PMID- 37954087 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20231114 IS - 2234-943X (Print) IS - 2234-943X (Electronic) IS - 2234-943X (Linking) VI - 13 DP - 2023 TI - Capecitabine-based chemotherapy in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer: a meta-analysis. PG - 1245650 LID - 10.3389/fonc.2023.1245650 [doi] LID - 1245650 AB - INTRODUCTION: The efficacy and safety of adjuvant capecitabine in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer remains undefined. A meta-analysis was conducted to elucidate whether capecitabine-based regimens could improve survival in early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC). METHODS: The current study searched Medline, Embase, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and ClinicalTrials.gov proceedings up to 2023.9. Disease-free survival (DFS), overall survival (OS), and grade 3-4 adverse events (AEs) were assessed. Extracted or calculated hazard ratios (HRs) and odds ratios (ORs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were pooled. RESULTS: The capecitabine-based regimens showed significant advantages in DFS (HR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.73-0.90; P <.001) and OS (HR = 0.75, 95% CI: 0.65-0.87; P <.001) from 12 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 5,390 unselected participants. Subgroup analysis of DFS showed analogous results derived from patients with lymph node negative (HR = 0.68, 95% CI: 0.50-0.92; P = .006) and capecitabine duration no less than six cycles (HR = 0.73; 95% CI: 0.62-0.86; P <.001). Improvement of DFS in the addition group (HR = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.68-0.87; P <.001) and adjuvant setting (HR = 0.79, 95% CI: 0.70-0.89; P <.001) was observed. As to safety profile, capecitabine was associated with more frequent stomatitis (OR = 5.05, 95% CI: 1.45-17.65, P = .011), diarrhea (OR = 6.11, 95% CI: 2.12-17.56; P =.001), and hand-foot syndrome (OR = 31.82, 95% CI: 3.23-313.65, P = .003). CONCLUSIONS: Adjuvant capecitabine-based chemotherapy provided superior DFS and OS to early-stage TNBC. The benefits to DFS in selected patients with lymph node negative and the addition and extended duration of capecitabine were demonstrated. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Bai, Yao, Pu, Wang and Luo. FAU - Bai, Jie AU - Bai J AD - Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Yao, Xufeng AU - Yao X AD - Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The First Hospital of Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. FAU - Pu, Yinghong AU - Pu Y AD - Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Wang, Xiaoyi AU - Wang X AD - Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. FAU - Luo, Xinrong AU - Luo X AD - Department of Breast and Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China. LA - eng PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20231025 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Oncol JT - Frontiers in oncology JID - 101568867 PMC - PMC10634425 OTO - NOTNLM OT - adverse events OT - capecitabine OT - chemotherapy OT - survival OT - triple-negative breast cancer COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/11/13 06:43 MHDA- 2023/11/13 06:44 PMCR- 2023/01/01 CRDT- 2023/11/13 04:24 PHST- 2023/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/10/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/13 06:44 [medline] PHST- 2023/11/13 06:43 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/11/13 04:24 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fonc.2023.1245650 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Oncol. 2023 Oct 25;13:1245650. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1245650. eCollection 2023.