Road Map to Safe and Well-Designed De-escalation Trials of Systemic Adjuvant Therapy for Solid Tumors.
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Date
2020-12-01ICR Author
Author
Piccart, MJ
Hilbers, FS
Bliss, JM
Caballero, C
Frank, ES
Renault, P
Naït Kaoudjt, R
Schumacher, E
Spears, PA
Regan, MM
Gelber, RD
Davidson, NE
Norton, L
Winer, EP
BIG-NABCG Collaboration,
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Journal Article
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An important challenge in the field of cancer is finding the balance between delivering effective treatments and avoiding adverse effects and financial toxicity caused by innovative, yet expensive, drugs. To address this, several treatment de-escalation trials have been conducted, but only a few of these have provided clear answers. A few trials had poor accrual or had design flaws that led to conflicting results. Members of the Breast International Group (BIG) and North American Breast Cancer Group (NABCG) believe the way forward is to understand the lessons from these trials and listen more carefully to what truly matters to our patients. We reviewed several adjuvant trials of different cancer types and developed a road map for improving the design and implementation of future de-escalation trials. The road map incorporates patients' insights obtained through focused group discussions across the BIG-NABCG networks. Considerations for the development of de-escalation trials for systemic adjuvant treatment, including noninferiority trial design, choice of end points, and prioritization of a patient's perspectives, are presented in this consensus article.
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Subject
BIG-NABCG Collaboration
Research team
Clinical Trials & Statistics Unit
Language
eng
Date accepted
2020-08-18
License start date
2020-12
Citation
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2020, 38 (34), pp. 4120 - 4129
Publisher
AMER SOC CLINICAL ONCOLOGY