Epub 2017 Jun 5. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 17;377(7):702. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2018 Oct 18;379(16):1585. PMID: 28581356; PMCID: PMC5538020.

Trastuzumab emtansine (TDM-1)

von Minckwitz G, Huang CS, Mano MS, Loibl S, Mamounas EP, Untch M, Wolmark N, Rastogi P, Schneeweiss A, Redondo A, Fischer HH, Jacot W, Conlin AK, Arce-Salinas C, Wapnir IL, Jackisch C, DiGiovanna MP, Fasching PA, Crown JP, Wülfing P, Shao Z, Rota Caremoli E, Wu H, Lam LH, Tesarowski D, Smitt M, Douthwaite H, Singel SM, Geyer CE Jr; KATHERINE Investigators. Trastuzumab Emtansine for Residual Invasive HER2-Positive Breast Cancer. N Engl J Med. 2019 Feb 14;380(7):617-628. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1814017. Epub 2018 Dec 5. PMID: 30516102.

Neratinib

Martin M, Holmes FA, Ejlertsen B, Delaloge S, Moy B, Iwata H, von Minckwitz G, Chia SKL, Mansi J, Barrios CH, Gnant M, Tomašević Z, Denduluri N, Šeparović R, Gokmen E, Bashford A, Ruiz Borrego M, Kim SB, Jakobsen EH, Ciceniene A, Inoue K, Overkamp F, Heijns JB, Armstrong AC, Link JS, Joy AA, Bryce R, Wong A, Moran S, Yao B, Xu F, Auerbach A, Buyse M, Chan A; ExteNET Study Group. Neratinib after trastuzumab-based adjuvant therapy in HER2-positive breast cancer (ExteNET): 5-year analysis of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2017 Dec;18(12):1688-1700. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30717-9. Epub 2017 Nov 13. PMID: 29146401.

TC (DC) plus Trastuzumab

Nakatsukasa K, Koyama H, Oouchi Y, Imanishi S, Mizuta N, Sakaguchi K, Fujita Y, Imai A, Okamoto A, Hamaoka A, Soushi M, Fujiwara I, Kotani T, Matsuda T, Fukuda K, Morita M, Kawakami S, Kadotani Y, Konishi E, Yanagisawa A, Goto M, Yamada K, Taguchi T. Docetaxel, cyclophosphamide, and trastuzumab as neoadjuvant chemotherapy for HER2-positive primary breast cancer. Breast Cancer. 2017 Jan;24(1):92-97. doi: 10.1007/s12282-016-0677-4. Epub 2016 Feb 13. PMID: 26874836.

Ueno T, Masuda N, Sato N, Ohtani S, Yamamura J, Matsunami N, Kashiwaba M, Takano T, Takahashi M, Kaneko K, Ohno S, Morita S, Toi M. Multicenter study of primary systemic therapy with docetaxel, cyclophosphamide and trastuzumab for HER2-positive operable breast cancer: the JBCRG-10 study. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2020 Jan 24;50(1):3-11. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyz119. PMID: 31821506; PMCID: PMC6978625.

Jones SE, Collea R, Paul D, Sedlacek S, Favret AM, Gore I Jr, Lindquist DL, Holmes FA, Allison MAK, Brooks BD, Portillo RM, Vukelja SJ, Steinberg MS, Stokoe C, Crockett MW, Wang Y, Asmar L, Robert NJ, O'Shaughnessy J. Adjuvant docetaxel and cyclophosphamide plus trastuzumab in patients with HER2-amplified early stage breast cancer: a single-group, open-label, phase 2 study. Lancet Oncol. 2013 Oct;14(11):1121-1128. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70384-X. Epub 2013 Sep 3. PMID: 24007746.

Carboplatin and Paclitaxel (CbP)

von Minckwitz G, Schneeweiss A, Loibl S, Salat C, Denkert C, Rezai M, Blohmer JU, Jackisch C, Paepke S, Gerber B, Zahm DM, Kümmel S, Eidtmann H, Klare P, Huober J, Costa S, Tesch H, Hanusch C, Hilfrich J, Khandan F, Fasching PA, Sinn BV, Engels K, Mehta K, Nekljudova V, Untch M. Neoadjuvant carboplatin in patients with triple-negative and HER2-positive early breast cancer (GeparSixto; GBG 66): a randomised phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2014 Jun;15(7):747-56. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(14)70160-3. Epub 2014 Apr 30. PMID: 24794243.

Sikov WM, Berry DA, Perou CM, Singh B, Cirrincione CT, Tolaney SM, Kuzma CS, Pluard TJ, Somlo G, Port ER, Golshan M, Bellon JR, Collyar D, Hahn OM, Carey LA, Hudis CA, Winer EP. Impact of the addition of carboplatin and/or bevacizumab to neoadjuvant once-per-week paclitaxel followed by dose-dense doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide on pathologic complete response rates in stage II to III triple-negative breast cancer: CALGB 40603 (Alliance). J Clin Oncol. 2015 Jan 1;33(1):13-21. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.57.0572. Epub 2014 Aug 4. PMID: 25092775; PMCID: PMC4268249.

Sharma R, Graham J, Mitchell H, Brooks A, Blagden S, Gabra H. Extended weekly dose-dense paclitaxel/carboplatin is feasible and active in heavily pre-treated platinum-resistant recurrent ovarian cancer. Br J Cancer. 2009 Mar 10;100(5):707-12. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604914. Epub 2009 Feb 17. PMID: 19223898; PMCID: PMC2653750.

Docetaxel and carboplatin (CbD)

Sharma P, López-Tarruella S, García-Saenz JA, Ward C, Connor CS, Gómez HL, Prat A, Moreno F, Jerez-Gilarranz Y, Barnadas A, Picornell AC, Del Monte-Millán M, Gonzalez-Rivera M, Massarrah T, Pelaez-Lorenzo B, Palomero MI, González Del Val R, Cortes J, Fuentes Rivera H, Bretel Morales D, Márquez-Rodas I, Perou CM, Wagner JL, Mammen JM, McGinness MK, Klemp JR, Amin AL, Fabian CJ, Heldstab J, Godwin AK, Jensen RA, Kimler BF, Khan QJ, Martin M. Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Carboplatin plus Docetaxel in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Combined Analysis of Two Cohorts. Clin Cancer Res. 2017 Feb 1;23(3):649-657. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-16-0162. Epub 2016 Jun 14. PMID: 27301700; PMCID: PMC5156592.

Loibl S, Weber KE, Timms KM, Elkin EP, Hahnen E, Fasching PA, Lederer B, Denkert C, Schneeweiss A, Braun S, Salat CT, Rezai M, Blohmer JU, Zahm DM, Jackisch C, Gerber B, Klare P, Kümmel S, Schem C, Paepke S, Schmutzler R, Rhiem K, Penn S, Reid J, Nekljudova V, Hartman AR, von Minckwitz G, Untch M. Survival analysis of carboplatin added to an anthracycline/taxane-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy and HRD score as predictor of response-final results from GeparSixto. Ann Oncol. 2018 Dec 1;29(12):2341-2347. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy460. PMID: 30335131.

Capecitabine

Masuda N, Lee SJ, Ohtani S, Im YH, Lee ES, Yokota I, Kuroi K, Im SA, Park BW, Kim SB, Yanagita Y, Ohno S, Takao S, Aogi K, Iwata H, Jeong J, Kim A, Park KH, Sasano H, Ohashi Y, Toi M. Adjuvant Capecitabine for Breast Cancer after Preoperative Chemotherapy. N Engl J Med. 2017 Jun 1;376(22):2147-2159. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1612645. PMID: 28564564.

Regimen abbreviations https://hemonc.org/wiki/Breast_cancer