Time to testosterone (T) and PSA rises during first “off treatment” interval (1OFF-2ON) of intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) as prognostic for time to castration resistance (CRPC) and prostate cancer mortality (PCM) in men with biochemical relapse (BR).

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4557-4557
Author(s):  
Evan Y. Yu ◽  
Kevin F Kuo ◽  
Rachel Hunter-Merrill ◽  
Roman Gulati ◽  
Suzanne P Hall ◽  
...  

4557 Background: A recent phase III trial of intermittent vs. continuous AD supports IAD as standard of care for men treated with AD for BR. To identify potential prognostic factors during 1OFF, times to T and PSA rises from our prospective trial of IAD in men with BR were analyzed in relation to times to CRPC and PCM. Methods: 72 men with BR after definitive local therapy were treated with IAD, each cycle consisting of 9 months of leuprolide and flutamide followed by a variable “off treatment” interval. T and PSA were followed monthly; AD was resumed when PSA reached a pre-specified value. Cycles repeated until CRPC, defined as ≥2 PSA rises with T≤50 ng/dL. Markers of interest from 1OFF-2ON were time to first T>50, time from first T>50 to first PSA rise ≥0.1 ng/mL, time to first PSA rise ≥0.1, and PSA doubling time (PSAdt), calculated using the first 3 PSA measurements starting from first PSA ≥0.1. The associations of these markers with CRPC and PCM were evaluated using Cox proportional hazards models (or logistic regression if the Cox proportional hazards assumption was not met), controlling for age at study entry and Gleason score categorized to ≤7 or >7. Results: A 30-day increase in time to first T>50 was significantly associated with a 75% increase in the risk of PCM. A 30-day increase in time to PSA rise from 1OFF or after T>50 was significantly associated with a 23% or 72% reduction in the risk of CRPC, respectively. While neither of the associations of PSAdt with CRPC or PCM were significant, they were of moderate size: PSAdt displayed a moderate reduction in risk of CRPC by 35% and PCM by 38%. Conclusions: During the first “off treatment” interval of IAD, the time to first T>50 is prognostic for PCM. Time to first PSA rise after 1OFF and after first T>50 are both prognostic for CRPC. [Table: see text]

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (5_suppl) ◽  
pp. 99-99
Author(s):  
Evan Y. Yu ◽  
Kevin F Kuo ◽  
Rachel Hunter-Merrill ◽  
Roman Gulati ◽  
Suzanne P Hall ◽  
...  

99 Background: A recent phase III trial of intermittent vs. continuous AD supports IAD as standard of care for men treated with AD for BR. To identify potential factors during 1OFF prognostic for time to CRPC or PCM, relationships with times to T and PSA rises from our prospective trial of IAD in men with BR were analyzed. Methods: 72 patients were treated with IAD, each cycle consisting of 9 months of leuprolide and flutamide followed by a variable “off treatment” interval. T and PSA were followed monthly; AD was resumed when PSA reached a pre-specified value. Cycles repeated until CRPC, defined as ≥2 PSA rises with T<50 ng/dL. We evaluated patients who completed 1OFF and reached T>50 with a Cox proportional hazards model, controlling for age at study entry, to quantify association of time to first T>50 with time from this point to CRPC or PCM. Similarly we quantified association of PSA rise during 1OFF and after first T>50 with these endpoints. Results: A longer time to PSA rise during 1OFF or after T>50 was associated with longer time to CRPC, while longer time to first T>50 was marginally associated with shorter time to PCM. Specifically, a 30-day increase in time to PSA rise during 1OFF or after T>50 was associated with a 21% or 27% reduction in the risk of CRPC, while a 30-day increase in time to first T>50 was associated with a 39% increase in the risk of PCM. Conclusions: That longer time to PSA rise during 1OFF was associated with longer time to CRPC is not surprising, but the association between longer time to first T>50 and time to PCM has not been reported. To validate these findings, an extended analysis is underway and will be presented. [Table: see text]


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Mitelman ◽  
Hoda Z. Abdel-Hamid ◽  
Barry J. Byrne ◽  
Anne M. Connolly ◽  
Peter Heydemann ◽  
...  

Background: Studies 4658-201/202 (201/202) evaluated treatment effects of eteplirsen over 4 years in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy and confirmed exon-51 amenable genetic mutations. Chart review Study 4658-405 (405) further followed these patients while receiving eteplirsen during usual clinical care. Objective: To compare long-term clinical outcomes of eteplirsen-treated patients from Studies 201/202/405 with those of external controls. Methods: Median total follow-up time was approximately 6 years of eteplirsen treatment. Outcomes included loss of ambulation (LOA) and percent-predicted forced vital capacity (FVC%p). Time to LOA was compared between eteplirsen-treated patients and standard of care (SOC) external controls and was measured from eteplirsen initiation in 201/202 or, in the SOC group, from the first study visit. Comparisons were conducted using univariate Kaplan-Meier analyses and log-rank tests, and multivariate Cox proportional hazards models with regression adjustment for baseline characteristics. Annual change in FVC%p was compared between eteplirsen-treated patients and natural history study patients using linear mixed models with repeated measures. Results: Data were included from all 12 patients in Studies 201/202 and the 10 patients with available data from 405. Median age at LOA was 15.16 years. Eteplirsen-treated patients experienced a statistically significant longer median time to LOA by 2.09 years (5.09 vs. 3.00 years, p < 0.01) and significantly attenuated rates of pulmonary decline vs. natural history patients (FVC%p change: –3.3 vs. –6.0 percentage points annually, p < 0.0001). Conclusions: Study 405 highlights the functional benefits of eteplirsen on ambulatory and pulmonary function outcomes up to 7 years of follow-up in comparison to external controls.


2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 4014-4014 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Weese ◽  
W. Du ◽  
L. Techner

4014 Background: POI, an interruption of bowel motility, occurs universally after BR and is exacerbated by exogenous opioid analgesia. ALV, a peripherally acting mu-opioid receptor (PAM-OR) antagonist, accelerated GI recovery after BR in multicenter, randomized phase III efficacy trials. CRC is the most common reason for BR in the US, and in the ALV trials CRC was the primary reason for BR for 723 of 1,409 (51%) PTS. This abstract examines GI recovery, LOS, POI-related morbidity, and safety in only this subset of PTS. Methods: This pooled ad hoc analysis assessed the subset of PTS in phase III ALV trials who underwent BR via laparotomy because of CRC and received ALV 12 mg or placebo (PLA) (N = 723). All PTS were scheduled for postoperative intravenous patient-controlled opioid analgesia and received oral ALV or PLA preoperatively and BID postoperatively until hospital discharge or for = 7 postoperative days. Efficacy endpoints included GI-2 recovery (first bowel movement and tolerance of solid food) and postoperative LOS (calendar day after surgery to hospital discharge order written). Treatment effect on GI-2 recovery was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards models, and magnitude of effect was expressed with Kaplan-Meier means. POI-related morbidity included nasogastric tube insertion or complications of POI resulting in prolonged hospital stay or readmission. Safety was monitored by adverse event reports. Conclusions: ALV significantly accelerated GI recovery, reduced postoperative LOS, and reduced the proportion of PTS with POI-related morbidity compared with PLA in PTS undergoing BR for CRC. ALV was well tolerated with a lower incidence of nausea and vomiting in the ALV group than in the PLA group. [Table: see text] No significant financial relationships to disclose.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 310-310
Author(s):  
Stacey Stein ◽  
Jeremy Snider ◽  
Margaret Elizabeth McCusker ◽  
Rebecca A. Miksad ◽  
Brian Michael Alexander ◽  
...  

310 Background: Trastuzumab (T) plus chemotherapy is standard of care for pts with HER2+ adv GE cancer. Selection for T relies on HER2+ result by immunohistochemistry (IHC) +/- in-situ hybridization (ISH); ERBB2 amplification by comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) also predicts benefit. As CGP use increases, it is important to explore associations of IHC/ISH and CGP result agreement with clinical outcomes in pts with adv GE cancer. Methods: Pts with adv GE cancer were selected from the Flatiron Health-Foundation Medicine (FMI) clinico-genomic database (CGDB), a nationwide de-identified EHR-derived clinical database linked to FMI genomic data. Pts treated from 01/2011-12/2018 with CGP data for tissue specimens collected before 1L were included. Agreement between HER2 status by IHC +/- ISH v ERBB2 amplification by CGP was assessed. For 1L containing T, time to tx discontinuation (TTD) and overall survival (OS) from 1L start stratified by HER2:ERBB2 agreement and ERBB2 copy number (CN) [ERBB2+ = CN >4] were estimated with unadjusted Kaplan-Meier analysis and adjusted (practice type, sex, age at adv dx) hazard ratios (aHR) from Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Of 596 HER2-tested pts with adv GE cancer in CGDB, 174 (29%) were HER2+ by IHC/ISH. Median age at adv dx was 63 y; 76.5% were male and 97% had adenocarcinoma. Overall HER2:ERBB2 agreement was 91%. Of 123 HER2+ 1L T-treated pts, median TTD and OS were longer for HER2+:ERBB2+ (concordant; n = 93) v HER2+:ERBB2- pts (discordant; n = 30): TTD, 5.2 v 0.8 months, aHR 0.46 (0.29-0.70); OS 14.8 v 7.5 months, aHR 0.38 (0.21-0.68). Median OS was 22.0 vs 8.4 months for 1L T-treated pts with ERBB2 CN > 30 (median) v CN ≤30 (aHR 0.69 [0.37-1.27]). Conclusions: In this large real-world clinico-genomic dataset, HER2:ERBB2 agreement was high in tested pts with adv GE cancer. 1L T-treated pts with discordant tests (HER2+:ERBB2-) had significantly shorter TTD and OS. Pts with higher ERBB2 CN had longer OS, but this finding was not significant after adjusting for covariates. Further research is needed to explore associations between HER2:ERBB2 agreement and clinical outcomes in this population.


2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 1595-1606 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Bashir ◽  
Sofie Mathilde Jacobsen ◽  
Otto Mølby Henriksen ◽  
Helle Broholm ◽  
Thomas Urup ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Diagnostic accuracy in previous studies of O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine (18F-FET) PET in patients with suspected recurrent glioma may be influenced by prolonged dynamic PET acquisitions, heterogeneous populations, different non–standard-of-care therapies, and PET scans performed at different time points post radiotherapy. We investigated the diagnostic accuracy of a 20-minute 18F-FET PET scan in MRI-suspected recurrent glioblastoma 6 months after standard radiotherapy and its ability to prognosticate overall survival (OS). Methods In total, 146 glioblastoma patients with 168 18F-FET PET scans were reviewed retrospectively. Patients with MRI responses to bevacizumab or undergoing re-irradiation or immunotherapy after 18F-FET PET were excluded. Maximum and mean tumor-to-background ratios (TBRmax, TBRmean) and biological tumor volume (BTV) were recorded and verified by histopathology or clinical/radiological follow-up. Thresholds of 18F-FET parameters were determined by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. Prognostic factors were investigated in Cox proportional hazards models. Results Surgery was performed after 104 18F-FET PET scans, while clinical/radiological surveillance was used following 64, identifying 152 glioblastoma recurrences and 16 posttreatment changes. ROC analysis yielded thresholds of 2.0 for TBRmax, 1.8 for TBRmean, and 0.55 cm3 for BTV in differentiating recurrent glioblastoma from posttreatment changes with the best performance of TBRmax (sensitivity 99%, specificity 94%; P &lt; 0.0001) followed by BTV (sensitivity 98%, specificity 94%; P &lt; 0.0001). Using these thresholds, 166 18F-FET PET scans were correctly classified. Increasing BTV was associated with shorter OS (P &lt; 0.0001). Conclusion A 20-minute 18F-FET PET scan is a powerful tool to distinguish posttreatment changes from recurrent glioblastoma 6-month postradiotherapy, and predicts OS.


2013 ◽  
Vol 31 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 644-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bei Wang ◽  
Jin Jin ◽  
Russell Wada ◽  
Liang Fang ◽  
Dan Lu ◽  
...  

644 Background: T-DM1 is an antibody–drug conjugate composed of trastuzumab (T), a stable thioether linker, and the potent cytotoxic agent DM1. In the phase III study EMILIA, median PFS and OS were significantly prolonged with T-DM1 vs XL in patients (pts) with HER2-positive locally advanced or MBC previously treated with T and a taxane; (PFS hazard ratio [HR]=0.65, p<0.001; OS HR=0.68, p<0.001). We report the effects of T-DM1 exposure on efficacy outcomes in EMILIA. Methods: In EMILIA, pts were randomized 1:1 to receive T-DM1 3.6 mg/kg q3w (n=495) or XL (n=496) in 21-day cycles. Pharmacokinetic (PK) samples were from cycle 1 (n=350, T-DM1 arm only). Exposure variables were T-DM1 AUC, T-DM1 Cmin, total T AUC, and DM1 Cmaxcalculated by noncompartmental analysis. A logistic regression model was used to evaluate the relationship between T-DM1 exposure and objective response rates (ORR) in the T-DM1 arm. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate HRs of OS and PFS for each T-DM1 exposure quartile vs all randomized pts in the XL arm, adjusting for baseline covariates. Results: For ORR, mean T-DM1 AUC was 536 day*ug/mL for responders and 502 day*ug/mL for non-responders (P=0.09); mean DM1 Cmax was 4.55 ng/mL and 4.64 ng/mL, respectively (P=0.64). OS and PFS HRs (and 95% CIs) of T-DM1 vs XL stratified by T-DM1 exposure quartiles are shown (Table). Conclusions: In EMILIA, no clear trends were observed between T-DM1 exposure and PFS, OS, or ORR, following administration of T-DM1 3.6 mg/kg q3w. However, there was a suggestion of improved OS HR by stratified T-DM1 Cmin quartiles, albeit with mostly overlapping 95% CIs. Ongoing T-DM1 clinical trials will further evaluate this potential relationship. [Table: see text]


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 473-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard J. Escudier ◽  
Camillo Porta ◽  
Matthew Squires ◽  
Cezary Szczylik ◽  
Christian K. Kollmannsberger ◽  
...  

473 Background: In the GOLD trial, Dov did not improve progression-free survival (PFS) or overall survival (OS) over Sor. An exploratory objective of the study was to investigate plasma and tumor biomarkers to predict outcome. Methods: Plasma samples were obtained longitudinally throughout the study, and biomarkers were assessed by immunoassay. Primary archival tumor samples were assessed by immunohistochemistry. Log-rank tests, stratified by baseline MSKCC risk group, for difference in Kaplan-Meier curves between biomarker category (low/high based on </≥ median baseline values) within treatment arm were performed. Hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated from Cox proportional hazards models. Results: Plasma samples were available from 561 patients (Dov, n = 281; Sor, n = 280), and tumor samples were available from 341 patients (Dov, n = 181; Sor, n = 160). Baseline plasma biomarker levels were not predictive of Dov or Sor PFS or OS. However, strong prognostic effects, particularly for OS, were observed. High baseline cKIT and low baseline FGF2, HGF, PlGF, sVEGFR1, VEGFA, and VEGFD were associated with better OS for both Dov and Sor (Table). Changes from baseline in a number of plasma biomarkers were observed following treatment with Dov and Sor, consistent with VEGFR/FGFR inhibitory effects. Prognostic effects were also observed for low FGFR2 (PFS) and low FGF2 (OS) expression in archival tumors. Conclusions: Baseline plasma biomarkers are prognostic but not predictive in the third-line setting. Clinical trial information: NCT01223027. [Table: see text]


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 181-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Frazier Jarrard ◽  
Yu-Hui Chen ◽  
Glenn Liu ◽  
Michael Anthony Carducci ◽  
Mario A. Eisenberger ◽  
...  

181 Background: To evaluate whether metformin (Met) a widely-used, nontoxic oral antidiabetic drug with putative anticancer properties leads to improvements in prostate cancer (PC) outcomes in the CHAARTED trial. Methods: In the CHAARTED database where metformin use at baseline was recorded prospectively, we identified patients with metastatic PC who underwent either ADT alone or ADT and docetaxel (D) chemotherapy. Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine the effect of Metformin on outcomes. Results: A total of 788 patients (median age, 63 y) had complete data after randomization. Comparison of ADT+D+Met (n = 39) to ADT+D (n = 357) and ADT+Met (n = 29) to ADT alone (n = 363) revealed similar clinicopathologic characteristics. Cause of death was PC in 13(81%) of ADT+D+Met, 72(85%) ADT+D, 9(82%) ADT+Met and 105(84%) ADT alone groups. See table for PC outcomes and overall survival by metformin use. Cox regression analysis for overall survival stratified by stratification factors at randomization demonstrates Met use was associated with a trend for worse overall survival (HR 1.47 95%CI: [0.95,2.26], p = 0.08) with adjustment for treatment arm and prior local therapy. In contrast, ADT+D use (HR 0.62; 95%CI: [0.47,0.81]) and prior local therapy with surgery or radiation (HR 0.56; 95% CI: [0.38, 0.82]) were associated with improved survival. Conclusions: In this study, baseline metformin did not improve PC outcomes. Partial support and drug supply by Sanofi. Clinical trial information: NCT00309985. [Table: see text]


JAMIA Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Spiros Denaxas ◽  
Anoop D Shah ◽  
Bilal A Mateen ◽  
Valerie Kuan ◽  
Jennifer K Quint ◽  
...  

Abstract Objectives The UK Biobank (UKB) is making primary care electronic health records (EHRs) for 500 000 participants available for COVID-19-related research. Data are extracted from four sources, recorded using five clinical terminologies and stored in different schemas. The aims of our research were to: (a) develop a semi-supervised approach for bootstrapping EHR phenotyping algorithms in UKB EHR, and (b) to evaluate our approach by implementing and evaluating phenotypes for 31 common biomarkers. Materials and Methods We describe an algorithmic approach to phenotyping biomarkers in primary care EHR involving (a) bootstrapping definitions using existing phenotypes, (b) excluding generic, rare, or semantically distant terms, (c) forward-mapping terminology terms, (d) expert review, and (e) data extraction. We evaluated the phenotypes by assessing the ability to reproduce known epidemiological associations with all-cause mortality using Cox proportional hazards models. Results We created and evaluated phenotyping algorithms for 31 biomarkers many of which are directly related to COVID-19 complications, for example diabetes, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease. Our algorithm identified 1651 Read v2 and Clinical Terms Version 3 terms and automatically excluded 1228 terms. Clinical review excluded 103 terms and included 44 terms, resulting in 364 terms for data extraction (sensitivity 0.89, specificity 0.92). We extracted 38 190 682 events and identified 220 978 participants with at least one biomarker measured. Discussion and conclusion Bootstrapping phenotyping algorithms from similar EHR can potentially address pre-existing methodological concerns that undermine the outputs of biomarker discovery pipelines and provide research-quality phenotyping algorithms.


Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1177
Author(s):  
In Young Choi ◽  
Sohyun Chun ◽  
Dong Wook Shin ◽  
Kyungdo Han ◽  
Keun Hye Jeon ◽  
...  

Objective: To our knowledge, no studies have yet looked at how the risk of developing breast cancer (BC) varies with changes in metabolic syndrome (MetS) status. This study aimed to investigate the association between changes in MetS and subsequent BC occurrence. Research Design and Methods: We enrolled 930,055 postmenopausal women aged 40–74 years who participated in a biennial National Health Screening Program in 2009–2010 and 2011–2012. Participants were categorized into four groups according to change in MetS status during the two-year interval screening: sustained non-MetS, transition to MetS, transition to non-MetS, and sustained MetS. We calculated multivariable-adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for BC incidence using the Cox proportional hazards models. Results: At baseline, MetS was associated with a significantly increased risk of BC (aHR 1.11, 95% CI 1.06–1.17) and so were all of its components. The risk of BC increased as the number of the components increased (aHR 1.46, 95% CI 1.26–1.61 for women with all five components). Compared to the sustained non-MetS group, the aHR (95% CI) for BC was 1.11 (1.04–1.19) in the transition to MetS group, 1.05 (0.96–1.14) in the transition to non-MetS group, and 1.18 (1.12–1.25) in the sustained MetS group. Conclusions: Significantly increased BC risk was observed in the sustained MetS and transition to MetS groups. These findings are clinically meaningful in that efforts to recover from MetS may lead to reduced risk of BC.


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