PMID- 32155941 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20200928 IS - 2072-6694 (Print) IS - 2072-6694 (Electronic) IS - 2072-6694 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 3 DP - 2020 Mar 6 TI - Oral Capecitabine-Vinorelbine is Associated with Longer Overall Survival When Compared to Single-Agent Capecitabine in Patients with Hormone Receptor-Positive Advanced Breast Cancer. LID - 10.3390/cancers12030617 [doi] LID - 617 AB - Background: Single-agent capecitabine (C) is a moderately effective chemotherapeutic compound in the treatment of patients with HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer (mBC). The capecitabine-vinorelbine (CV) combination is also used due to a good tolerability profile, but no studies have demonstrated its superiority over single-agent C. Methods: We conducted a retrospective analysis to compare overall response rate (ORR), progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS) and incidence of adverse events (AEs) in patients with HER2-negative mBC treated with CV vs. single-agent C. Results: Out of 290 patients included in this study, 127 (43.8%) received single-agent C, while 163 (56.2%) patients were treated with CV. Median PFS was similar in patients treated with single-agent C or CV, while CV was associated with significantly longer OS in patients with hormone receptor-positive (HR+) BC. This OS advantage was confirmed at multivariable analysis also after propensity score-based matching of patients according to relevant clinical or tumor characteristics. When compared with single-agent C, CV was associated with higher incidence of G3/G4 and any-grade nausea/vomiting, diarrhea and increased transaminases. Conclusions: While prospective studies are needed to confirm our findings, the potential OS advantage of CV over single-agent C in HR+ mBC patients must be weighed against a significantly higher incidence of AEs. FAU - Vernieri, Claudio AU - Vernieri C AD - Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare (IFOM), Via Adamello 16, 20133 Milan, Italy. AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Prisciandaro, Michele AU - Prisciandaro M AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Nichetti, Federico AU - Nichetti F AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Lobefaro, Riccardo AU - Lobefaro R AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Peverelli, Giorgia AU - Peverelli G AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Ligorio, Francesca AU - Ligorio F AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Zattarin, Emma AU - Zattarin E AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Cona, Maria Silvia AU - Cona MS AD - ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco - PO Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Sepe, Pierangela AU - Sepe P AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Corti, Francesca AU - Corti F AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Manglaviti, Sara AU - Manglaviti S AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Brambilla, Marta AU - Brambilla M AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Re, Barbara AU - Re B AD - SC Pharmacy, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Belfiore, Antonino AU - Belfiore A AD - Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Pruneri, Giancarlo AU - Pruneri G AD - Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy. AD - Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Celio, Luigi AU - Celio L AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Mariani, Gabriella AU - Mariani G AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Bianchi, Giulia Valeria AU - Bianchi GV AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Rivoltini, Licia AU - Rivoltini L AD - Unit of Immunotherapy of Human Tumors, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - Capri, Giuseppe AU - Capri G AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. FAU - de Braud, Filippo AU - de Braud F AD - Medical Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy. AD - Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy. LA - eng GR - MFAG 2019 -22977/Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro/ GR - D18CV/Scientific Directorate of Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200306 PL - Switzerland TA - Cancers (Basel) JT - Cancers JID - 101526829 PMC - PMC7139362 OTO - NOTNLM OT - advanced breast cancer OT - adverse events OT - capecitabine OT - chemotherapy OT - hormone receptor-positive breast cancer OT - overall survival OT - progression-free survival OT - triple-negative breast cancer OT - vinorelbine COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/03/12 06:00 MHDA- 2020/03/12 06:01 PMCR- 2020/03/06 CRDT- 2020/03/12 06:00 PHST- 2020/02/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/02/27 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/03/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/12 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/03/12 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/03/12 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cancers12030617 [pii] AID - cancers-12-00617 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cancers12030617 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancers (Basel). 2020 Mar 6;12(3):617. doi: 10.3390/cancers12030617.