Progression free survival in patients with castrate resistant metastatic prostate cancer: Does sequence matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 356-356
Author(s):  
Adam McLain Kase ◽  
Cheryl Cook ◽  
Winston Tan

356 Background: Approval of multiple therapeutic agents for castrate resistant prostate cancer (CPRPC) has improved survival and also quality of life. However, how to optimize sequencing is still an ongoing challenge for most clinicians. Methods: A retrospective chart review of patients treated with FDA approved regimens for castrate resistant prostate cancer from 2002 to 2017 at Mayo Clinical Florida was completed. Data on progression free survival of the various treatment sequences including abiraterone, docetaxel, and enzalutamide were reviewed. Results: One hundred patients were included in the study. Those on clinical trial were excluded. All patients were on LHRH agonist /antagonist and were continued while on the subsequent treatments. The first line therapy progression free survival (PFS) was 245 days with abiraterone acetate (AA), 307 days with enzalutamide (E) and docetaxel 285 days, respectively. The second line therapy PFS was 201 days with AA and 166 days with E. When AA was given after E PFS was 97 days and when E was given after AA the PFS was 68 days. E given after docetaxel resulted in a PFS of 390 days for one patient. Conclusions: In this chart review, enzalutamide had the longest PFS when used as the first line therapy and the PFS was improved when used as a second line after docetaxel. This retrospective review suggests therapy sequencing may be optimized to increase progressive free survival in patients with metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer.

Author(s):  
Mikifumi Koura ◽  
Masaki Shiota ◽  
Shohei Ueda ◽  
Takashi Matsumoto ◽  
Satoshi Kobayashi ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective This study aimed to reveal the prognostic values of prior local therapy in first-line therapy using androgen receptor-axis targeting agents (abiraterone or enzalutamide) or docetaxel for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Methods The study included 303 patients treated with first-line therapy for non-metastatic and metastatic CRPC. The association between prior local therapy and therapeutic outcome including progression-free survival and overall survival was investigated by univariate and multivariate analyses as well as propensity score-matched analysis. Results In univariate analysis, local prior therapy was associated with a lower risk of all-cause mortality (hazard ratio, 0.56, 95% confidence interval, 0.40–0.79; P = 0.0009). Overall survival, but not progression-free survival, was better among patients with prior local therapy compared with patients without prior local therapy even after multivariate analysis and propensity score-matched analysis. Conclusions This study robustly indicated that prior local treatment was prognostic for overall survival among patients with CRPC. This finding is useful to predict patient prognosis in CRPC.


BMC Cancer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hironaga Satake ◽  
Koji Ando ◽  
Eiji Oki ◽  
Mototsugu Shimokawa ◽  
Akitaka Makiyama ◽  
...  

Abstract Background FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab is used as a first-line therapy for patients with unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. However, there are no clear recommendations for second-line therapy after FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab combination. Here, we describe our planning for the EFFORT study to investigate whether FOLFIRI plus aflibercept has efficacy following FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab for mCRC. Methods EFFORT is an open-label, multicenter, single arm phase II study to evaluate whether a FOLFIRI plus aflibercept has efficacy following FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab for mCRC. Patients with unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer who received FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab as a first-line therapy will receive aflibercept and FOLFIRI (aflibercept 4 mg/kg, irinotecan 150 mg/m2 IV over 90 min, with levofolinate 200 mg/m2 IV over 2 h, followed by fluorouracil 400 mg/m2 bolus and fluorouracil 2400 mg/m2 continuous infusion over 46 h) every 2 weeks on day 1 of each cycle. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival (PFS). To achieve 80% power to show a significant response benefit with a one-sided alpha level of 0.10, assuming a threshold progression-free survival of 3 months and an expected value of at least 5.4 months, we estimated that 32 patients are necessary. Secondary endpoints include overall survival, overall response rate, safety, and exploratory biomarker analysis for differentiating anti-VEGF drug in 2nd-line chemotherapy for unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. Discussion This is the first study to investigate whether FOLFIRI plus aflibercept has efficacy following FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab for unresectable or metastatic colorectal cancer. Switching to a different type of anti-VEGF drug in second-line therapy after FOLFOXIRI plus bevacizumab appears to be an attractive treatment strategy when considering survival benefit. It is expected that this phase II study will prove the efficacy of this strategy and that a biomarker for drug selection will be discovered. Trial registration Japan Registry of Clinical Trials jRCTs071190003. Registered April 18, 2019.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4_suppl) ◽  
pp. 588-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristen Bibeau ◽  
Luis Féliz ◽  
Scott Barrett ◽  
Ling Na ◽  
Christine Francis Lihou ◽  
...  

588 Background: Most cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) patients (pts) are diagnosed with advanced disease and are ineligible for surgery. FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements are present in 10–16% of pts with intrahepatic CCA (iCCA) and are reported to be oncogenic drivers. However, little data are available on the role of FGFR2 genetic alterations in the response to systemic cancer therapy. FIGHT-202 is a phase 2 study of pemigatinib (a selective, potent, oral FGFR1–3 inhibitor) in pts with previously treated advanced/metastatic CCA (NCT02924376); primary results were reported at ESMO 2019. FIGHT-202 enrolled pts who progressed on ≥1 prior therapy, allowing the examination of the role of FGFR2 alterations on the response to prior therapy. The objective of this post hoc analysis was to evaluate progression free survival (PFS) on standard systemic therapy received prior to study enrollment among pts with CCA harboring FGFR2 fusions or rearrangements ( FGFR2+). Methods: Case report forms were reviewed to determine disease history and exposure to prior lines of systemic cancer therapies (LOSCT) in the advanced setting before receiving pemigatinib. Only pts with sufficient data on prior LOSCT were included in this analysis. Median PFS was calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: 102 pts were included in this analysis (median age 54.5, 61.8% female). Median PFS on first-line therapy was 5.5 (95% CI: 4.0, 8.0) months. Among the 38 pts (37.3%) with ≥2 prior LOSCT, median PFS on second-line therapy was 4.4 (95% CI: 3.0, 5.3) months. Conclusions: This analysis provides data about PFS on standard systemic therapies for pts with FGFR2+ CCA. Median PFS on first-line therapy was lower than historical published data, and median PFS on second-line therapy was slightly longer than previously reported, in unselected CCA populations. Limitations of this analysis include retrospective examination of investigator reported data, and that clinical trial participants may not truly reflect a general CCA patient population. The short PFS on standard therapies in pts with FGFR2+ CCA highlights the need for development of other options including targeted therapies to improve outcomes.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhipeng Wang ◽  
Sha Zhu ◽  
Jinge Zhao ◽  
Ling Nie ◽  
Xueqin Chen ◽  
...  

Abstract BackgroundTo explore whether patients with distinct intraductal carcinoma of the prostate (IDC-P) subtypes respond differently to standard first-line therapy among patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed data of 170 mCRPC patients receiving abiraterone (ABI) or docetaxel (DOC) as first-line therapy between 2014 and 2019. PSA response, PSA progression-free survival (PSA-PFS), radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS), and overall survival (OS) were analyzed and compared based on the presence of IDC-P and its sub-patterns.ResultsTotally, IDC-P was confirmed in 91/170 (53.5%) patients. Among them, 36/91 (39.6%) and 55/91 (60.4%) harbored IDC-P pattern 1 and pattern 2, respectively. The presence of IDC-P was confirmed to be associated with poor prognosis in the whole cohort. Patients with IDC-P pattern 1 shared similar clinical outcomes to those without IDC-P in both ABI and DOC treatment. However, compared to patients with IDC-P pattern 1 and without IDC-P, IDC-P pattern 2 had markedly poorer prognosis in either ABI (PSA-PFS: P<0.001; rPFS: P<0.001) or DOC (PSA-PFS: P<0.001; rPFS: P<0.001) treatment. For patients without IDC-P, DOC had comparable therapeutic efficacy with ABI. In contrast, the therapeutic efficacy of DOC in patients with either IDCP pattern 1 (PSA-PFS: P=0.021; rPFS: P=0.027) or pattern 2 (PSA-PFS: P=0.003; rPFS: P=0.007) was significantly inferior to ABI.ConclusionCompared to DOC, ABI exhibited better efficacy in patients with IDC-P of either pattern. However, IDC-P pattern 2 still responded unsatisfactorily to either ABI or DOC therapy. Novel therapeutic strategies appropriate for IDC-P pattern 2 need to be further investigated in the future.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e17541-e17541
Author(s):  
Mallika Marar ◽  
Ronac Mamtani ◽  
Vivek Narayan ◽  
Neha Vapiwala ◽  
Ravi Bharat Parikh

e17541 Background: Prospective evidence suggests that abiraterone use is associated with improved progression-free survival in African-American (AA) men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) compared to white men. It is unclear whether race-based differences in treatment utilization and effectiveness exist for men with newly diagnosed mCRPC treated in real-world clinical practice. Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, we used the Flatiron Health electronic health record-derived de-identified database to identify patients with mCRPC who received first-line (1L) systemic therapy between 2012 and 2018. We used multivariable logistic regression analysis to examine differences in utilization of abiraterone, enzalutamide, and docetaxel between AA and white men. We then used Fine-Gray models with death as a competing risk to assess treatment-specific associations between race and time to next therapy (TTNT) – a proxy for progression-free survival. Finally, we used multivariable Cox proportional hazards analyses to assess for treatment-specific racial disparities in all-cause mortality. All analyses were adjusted for age, Elixhauser comorbidity index, baseline steroid or opioid use (a proxy for disease aggressiveness), performance status, insurance status, and (if significant) an interaction term for race and age. Results: Of 3,808 mCRPC patients in the cohort, 2,165 (68.7%) were white and 404 (10.6%) were AA. At time of metastatic diagnosis, AA men were younger (69 vs. 75, p < 0.001) and more likely to have PSA value greater than 50 (57.9% vs. 42.6%, p < 0.001) compared to white men. Median follow up was 15 months. There were no significant racial differences in 1L utilization, TTNT, or all-cause mortality associated with abiraterone, enzalutamide, or docetaxel use (Table). Conclusions: In this large real-world analysis of men with mCRPC who received 1L therapy, we found no significant treatment-specific differences in utilization, TTNT, or all-cause mortality between AA and white men. Long-term prospective evidence is needed to justify differential treatment selection for AA men with mCRPC. [Table: see text]


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (6_suppl) ◽  
pp. 196-196
Author(s):  
Sha Zhu ◽  
Guangxi Sun ◽  
Xingming Zhang ◽  
Jindong Dai ◽  
Junru Chen ◽  
...  

196 Background: Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C3 (AKR1C3) has been proved to be an important part in the androgen biosynthesis process. Previous researches have showed that immunohistochemical (IHC) AKR1C3 expression is a prognosticator in prostate cancer (PCa) patients treated with abiraterone. This study is to find out the relationship between exosomal AKR1C3 mRNA expression and the efficacy of abiraterone in metastatic PCa patients. Methods: Blood samples of metastatic prostate cancer patients during different disease stages were collected. We isolated the exosomes and extracted the RNA for analysis of AKR1C3 by ddPCR. Absolute target mRNA concentration was measured by ddPCR as copies per milliliter (copies/20ul). Clinical data were collected for all patients. Primary study endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). Statistical analyses were performed with SPSS 25.0. Results: Exosomal AKR1C3 mRNA expression was positive in 71.9% (41/57) patients, and high expression (defined as ≥ 20 copies/20μl) was found in 12.3% (7/57) patients. High exosomal AKR1C3 mRNA expression was not related to positive IHC AKR1C3 expression ( P=0.723). Patients with high exosomal AKR1C3 expression and negative IHC AKR1C3 expression harbored only 4.866 months’ median progression-free survival (PFS) compared with the whole cohort (9.37 months). High exosomal AKR1C3 expression is significantly associated with shorter PFS (median PFS 8.036 months, p<0.001). Multivariate Cox regression analysis revealed that high exosomal AKR1C3 expression was an independent prognosticator of abiraterone treatment efficacy (OR: 8.891, 95%CI: 1.309-61.631, P=0.026). In subsequently subgroup analyses, high exosomal AKR1C3 expression demonstrates particularly high hazard ratio in multiple subgroups (patients with baseline PSA >100 ng/mL, ALP >71 IU/L, HGB >120 g/L, and patients receiving abiraterone as first-line therapy in castration resistant prostate cancer). Conclusions: Exosomal AKR1C3 level is an independent adverse prognosticator in metastatic PCa patients receiving abiraterone treatment, especially when abiraterone was used as first-line therapy in castration resistant prostate cancer.


2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiangyun Liu ◽  
Yixuan Zhang ◽  
Miaowen Liu ◽  
Ruoxin Xu ◽  
Fengming Yi ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Although pembrolizumab has shown clinical benefit in patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), its actual efficacy in combination with a conventional chemotherapy drug has not been determined. We performed this study to discern the efficacy and risk of pembrolizumab in combination with chemotherapy as first-line therapy in SCLC patients. Methods We systematically searched the PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, Scopus, Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, Web of Science, and Google Scholar databases for relevant studies. The main outcomes were overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Results We identified 2980 articles and included 6 studies (5 were noncomparative open-label studies and 1 was a randomized controlled trial [RCT]) involving 396 patients in our meta-analysis. The pooled median OS (mOS) was 9.6 months (95% CI, 8.0-11.2), and the pooled median PFS (mPFS) was 4.2 months (95% CI, 2.2-6.1). The 1-year overall survival rate (OSR-1y) and 6-month progression-free survival rate (PFSR-6m) were 45.1% (95% CI, 33-57.2%) and 41.6% (95% CI, 24.3-59%), respectively. The objective response rate (ORR) was 38.8% (95% CI, 11.9-65.67%), disease control rate (DCR) was 69.30% (95% CI, 51.6-87.0%), complete response (CR) was 2.20% (95% CI, 0.8-3.7%), partial response (PR) was 34.70% (95% CI, 7.8-61.5%), and stable disease (SD) was 20.90% (95% CI, 9.1-32.6%). The grade 3-4 adverse effect (AE) rate was 20.88% (95% CI, 1.22-54.85%). The most common AEs were neutropenia (90.16%), anemia (53.21%), dysphagia (41.96%), platelet count decrease (34.87%), and esophagitis (32.89%); severe AEs included neutropenia, respiratory failure, pneumonitis, acute coronary syndrome, and colitis/intestinal ischemia. Conclusions The combination of pembrolizumab with conventional chemotherapy is an effective therapeutic schedule with acceptable and manageable efficacy and toxicity in patients with SCLC. More high-quality and well-designed RCTs with large sample sizes are warranted to further validate our findings.


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. 5057-5057
Author(s):  
Susan Halabi ◽  
Akash Roy ◽  
Qian Yang ◽  
Wanling Xie ◽  
William Kevin Kelly ◽  
...  

5057 Background: Radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) is commonly used as a co-primary endpoint in randomized clinical trials in men with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). However, rPFS has not been established as a valid surrogate endpoint of overall survival (OS) in men with mCRPC. Here, we hypothesized that rPFS is a reliable surrogate for OS in mCRPC. We also explored whether PFS is a valid surrogate endpoint of OS at the aggregate trial level. Methods: We performed a systematic search of the literature encompassing the period January 2004-December 2020 using PubMed and clinical trials.gov to identify completed phase III trials in mCRPC post-docetaxel. Eligible trials had to be randomized phase III therapeutic trials that reported OS, PFS or rPFS. OS was measured from the date of random assignment to date of death from any cause or date of last follow-up. rPFS was defined as the time from random assignment to date of disease progression on CT and/or Tc bone scan per trial definition or death from any cause, whichever occurred first. PFS included PSA progression as a component of the composite endpoint. Trial level surrogacy was evaluated by fitting linear regression on the treatment effect of rPFS (or PFS) and OS (in other words, the weighted linear regression of the log(hazard ratio) of OS on the log(hazard ratio) of rPFS). It was pre-specified that rPFS would be considered a valid surrogate for OS if R² was 0·7 or higher. Results: We identified 33 in men with mCRPC post docetaxel approval. We assessed the association between PFS and OS in 29,456 patients from 30 trials. Overall, a moderate correlation was observed at the trial level between OS and PFS ( R2 = 0.46, 95 %CI = 0.20-0.68) in these trials. In 18 trials with 16,818 mCRPC patients where rPFS was considered as a key endpoint, a moderate correlation between the treatment effects on rPFS and OS was observed at the trial level ( R2= 0.65, 95% CI = 0.23-0.87). Conclusions: This meta-analysis demonstrates moderate correlation between treatment effects of rPFS and OS in patients with mCRPC. However, rPFS did not meet the pre-specified surrogacy threshold of 0.7. Clinical trial information: several.


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