2021
Updated Standardized Definitions for Efficacy End Points (STEEP) in Adjuvant Breast Cancer Clinical Trials: STEEP Version 2.0
Tolaney SM, Garrett-Mayer E, White J, Blinder VS, Foster JC, Amiri-Kordestani L, Hwang ES, Bliss JM, Rakovitch E, Perlmutter J, Spears PA, Frank E, Tung NM, Elias AD, Cameron D, Denduluri N, Best AF, DiLeo A, Baizer L, Butler LP, Schwartz E, Winer EP, Korde LA. Updated Standardized Definitions for Efficacy End Points (STEEP) in Adjuvant Breast Cancer Clinical Trials: STEEP Version 2.0. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2021, 39: 2720-2731. PMID: 34003702, PMCID: PMC10166345, DOI: 10.1200/jco.20.03613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEfficacy end pointPrimary end pointBreast cancer clinical trialsPrimary cancerCancer clinical trialsEnd pointStandardized definitionsRecurrence rateClinical trialsInvasive disease-free survival eventsTherapy trialsBreast cancer-free survivalDisease-free survival eventsNon-breast cancer deathPrimary efficacy end pointClinical trial end pointsPhase III breast cancer trialsCancer-free survivalSecond primary cancerTrial end pointsAdditional end pointsBreast cancer trialsLow-risk populationPatient-reported outcomesSurvival end points
2012
Six Cycles of Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide or Paclitaxel Are Not Superior to Four Cycles As Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer in Women With Zero to Three Positive Axillary Nodes: Cancer and Leukemia Group B 40101
Shulman LN, Cirrincione CT, Berry DA, Becker HP, Perez EA, O'Regan R, Martino S, Atkins JN, Mayer E, Schneider CJ, Kimmick G, Norton L, Muss H, Winer EP, Hudis C. Six Cycles of Doxorubicin and Cyclophosphamide or Paclitaxel Are Not Superior to Four Cycles As Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer in Women With Zero to Three Positive Axillary Nodes: Cancer and Leukemia Group B 40101. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 4071-4076. PMID: 22826271, PMCID: PMC3494835, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2011.40.6405.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRelapse-free survivalHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2Primary breast cancerPositive nodesBreast cancerHazard ratioAdjuvant chemotherapyChemotherapy regimenEstrogen receptor/progesterone receptorPrimary efficacy end pointEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Dose-dense fashionDoxorubicin/cyclophosphamideAdjusted hazard ratioCycles of doxorubicinEfficacy end pointOperable breast cancerPositive axillary nodesER/PgRGrowth factor receptor 2Factor receptor 2Chemotherapy regimensAxillary nodesMenopausal statusClinical outcomes