Most specifically, our results contrast with the Anastrozole Monotherapy Versus Maximal Oestrogen Blockade with Anastrozole and Fulvestrant Combination Therapy (FACT) trial, in which the same combination of anastrozole and fulvestrant was not superior to anastrozole alone.22 However, the FACT trial included fewer patients (514 patients) than did the current trial, and
because that trial included patients with locally recurrent disease, which is associated with fewer failure events, a larger study would have been required to detect a difference between the
groups. Moreover, the FACT trial also included patients in whom the disease had progressed while they were receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, and all patients were in relapse after treatment
of local disease. In contrast, 39% of the patients enrolled in our study had disease that was metastatic at presentation. Furthermore, in the FACT trial, in the combination-therapy group,
70% of the patients had received prior antiestrogen therapy and 32% were treated during or up to 12 months after stopping adjuvant endocrine therapy.
Most specifically, our results contrast with the Anastrozole Monotherapy Versus Maximal Oestrogen Blockade with Anastrozole and Fulvestrant Combination Therapy (FACT) trial, in which the same combination of anastrozole and fulvestrant was not superior to anastrozole alone.22 However, the FACT trial included fewer patients (514 patients) than did the current trial, andbecause that trial included patients with locally recurrent disease, which is associated with fewer failure events, a larger study would have been required to detect a difference between thegroups. Moreover, the FACT trial also included patients in whom the disease had progressed while they were receiving adjuvant chemotherapy, and all patients were in relapse after treatmentof local disease. In contrast, 39% of the patients enrolled in our study had disease that was metastatic at presentation. Furthermore, in the FACT trial, in the combination-therapy group,70% of the patients had received prior antiestrogen therapy and 32% were treated during or up to 12 months after stopping adjuvant endocrine therapy.
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