Randomized Phase III Trial of Weekly Compared With Every-3-Weeks Paclitaxel for Metastatic Breast Cancer, With Trastuzumab for all HER-2 Overexpressors and Random Assignment to Trastuzumab or Not in HER-2 Nonoverexpressors: Final Results of Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol 9840
Seidman AD, Berry D, Cirrincione C, Harris L, Muss H, Marcom PK, Gipson G, Burstein H, Lake D, Shapiro CL, Ungaro P, Norton L, Winer E, Hudis C. Randomized Phase III Trial of Weekly Compared With Every-3-Weeks Paclitaxel for Metastatic Breast Cancer, With Trastuzumab for all HER-2 Overexpressors and Random Assignment to Trastuzumab or Not in HER-2 Nonoverexpressors: Final Results of Cancer and Leukemia Group B Protocol 9840. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2008, 26: 1642-1649. PMID: 18375893, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2007.11.6699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetastatic breast cancerWeekly paclitaxelResponse rateBreast cancerHER-2-positive patientsRandomized phase III trialHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2End pointEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Grade 3 neuropathyPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsGrowth factor receptor 2Phase II trialPhase III trialsTreatment-limiting toxicityFactor receptor 2Paclitaxel scheduleII trialIII trialsOverall survivalPaclitaxel therapyPositive patientsWeekly dosingReceptor 2