Safety and clinical outcome of a cohort of patients (pts) with castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) treated with abiraterone acetate (AA) in a named patient program (NPP): Updated results of a retrospective study from an Italian cooperative group.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 253-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Orazio Caffo ◽  
Lucia Fratino ◽  
Giovanni Lo Re ◽  
Umberto Basso ◽  
Alessandro D'Angelo ◽  
...  

253 Background: Abiraterone acetate (AA) provided a survival advantage compared to placebo in patients (pts) with castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who had received docetaxel (de Bono JS et al, NEJM 2011). The present retrospective study is aimed to assess safety and clinical outcome in an unselected CRPC population which received AA in a named patient program (NPP). Methods: We retrospectively reviewed the clinical records of all pts treated with AA for CRPC by NPP in our institutions. All pts have been previously treated with a docetaxel-based first-line chemotherapy and received the standard AA dose of 1,000 mg daily plus prednisone 10 mg daily. For each pt we recorded the pre- and post-AA clinical history, the AA treatment details toxicities and clinical outcomes. Results: To date we have collected a consecutive series of 245 pts from 18 Italian hospitals. The median age was 73 (range 45 to 91). The median baseline prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level was 100 ng/ml (range 0.33->100.000); 79% of the pts had bone metastases, while nodal, lung and liver metastases were observed in 52%, 9%, and 7% of the pts, respectively. The median duration of AA treatment was 5 months (range, 1 to 26). Grade 3 to 4 toxicities were anemia (11 pts), fatigue (nine pts), bone pain (four pts), constipation (two pts), thrombocytopenia (two pts), nausea (one pt), diarrhea (one pt), dyspnea (one pt), edema (one pt), hypertension (one pt), hyperbilirubinemia (one pt), and hypokaliemia (one pt). A PSA reduction of more than 50% was observed in 50.9% of the pts. The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 6 months and 15 months, respectively; the 1 year PFS and OS rates were 24.3% and 56.9%, respectively. Conclusions: Our results have confirmed the safety and efficacy of AA in an unselected population of pts with pre-treated CRPC outside clinical trials and provided further support concerning the good safety profile of the drug.

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 248-248
Author(s):  
Orazio Caffo ◽  
Antonello Veccia ◽  
Francesca Maines ◽  
Alberto Bonetta ◽  
Gilbert Spizzo ◽  
...  

248 Background: Abiraterone acetate (AA) and enzalutamide (ENZ) are new generation hormonal agents (NHA) which demonstrated a survival gain in patients (pts) with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) pre-treated with docetaxel. Although all patients eventually became resistant to these NHAs, some of them show primary resistance, defined as an early progression within the first 3 months, which leads to an early treatment interruption. In the present analysis we have tried to identify which factor, if any, may predict primary resistance to AA and ENZ. Methods: We evaluated a consecutive series of 57 pts, treated in our hospital in two successive named patient programs conducted in our hospital to allow pre-treated CRPC patients to receive NHAs before their approval in Italy: 26 received AA (1,000 mg po + prednisone 10 mg po daily) and 31 ENZ (160 mg po daily). For each pt we have recorded the pre- and post-NHA clinical history, the treatment details and outcomes. We have also assessed the ability of a series of 24 selected clinical factors to predict NHAs resistance, through a logistic regression analysis. Continuous variables were categorized by quartiles and chosen for the initial model after a univariate chi-square analysis. Results: Among the 24 factors, the presence of pain at baseline, high baseline lactate dehydrogenase levels and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels after one month of treatment were predictive of primary NHA resistance at the univariate analysis. However, only PSA levels were confirmed at the multivariate analysis [exp(beta) 0.115; p = 0.007], as patients failing to achieve a 50% or more reduction in baseline PSA levels, were more likely to show primary NHA resistance (48% vs. 15%). Conclusions: Our results suggest that PSA trend may represent a simple and rapid method of identifying patients with primary resistance to NHAs, so patients failing to achieve a 50% or more reduction within the first month of treatment should undergo intensive investigations, to verify whether they have primary resistance to NHAs. These data should be confirmed in a larger patient population.


Author(s):  
K Kobayashi ◽  
N Okuno ◽  
G Arai ◽  
H Nakatsu ◽  
A Maniwa ◽  
...  

Abstract Aim The aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of abiraterone acetate plus prednisolone in patients with chemotherapy-naïve early metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who failed first-line androgen deprivation therapy. Methods Patients with early metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer with confirmed prostate-specific antigen progression within 1-year or prostate-specific antigen progression without having normal prostate-specific antigen level (<4.0 ng/mL) during first-line androgen deprivation therapy were enrolled and administered abiraterone acetate (1000 mg) plus prednisolone (10 mg). A minimum of 48 patients were required according to Simon’s minimax design. The primary endpoint was prostate-specific antigen response rate (≥50% prostate-specific antigen decline by 12 weeks), secondary endpoints included prostate-specific antigen progression-free survival and overall survival. Safety parameters were also assessed. Results For efficacy, 49/50 patients were evaluable. Median age was 73 (range: 55–86) years. The median duration of initial androgen deprivation therapy was 32.4 (range: 13.4–84.1) weeks and 48 patients experienced prostate-specific antigen progression within 1-year after initiation of androgen deprivation therapy. prostate-specific antigen response rate was 55.1% (95% confidence interval: 40.2%–69.3%), median prostate-specific antigen–progression-free survival was 24.1 weeks, and median overall survival was 102.9 weeks (95% confidence interval: 64.86 not estimable [NE]). Most common adverse event was nasopharyngitis (15/50 patients, 30.0%). The most common ≥grade 3 adverse event was alanine aminotransferase increased (6/50 patients, 12.0%). Conclusions Abiraterone acetate plus prednisolone demonstrated a high prostate-specific antigen response rate of 55.1%, suggesting tumor growth still depends on androgen synthesis in patients with early metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. However, prostate-specific antigen–progression-free survival was shorter than that reported in previous studies. Considering the benefit–risk profile, abiraterone acetate plus prednisolone would be a beneficial treatment option for patients with chemotherapy-naive metastatic prostate cancer who show early castration resistance.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 92-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonello Veccia ◽  
Salvatore Luca Burgio ◽  
Giuseppe di Lorenzo ◽  
Cinzia Ortega ◽  
Florinda Scognamiglio ◽  
...  

92 Background: Docetaxel (DOC) represents the treatment of choice in the first line treatment for patients (pts) with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). However, when CRPC is diagnosed in pts age 80 or older, the fear of high toxicity degree usually limits chemotherapy use due to both pts frailty and several comorbidities occurrence. The present retrospective study is aimed to assess the clinical outcomes in this very elderly CRPC population. Methods: In this multicentric retrospective study, after Ethical Committee approval, we have reviewed the clinical records of all pts age 80 and older CRPC pts from participating institutions, treated with DOC in clinical practice, recording the pre- and post-DOC clinical history, the DOC treatment details and outcomes. Results: To date we collected a consecutive series of 115 pts from 28 Italian hospitals. The median age was 82 (range 80 to 90). The median baseline prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was 92 ng/ml (range 3 to 2,981); 83% of the pts had bone metastases, while nodal, lung and liver metastases were observed in 39%, 9%, and 8% of the pts, respectively. Median Cumulative Illness Rating Scale score was 3 (range 0 to 11), median Activity Daily Living index score was 0 (range 0 to 5), median Instrumental Activities of Daily Living score was 0 (range 0 to 5). The DOC was administered on 3 week or weekly schedule basis (43%/57%). A PSA reduction greater than 50% was observed in 55% of the pts; an objective response was observed in 15% of the 60 pts who underwent a radiological re-evaluation at the treatment end. Grade 3-4 toxicities were: anemia (2%), neutropenia (10%) , thrombocytopenia (2%), fatigue (10%), diarrhea (4%), nausea (2%), renal (2%), and febrile neutropenia (2%). The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS )were 7 months and 20 months, while the 1 year PFS and OS rates were 21.2% and 71.5%, respectively. Conclusions: This data suggests that selected very older (age 80 and older) CRPC pts may received DOC with a good toxicity profile. In this pts population the treatment, both on 3 week or weekly schedule, is able to produce survival outcomes comparable to pivotal trials (18 months).


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 308-308
Author(s):  
Onal Cem ◽  
Ali Murat Sedef ◽  
Fatih KOse ◽  
Ezgi Oymak ◽  
Ozan Cem Guler ◽  
...  

308 Background: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prognostic implications of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) at baseline and after 4 and 12 weeks of treatment with abiraterone in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 102 mCRPC treated with abiraterone either pre- or post-chemotherapy between November 2012 and October 2017 in three institutions. We calculated NLR and PLR at baseline and at 4 and 12 weeks after initiation of abiraterone, and we evaluated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response every 4 weeks. Fifty patients (49%) were treated with abiraterone post-docetaxel, and 52 patients (51%) received abiraterone pre-chemotherapy. Based on receiver operating characteristic analysis, patients were stratified as low NLR ( < 3.1) or high NLR (≥ 3.1), and low PLR ( < 163) or high PLR (≥ 163). The cutoff for anemia was < 12g/dL. Results: Median follow-up times for patients overall and for those who survived were 24.0 months (range, 0.3 – 54.9 months) and 25.5 months (range, 2.8 – 54.9 months), respectively. The median time of abiraterone treatment was 8.1 months (range, 2.4 – 40.1 months). The median overall survival (OS) was 20.8 months (interquartile range: 17.3–24.4). In univariate analysis, NLR, PLR, PSA response, and low hemoglobin (Hgb) were found significantly predictive of OS and progression-free survival (PFS). In multivariate analysis, declines in NLR and PSA of ≥ 90% emerged as significant independent predictors of OS and PFS. High-NLR patients who remained high or who returned to low NLR after 4 and 12 weeks showed significantly worse OS than patients with low baseline NLR. Patients with baseline Hgb > 12 g/dL had significantly longer median OS compared with patients with Hgb ≤ 12 g/dL; however, the significance of Hgb was lost at 12 weeks. Conclusions: NLR and PSA response to abiraterone was a significant predictor of OS and PFS in mCRPC patients treated with abiraterone delivered either pre- or post-chemotherapy. Furthermore, persistent increase in NLR during abiraterone has prognostic value for OS in patients with mCRPC.


2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (25) ◽  
pp. 2639-2646 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhardt Attard ◽  
Michael Borre ◽  
Howard Gurney ◽  
Yohann Loriot ◽  
Corina Andresen-Daniil ◽  
...  

Purpose Enzalutamide resistance could result from raised androgens and be overcome by combination with abiraterone acetate. PLATO ( ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01995513) interrogated this hypothesis using a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled design. Patients and Methods In period one, men with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer received open-label enzalutamide 160 mg daily. Men with no prostate-specific antigen (PSA) increase at weeks 13 and 21 were treated until PSA progression (≥ 25% increase and ≥ 2 ng/mL above nadir), then randomly assigned at a one-to-one ratio in period two to abiraterone acetate 1,000 mg daily and prednisone 5 mg twice daily with either enzalutamide or placebo (combination or control group, respectively) until disease progression as defined by the primary end point: progression-free survival (radiographic or unequivocal clinical progression or death during study). Secondary end points included time to PSA progression and PSA response in period two. Results Of 509 patients enrolled in period one, 251 were randomly assigned in period two. Median progression-free survival was 5.7 months in the combination group and 5.6 months in the control group (hazard ratio, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.61 to 1.12; P = .22). There was no difference in the secondary end points. Grade 3 hypertension (10% v 2%) and increased ALT (6% v 2%) or AST (2% v 0%) were more frequent in the combination than the control group. Conclusion Combining enzalutamide with abiraterone acetate and prednisone is not indicated after PSA progression during treatment with enzalutamide alone; hypertension and elevated liver enzymes are more frequent with combination therapy.


2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 214-214
Author(s):  
Antonello Veccia ◽  
Cinzia Ortega ◽  
Giuseppe di Lorenzo ◽  
Francesca La Russa ◽  
Salvatore Luca Burgio ◽  
...  

214 Background: Since prostate cancer is usually diagnosed in patients (pts) over age 60, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is rarely observed in pts age 60 or younger. Despite the clinical outcomes of these pts are not clearly defined, there is a common feeling of a worse prognosis for pts with CRPC age 60 or younger. The present study is aimed to assess the clinical outcomes of this specific population. Methods: In this multicentric retrospective study, after Ethical Committee approval, we have reviewed the clinical records of all pts younger than 60 with CRPC from participating institutions, treated with docetaxel (DOC), both in clinical trials and in clinical practice. We recorded the pre- and post-DOC clinical history, the DOC treatment details and outcomes. Results: To date we have collected a consecutive series of 128 pts from 24 Italian hospitals. The median age was 57 (range 41 to 60). The median baseline prostate-specific antigen (PSA) was 85 ng/ml (range 1 to 3,020); 87% of the pts had bone metastases while 47%, 10%, and 13% showed nodal, liver and lung metastases, respectively. All but 12 pts received DOC with a 3 week standard schedule, the remaining being treated with a weekly schedule. A PSA reduction greater than 50% was observed in 61% of the pts; among the 86 pts with measurable disease who underwent a radiological re-evaluation at the treatment end, four and 13 pts achieved complete and partial response, respectively (response rate 20%). The main grade 3-4 toxicities were anemia (five pts), neutropenia (18 pts), febrile neutropenia (one pt), fatigue (five pts), peripheral neuropathy (three pts). The median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 7 months and 21 months, while the 1 year PFS and OS rates were 17.6% and 74.9%, respectively. Conclusions: Our data seems to not confirm that younger pts with CRPC have a worse prognosis compared to the older pts since their survival outcomes and response rate are similar to those observed in general population of pts wiht CRPC.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayşe Demirci ◽  
Cemil Bilir ◽  
Burcu Gülbağcı ◽  
İlhan Hacibekiroğlu ◽  
İbrahim V.Bayoğlu ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: To compare enzalutamide (E) and abiraterone acetate (AA) in terms of efficacy, survival and prognostic factors affecting survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. Methods: A total of 250 patients treated with E or AA in 5 centers were included.Results: The number of patients with no prostate specific antigen (PSA) decline was higher in the AA group than that in the E group, and the proportion of patients with a PSA decline of ≥50% was higher in the E group (p = 0.020). The rate of progression in the AA group (82.2%) was significantly higher than that in the E group (p <0.001). Radiological progression free survival (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly longer in the E group when compared to that in the AA group (p <0.001 and p = 0.027, respectively). In the E group, rPFS was significantly longer than that in the AA group in both pre- and post-docetaxel settings (p=0.010 and p=0.003, respectively). OS was similar in the pre-docetaxel setting; but in the post-docetaxel setting, E group had a significantly longer OS than the AA group(p=0.021). In the multivariate analysis performed in the whole patient group, we found that good prognostic factors for rPFS were E treatment, being ≥75 years and a PSA decline of ≥50% while there was no factor affecting OS. Conclusion: With longer OS and PFS, E seems to be more suitable for mCRPC patients in the post-docetaxel setting than AA.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayşe Demirci ◽  
Cemil Bilir ◽  
Burcu Gülbağcı ◽  
İlhan Hacıbekiroğlu ◽  
İbrahim V. Bayoğlu ◽  
...  

AbstractTo compare enzalutamide (E) and abiraterone acetate (AA) in terms of efficacy, survival and to characterize prognostic factors affecting survival in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. A total of 250 patients treated with E or AA in 5 centers were included. The number of patients with no prostate specific antigen (PSA) decline was higher in the AA group than that in the E group, and the proportion of patients with a PSA decline of ≥ 50% was higher in the E group (p = 0.020). Radiological progression free survival (rPFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly longer in the E group when compared to that in the AA group (p < 0.001 and p = 0.027, respectively). In the E group, rPFS was significantly longer than that in the AA group in both pre- and post-docetaxel settings (p = 0.010 and p = 0.003, respectively). OS was similar in the pre-docetaxel setting; but in the post-docetaxel setting, E group had a significantly longer OS than the AA group (p = 0.021). In the multivariate analysis performed in the whole patient group, we found that good prognostic factors for rPFS were E treatment, being ≥ 75 years and a PSA decline of ≥ 50% while there was no factor affecting OS. With longer OS and PFS, E seems to be more suitable for mCRPC patients in the post-docetaxel setting than AA.


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