Avoiding Peg-Filgrastim Prophylaxis During the Paclitaxel Portion of the Dose-Dense Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide and Paclitaxel Regimen: A Prospective Study
Vaz-Luis I, Barroso-Sousa R, Di Meglio A, Hu J, Rees R, Sinclair N, Milisits L, Leone JP, Constantine M, Faggen M, Briccetti F, Block C, O'Neil K, Partridge A, Burstein H, Waks AG, Trippa L, Tolaney SM, Hassett M, Winer EP, Lin NU. Avoiding Peg-Filgrastim Prophylaxis During the Paclitaxel Portion of the Dose-Dense Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide and Paclitaxel Regimen: A Prospective Study. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2020, 38: 2390-2397. PMID: 32330102, PMCID: PMC7367545, DOI: 10.1200/jco.19.02484.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDose-dense paclitaxelPeg-filgrastimFebrile neutropeniaDay 1Adjuvant breast cancer chemotherapyCycle 1 day 1Patient experienced febrile neutropeniaCycles of paclitaxelDose-dense doxorubicinExperienced febrile neutropeniaPrimary end pointSingle-arm studyBreast cancer chemotherapyYears of ageDose delaysDoxorubicin-cyclophosphamidePaclitaxel cyclesPaclitaxel regimenPatients 18Investigator's discretionMedian ageTreatment delayProspective studyPrespecified algorithmBreast cancer