Title
Final analysis of the prevention of early menopause study (POEMS)/SWOG intergroup S0230
Date Issued
01 February 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Moore H.C.F.
Unger J.M.
Phillips K.A.
Boyle F.
Hitre E.
Moseley A.
Porter D.J.
Francis P.A.
Goldstein L.J.
Partridge A.H.
Dakhil S.R.
Garcia A.A.
Gralow J.R.
Lombard J.M.
Forbes J.F.
Martino S.
Barlow W.E.
Fabian C.J.
Minasian L.M.
Meyskens F.L.
Gelber R.D.
Hortobagyi G.N.
Albain K.S.
Publisher(s)
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Premature menopause is a serious long-term side effect of chemotherapy. We evaluated long-term pregnancy and disease-related outcomes for patients in S0230/POEMS, a study in premenopausal women with stage I-IIIA estrogen receptor-negative, progesterone receptor-negative breast cancer to be treated with cyclophosphamide-containing chemotherapy. Women were randomly assigned to standard chemotherapy with or without goserelin, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, and were stratified by age and chemotherapy regimen. All statistical tests were two-sided. Of 257 patients, 218 were eligible and evaluable (105 in the chemotherapy + goserelin arm and 113 in the chemotherapy arm). More patients in the chemotherapy + goserelin arm reported at least one pregnancy vs the chemotherapy arm (5-year cumulative incidence = 23.1%, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 15.3% to 31.9%; and 12.2%, 95% CI = 6.8% to 19.2%, respectively; odds ratio = 2.34; 95% CI = 1.07 to 5.11; P=.03). Randomization to goserelin + chemotherapy was associated with a nonstatistically significant improvement in disease-free survival (hazard ratio [HR] = 0.55; 95% CI = 0.27 to 1.10; P=.09) and overall survival (HR = 0.45; 95% CI = 0.19 to 1.04; P=.06). In this long-term analysis of POEMS/S0230, we found continued evidence that patients randomly assigned to receive goserelin + chemotherapy were not only more likely to avoid premature menopause, but were also more likely to become pregnant without adverse effect on disease-related outcomes.
Start page
210
End page
213
Volume
111
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología Obstetricia, Ginecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85057728883
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
ISSN of the container
00278874
Sponsor(s)
Research support for this study was provided by The National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health, Breast Cancer Trials Australia and New Zealand (BCT-ANZ), and AstraZeneca. The Prevention of Early Menopause Study (POEMS)/S0230 trial was performed in collaboration by investigators from the SWOG Cancer Research Group, the International Breast Cancer Study Group, the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group, and the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology. This study was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health under grant awards CA189974, CA180888, CA180819, CA180821, CA075362, CA180820, CA189808, CA180830, CA180801, CA189872, CA189822, CA189953, CA189858, CA180858, CA189954, CA189957, CA189972, CA04919, CA46368, CA68183, CA46282, CA46113, CA76447, CA58416, CA12644, and CA11083; and by Breast Cancer Trials Australia and New Zealand (BCT-ANZ).
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