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February 11, 2021

Evaluation of Efficacy and Safety of Nab-Paclitaxel vs Paclitaxel in Platinum-Refractory Metastatic Urothelial Cancer

Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Urology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
  • 2Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
  • 3Center for Innovative Research for Communities and Clinical Excellence (CiRC2LE), Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima City, Fukushima, Japan
  • 4Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan
JAMA Oncol. 2021;7(4):633-634. doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.8005

To the Editor In a randomized clinical trial, Sridhar et al1 compared the efficacy and safety of nab-paclitaxel vs paclitaxel in platinum-refractory metastatic urothelial cancer. The results failed to demonstrate that nab-paclitaxel was superior to paclitaxel regarding progression-free survival (PFS). However, in the abstract, they suggested that taxanes remain a reasonable option in the platinum-refractory settings, based on comparison with previous reports. We have some concerns about the presentation and interpretation of the results in this study.

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