Whole-Pelvic Versus Prostate-Only Radiation Therapy in Unfavorable Intermediate-Risk and High-Risk Prostate Cancer Treated with Androgen Deprivation Therapy and Brachytherapy Boost

2018 ◽  
Vol 102 (3) ◽  
pp. e150-e151
Author(s):  
D.D. Yang ◽  
B.A. Mahal ◽  
V. Muralidhar ◽  
N.E. Martin ◽  
M. King ◽  
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2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2_suppl) ◽  
pp. 41-41
Author(s):  
Michael A Dyer ◽  
Ming-Hui Chen ◽  
Michelle H. Braccioforte ◽  
Brian Joseph Moran ◽  
Anthony V. D'Amico

41 Background: Despite evidence of prolonged survival when adding androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) to external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) in men with unfavorable intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer (PC), some of these men are not receiving ADT. We explored whether comorbidity can explain this discrepancy given the observation that survival may be shortened in men with moderate to severe comorbidity who receive ADT. Methods: Between 10/1997 and 5/2013, 3,348 men with unfavorable intermediate- (2,380 patients; 70.7%) or high-risk (986 patients; 29.3%) PC were treated at the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Chicago using brachytherapy with or without neoadjuvant EBRT and/or ADT, and formed the study cohort. A multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate whether comorbidity (history of congestive heart failure [CHF] and/or myocardial infarction [MI]) was associated with decreased odds of ADT use in men with unfavorable intermediate- or high-risk PC, adjusting for age, PC prognostic factors, year of brachytherapy, and EBRT use. Results: Among patients with unfavorable-intermediate-risk PC, 31.2% received ADT, and in the high-risk cohort, 38.3%, 12.3%, and 4.8% received up to 6, >6-18, or >18 months of ADT respectively. In men with high-risk PC, a history of CHF/MI was not significantly associated with decreased odds of ADT use of any duration (all p values >0.71), but the odds of ADT use decreased over time (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) 0.87, 95% confidence interval (CI) [0.83,0.91], p<0.0001; AOR 0.93, 95% CI [0.87,0.99], p=0.023; AOR 0.92, 95% CI [0.83,1.01], p=0.089, for up to 6, >6-18, and >18 months respectively, with no ADT as the reference). Similarly, in men with unfavorable intermediate-risk PC, a history of CHF/MI was not significantly associated with decreased odds of ADT use (p=0.49), whereas the odds of ADT use decreased significantly over time (AOR 0.96, 95% CI [0.94,0.98], p=0.0009). Conclusions: While ADT use has decreased over time in men with unfavorable intermediate- and high-risk PC undergoing brachytherapy with or without supplemental EBRT, this decrease does not appear to be occurring in men with a history of CHF or MI.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aditya Juloori ◽  
Chirag Shah ◽  
Kevin Stephans ◽  
Andrew Vassil ◽  
Rahul Tendulkar

High-risk prostate cancer is an aggressive form of the disease with an increased risk of distant metastasis and subsequent mortality. Multiple randomized trials have established that the combination of radiation therapy and long-term androgen deprivation therapy improves overall survival compared to either treatment alone. Standard of care for men with high-risk prostate cancer in the modern setting is dose-escalated radiotherapy along with 2-3 years of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). There are research efforts directed towards assessing the efficacy of shorter ADT duration. Current research has been focused on assessing hypofractionated and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) techniques. Ongoing randomized trials will help assess the utility of pelvic lymph node irradiation. Research is also focused on multimodality therapy with addition of a brachytherapy boost to external beam radiation to help improve outcomes in men with high-risk prostate cancer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 243-243
Author(s):  
Neal Andruska ◽  
Temitope Agabalogun ◽  
Benjamin Walker Fischer-Valuck ◽  
Randall Brenneman ◽  
Hiram Alberto Gay ◽  
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243 Background: Dose-escalated radiotherapy (RT) with androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) is a standard definitive treatment for localized prostate cancer (LPCa), but the optimal sequencing of hormone therapy with RT is unclear, with most patients treated with neoadjuvant ADT. Clinical trials addressing this question have not yielded definitive results. During COVID-19, there has been greater interest in neoadjuvant ADT as a way to delay initiation of RT to reduce risk of COVID transmission from daily RT visits with recent analysis from the NCDB showing that RT can be delayed for up to 6 months after neoadjuvant ADT. It is unclear if neoadjuvant ADT is appropriate for all patients or if select cohorts may benefit from concurrent ADT and upfront RT, such as patients with higher grade disease and low PSA who may have less hormone-responsive disease. Methods: Using the NCDB, we identified men diagnosed from 2004 to 2015 with NCCN unfavorable intermediate risk or high-risk adenocarcinoma of the prostate with a presenting PSA ≤ 5 ng/mL treated with definitive RT and either ADT initiated 2-4 months prior to RT (neoadjuvant ADT) or ADT started within 7 days of RT (concurrent ADT). OS was the primary endpoint. OS was estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards analyses was performed using age, facility type, Charlson-Deyo comorbidity score, clinical T stage, and Gleason score. Results: 2393 patients were identified, with 2103 receiving neoadjuvant ADT and 290 receiving concurrent ADT. Multivariable analysis (MVA) showed that concurrent ADT was associated with a lower risk of death relative to patients receiving neoadjuvant ADT {hazard ratio (HR): 0.58 [95% confidence interval: 0.36-0.94], p = 0.02}. The number of days from diagnosis to the start of RT was not associated with worse OS (HR:[0.99-1.01], p = 0.61) on MVA. Age (HR = 1.03 [1.01-1.05], p = 0.002) and treatment at an academic center (HR: 0.71 [0.53-0.94], p = 0.02) were also significantly associated with OS on MVA. The benefit of concurrent ADT relative to neoadjuvant ADT was greatest in patients with Gleason 4 and Gleason 5 disease (HR: 0.31 [0.14-0.71], p = 0.005). Conclusions: For patients with unfavorable intermediate-risk or high-risk prostate cancer and a PSA ≤ 5 ng/mL, concurrent ADT and upfront RT was associated with improved OS compared to neoadjuvant ADT and RT. The associated benefit appeared to be more pronounced for Gleason Score ≥ 8. Results are hypothesis generating and require validation in a randomized trial.


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