PMID- 36599769 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230324 LR - 20230329 IS - 1938-0666 (Electronic) IS - 1526-8209 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 3 DP - 2023 Apr TI - Efficacy and Safety of First-line Carboplatin-paclitaxel and Carboplatin-gemcitabine in Patients With Advanced Triple-negative Breast Cancer: A Monocentric, Retrospective Comparison. PG - e151-e162 LID - S1526-8209(22)00286-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.clbc.2022.12.008 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Platinum-based chemotherapy is widely used in patients with advanced triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). However, the most effective platinum-based combination in the first-line treatment setting remains unclear. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated the efficacy of first-line carboplatin-paclitaxel (CP) or carboplatin-gemcitabine (CG) combinations in advanced TNBC patients treated between April 2007 and April 2021. CP and CG were compared in terms of progression-free survival (PFS), overall survival (OS), and incidence of adverse events (AEs). Multivariable Cox Models were used to adjust the efficacy of CP versus CG for clinically relevant covariates. RESULTS: Of 88 consecutive advanced TNBC patients receiving first-line carboplatin-based doublets, 56 (63.6%) received CP and 32 (36.4%) CG. After adjusting for clinically relevant variables, patients receiving CG had significantly better PFS when compared to CP-treated patients (HR: 0.49 (95% CI, 0.27-0.87), P value 0.014). Of note, CG was associated with better PFS only among patients previously treated with taxanes in the (neo)adjuvant setting (HR: 0.39; 95% CI, 0.21-0.75), but not in patients not exposed to taxanes (HR: 1.20; 95% CI, 0.37-3.88). CG was also independently associated with better OS when compared to CP (HR: 0.31 (95% CI: 0.15-0.64), P value 0.002). Overall, grade 3-4 AEs were more common in patients treated with CG than in patients treated with CP (68.8% vs. 21.4%, P value .009). CONCLUSION: CG and CP are effective and well tolerated first-line platinum doublets in advanced TNBC patients. CG could be more effective than CP in patients previous exposed to taxanes despite worse toxicity profile. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Lobefaro, Riccardo AU - Lobefaro R AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Mariani, Luigi AU - Mariani L AD - Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Trial Organization, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Peverelli, Giorgia AU - Peverelli G AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Ligorio, Francesca AU - Ligorio F AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Fuca, Giovanni AU - Fuca G AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Rametta, Alessandro AU - Rametta A AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Zattarin, Emma AU - Zattarin E AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Leporati, Rita AU - Leporati R AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Presti, Daniele AU - Presti D AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Cantarelli, Beatrice AU - Cantarelli B AD - IFOM ETS, the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy. FAU - Depretto, Catherine AU - Depretto C AD - Department of Radiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Vingiani, Andrea AU - Vingiani A AD - Pathology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Haematology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. FAU - Manoukian, Siranoush AU - Manoukian S AD - Unit of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Scaperrotta, Gianfranco AU - Scaperrotta G AD - Department of Radiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Bianchi, Giulia V AU - Bianchi GV AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Capri, Giuseppe AU - Capri G AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. FAU - Pruneri, Giancarlo AU - Pruneri G AD - Pathology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Haematology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. FAU - de Braud, Filippo AU - de Braud F AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Haematology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. FAU - Vernieri, Claudio AU - Vernieri C AD - Medical Oncology Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy; IFOM ETS, the AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: claudio.vernieri@istitutotumori.mi.it. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20221217 PL - United States TA - Clin Breast Cancer JT - Clinical breast cancer JID - 100898731 RN - BG3F62OND5 (Carboplatin) RN - 0 (Gemcitabine) RN - 0W860991D6 (Deoxycytidine) RN - P88XT4IS4D (Paclitaxel) RN - 0 (Taxoids) SB - IM CIN - Clin Breast Cancer. 2023 Apr;23(3):e55. PMID: 36775765 MH - Humans MH - Carboplatin MH - *Gemcitabine MH - *Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Deoxycytidine/adverse effects MH - Paclitaxel MH - Taxoids/therapeutic use MH - Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - Advanced triple-negative breast cancer OT - Carboplatin- gemcitabine OT - Carboplatin-paclitaxel OT - Overall Survival OT - Progression Free Survival EDAT- 2023/01/05 06:00 MHDA- 2023/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2023/01/04 21:55 PHST- 2022/07/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/11/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/12/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/01/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2023/01/04 21:55 [entrez] AID - S1526-8209(22)00286-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.clbc.2022.12.008 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Breast Cancer. 2023 Apr;23(3):e151-e162. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2022.12.008. Epub 2022 Dec 17.