Table 5: Features of studies involved in review.

 

Wildiers, et al. [10]

Zhang, et al. [9]

Type of study

RCT

RCT

Setting

Open-label, phase 2, single-centre

Open-label, phase 2, multi-centered across 30 centers in Europe

Number of participants

n = 80 (41 intervention, 39 comparator)

n = 66 (35 intervention, 31 comparator)

Patient characteristics

Median age:

Intervention- 77.3 years

Comparator- 76.2 years

Age (Mean ± SD):

Intervention: 52.3 ± 5.6 years

Comparator: 53.6 ± 4.3 years

Intervention

 

Metronomic oral cyclophosphamide 50 mg per day plus trastuzumab and pertuzumab,

Metronomic oral cyclophosphamide 50 mg per day plus docetaxel 75mg/m2, d1 plus

Comparator

Transtuzumab and pertuzumab

Docetaxel alone

Outcome of interest for this review

Overall response rate (complete response + partial response)

Overall response rate (complete response + partial response)

Method used for outcome measurement

RECIST version 1.1

RECIST version 1.1

 Median follow up

 20.7 months

 40 months

 Results

 

 

Intervention

Comparator

Overall response rate

53 %

44 %

 

 

Intervention

Comparator

Overall response rate

71.4 %

51.6 %

 

 Source of funding

 Study drugs and financial support provided by F Hoffmann-La Roche

 Supported by Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission Guidance Project, P.R. China

Clinical trial registration number

NCT01597414

NCT01526499