This is a prospective, non-interventional, single arm study, which is examining doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide (AC) once every 2 weeks with lipegfilgrastim support in early breast cancer.
An important advance in the use of dose dense chemotherapy regimens for breast cancer was the development of pegylated form of G-CSF (pegfilgrastim and lipegfilgrastim), which offered the convenience of single subcutaneous injection, rather than multiple daily injections Lipegfilgrastim is a pegylated long-acting covalent conjugate of filgrastim (G-CSF). In a pivotal randomized phase III study in breast cancer lipegfilgrastim was shown to be non-inferior to pegfilgrastim. In this prospective observational study the incidence of treatment-related neutropenia following four cycles of dose dense (every 2 week) doxorubicin cyclophosphamide (AC) with lipegfilgrastim support is being investigated. Data will be collected on 40 consecutive patients treated with AC and lipegfilgrastim in Ireland. The primary objective of this study is to determine the incidence of treatment-related neutropenia following four cycles of dose dense doxorubicin cyclophosphamide (AC) with lipegfilgrastim support (8 weeks). Secondary Objectives 1. Determine the incidence of febrile neutropenia during 4 cycles (8 weeks)of dose dense AC with lipegfilgrastim 2. Examine the incidence of treatment-related neutropenia during subsequent intravenous cancer therapy up to 1 year.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Investigate the incidence of treatment-related neutropenia following four cycles of dose dense (every 2 week) doxorubicin cyclophosphamide (AC) with lipegfilgrastim support (8 weeks).
Beaumont Hospital
Dublin, Ireland
incidence of treatment-related neutropenia
The primary objective of this study is to determine the incidence of treatment-related neutropenia following four cycles of dose dense doxorubicin cyclophosphamide (AC) with lipegfilgrastim support (8 weeks).
Time frame: four cycles of dose dense doxorubicin cyclophosphamide (AC) with lipegfilgrastim support (8 weeks).
incidence of febrile neutropenia
Determine the incidence of febrile neutropenia during 4 cycles (8 weeks) of dose dense AC with lipegfilgrastim
Time frame: four cycles of dose dense doxorubicin cyclophosphamide (AC) with lipegfilgrastim support (8 weeks).
incidence of treatment-related neutropenia
Determine the incidence of treatment-related neutropenia during subsequent chemotherapy (up to 1 year)
Time frame: Up to 1 year of subsequent chemotherapy
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