Survival in men diagnosed with castration resistant prostate cancer: A population-based observational study in Sweden.

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (15_suppl) ◽  
pp. e16555-e16555
Author(s):  
Markus Aly ◽  
Frida Schain ◽  
Amy Leval ◽  
Johan Liwing ◽  
Joe Lawson ◽  
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e16555 Background: Data focusing on the castration resistant phase of prostate cancer (PC) outside clinical trial settings are scarce. This study aims to investigate PC-specific and overall survival (OS) in men with castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) on a population level. Methods: The STHLM-0 cohort (n = 400 000) with data on all prostate specific antigen (PSA) values and prostate biopsies taken in Stockholm, Sweden, from 2003 to 2015 were linked to other population registries. All men with a PC diagnosis and rising PSA after three months consecutive use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone or surgical castration were defined as CRPC (n = 1712). Kaplan-Meier was used to estimate median time-to-event and 95% confidence intervals (CI). Patients were stratified by metastasis status at PC diagnosis and multivariable Cox regression was used to adjust for clinical subgroups, including Gleason, age, T stage and calendar period (2006-2011 vs 2012-2015). Results: Metastasis at PC diagnosis was associated with shorter OS from castration resistance. From CRPC onset the median OS was 22.8 months (95% CI 21.2-25.5) and 13.1 (95% CI 11.5-14.2) months for patients without and with metastasis at PC diagnosis, respectively. The median PC-specific survival from CRPC was 30.7 (95% CI 27.9-34.7) months and 13.5 (95% CI 12.3-16.1) months for patients without and with metastasis at PC diagnosis, respectively. For patients with metastasis at PC diagnosis, factors influencing OS from CRPC were; entering CRPC stage in the later vs earlier calendar period (HR 0.61 95% CI 0.48-0.78, p < 0.001), age > 80 vs < 70 (HR 1.46, 95% CI 1.05-2.02, p < 0.02), T4 vs T1 stage (HR 1.56, 95% CI:1.02-2.37, p < 004). For patients without metastasis at PC diagnosis, developing CRPC in the later vs the earlier calendar period was associated with superior survival from CRPC (HR 0.78 95% CI 0.65-0.92, p < 0.004). Conclusions: Metastasis at PC diagnosis was associated with worse survival outcomes in CRPC patients. Individuals who became castration resistant in the later calendar period survived longer compared to those in the same stage in the earlier calendar period, most likely due to the introduction of novel agents for CRPC patients and more accurate staging methods.

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1814-1817
Author(s):  
Tal Grenader ◽  
Anthony Goldberg

Primary androgen ablation leads to symptomatic improvement and a reduction in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) serum levels in patients with advanced prostate cancer, but all patients eventually become refractory to hormone therapy with progression of the disease and a life expectancy of about a year. We describe a patient who developed castration resistance, was treated with vinorelbine, and continues to be progression free on therapy with luteinizing hormone releasing hormone agonists alone, more than 2.5 years following cessation of treatment with vinorelbine.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 184-184
Author(s):  
Krishna Bikkasani ◽  
Qian Qin ◽  
Justin Lin ◽  
Matt D. Galsky ◽  
Bobby Chi-Hung Liaw ◽  
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184 Background: Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a valuable prognostic and predictive biomarker in prostate cancer (PC). Currently, the significance of PSA at death is undefined. In this single institution retrospective study, we aim to characterize the significance of PSA at death in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Methods: Using the Mount Sinai Genitourinary (GU) Cancer Biorepository, an IRB approved database containing all consented GU cancer patients seen between 2010-2018, we stratified patients into the following cohorts based on their PSA at death: < 10, 10-100, 100-1000, and > 1000 ng/ml. We excluded data of patients who had less than 3 visits to the Mount Sinai Hospital. A descriptive analysis was performed to assess clinical characteristics of disease, treatment response, and outcomes. Results: We identified 1097 PC patients, and 101 were found to be deceased following a diagnosis of mCRPC. Cohorts of higher PSA level at death were associated with: a lower Gleason score at diagnosis, a longer time to castration resistance, higher burden of metastatic disease at death (non-visceral and visceral), and longer OS in patients with mCRPC (see table). Conclusions: In this study, PSA at death is associated with several important clinical characteristics and outcome, including overall survival. These differences may be attributed to their underlying biologic behavior. These results are hypothesis generating, and larger studies will be needed to further assess the significance of these findings. [Table: see text]


2020 ◽  
pp. 107815522095161
Author(s):  
Özgecan Dülgar ◽  
Deniz Tataroğlu Özyükseler ◽  
Mustafa Başak ◽  
Seval Ay ◽  
Deniz Tural ◽  
...  

Objective Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has been the primary therapeutic approach for treatment of prostate cancer. However,nearly all patients develop the castration-resistant disease . We evaluated real-world data with abiraterone and enzalutamide treatment. By this data, we aimed to analyze whether that prior short response to ADT could predict response to subsequent therapy with androgen receptor axis targeted agent (ARATA). Material and Method We collected data from two cancer centers, 151 consecutive patients with treated abiraterone or enzalutamide in the first line of metastatic castration resistant prostat cancer (mCRPC) setting were included. The patients who received docetaxel in castration naive setting is also included. Time to castration resistance (TTCR) was defined as the duration from the initial to failure of primary ADT. Results Patients with treated ARATA were divided into two groups according to the time to castration resistance (TTCR). Patients who became resistant to ADT up to one year had a median PFS of 6.6 months, compared to median PFS of 13.3 months for patients who responded ADT for more than 1 year. (p = 0.002). In the post-docetaxel setting, median PFS is 12.6 months of patients with treated ARATA who had TTCR for more than one year, and median PFS is 6.6 months in those who had TTCR less than one year (p = 0.007).Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to determine the clinical factors on ARATA outcomes. Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status(PS), median prostate-specific antigen(PSA) and time to CRPC were significantly predicted outcomes of ARATA on multivariate analysis. Conclusion TTCR is also a predictor for PFS of the patients who were treated ARATA both whole cohort and post-docetaxel.


Cancers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 2092
Author(s):  
Mona Kafka ◽  
Fabian Mayr ◽  
Veronika Temml ◽  
Gabriele Möller ◽  
Jerzy Adamski ◽  
...  

The expanded use of second-generation antiandrogens revolutionized the treatment landscape of progressed prostate cancer. However, resistances to these novel drugs are already the next obstacle to be solved. Various previous studies depicted an involvement of the enzyme AKR1C3 in the process of castration resistance as well as in the resistance to 2nd generation antiandrogens like enzalutamide. In our study, we examined the potential of natural AKR1C3 inhibitors in various prostate cancer cell lines and a three-dimensional co-culture spheroid model consisting of cancer cells and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) mimicking enzalutamide resistant prostate cancer. One of our compounds, named MF-15, expressed strong antineoplastic effects especially in cell culture models with significant enzalutamide resistance. Furthermore, MF-15 exhibited a strong effect on androgen receptor (AR) signaling, including significant inhibition of AR activity, downregulation of androgen-regulated genes, lower prostate specific antigen (PSA) production, and decreased AR and AKR1C3 expression, indicating a bi-functional effect. Even more important, we demonstrated a persisting inhibition of AR activity in the presence of AR-V7 and further showed that MF-15 non-competitively binds within the DNA binding domain of the AR. The data suggest MF-15 as useful drug to overcome enzalutamide resistance.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert R. Zielinski ◽  
Arun A. Azad ◽  
Kim N. Chi ◽  
Scott Tyldesley

Introduction: Utilization of docetaxel in patients with metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) remains low despite its demonstrated survival benefit. In a population-based cohort, we sought to determine whether the introduction of docetaxel has improved overall survival (OS).Methods: A retrospective review was conducted of mCRPC patients treated with palliative radiotherapy to bone in British Columbia, Canada. Patients in the pre-docetaxel era (pre-DOC, prior to general availability of docetaxel for CRPC) received radiotherapy to bone (RT-B) from 1998 to 2001 and those in the docetaxel era (DOC) received radiotherapy from 2006 to 2009. Time of first radiotherapy to bone was used to select patients at a similar point in their disease state (i.e., onset of bone pain). The primary objective was to determine median OS in the two eras.Results: Of the 919 patients in the pre-DOC era and the 957 in the DOC era, 7% and 37% received docetaxel, respectively. The median OS from time of first palliative RT was 7.5 months versus 10.3 months (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.79, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.72–0.87; p < 0.0001) in the pre-DOC and DOC cohorts, respectively. On multivariable analyses, both eras treated (HR 0.84; p = 0.001) and the receipt of docetaxel (HR 0.78; p < 0.001) were significantly associated with OS.Conclusion: Although docetaxel penetrance was <50%, median OS was significantly improved in the DOC era compared to the pre-DOC era. This is the first study to demonstrate that docetaxel improves OS in mCRPC patients at a population level.


BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e040965
Author(s):  
Sandra Miriam Kawa ◽  
Signe Benzon Larsen ◽  
John Thomas Helgstrand ◽  
Peter Iversen ◽  
Klaus Brasso ◽  
...  

ObjectiveTo investigate the risk of prostate cancer-specific mortality (PCSM) following initial negative systematic transrectal ultrasound-guided (TRUS) prostate biopsies.DesignSystematic review.Data sourcesPubMed and Embase were searched using a string combination with keywords/Medical Subject Headings terms and free text in the search builder. Date of search was 13 April 2020.Study selectionStudies addressing PCSM following initial negative TRUS biopsies. Randomised controlled trials and population-based studies including men with initial negative TRUS biopsies reported in English from 1990 until present were included.Data extractionData extraction was done using a predefined form by two authors independently and compared with confirm data; risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle–Ottawa Scale for cohort studies when applicable.ResultsFour eligible studies were identified. Outcomes were reported differently in the studies as both cumulative incidence and Kaplan-Meier estimates have been used. Regardless of the study differences, all studies reported low estimated incidence of PCSM of 1.8%–5.2% in men with negative TRUS biopsies during the following 10–20 years. Main limitation in all studies was limited follow-up.ConclusionOnly a few studies have investigated the risk of PCSM following initial negative biopsies and all studies included patients before the era of MRI of the prostate. However, the studies point to the fact that the risk of PCSM is low following initial negative TRUS biopsies, and that the level of prostate-specific antigen before biopsies holds prognostic information. This may be considered when advising patients about the need for further diagnostic evaluation.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42019134548.


Author(s):  
Fred Saad ◽  
Martin Bögemann ◽  
Kazuhiro Suzuki ◽  
Neal Shore

Abstract Background Nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) is defined as a rising prostate-specific antigen concentration, despite castrate levels of testosterone with ongoing androgen-deprivation therapy or orchiectomy, and no detectable metastases by conventional imaging. Patients with nmCRPC progress to metastatic disease and are at risk of developing cancer-related symptoms and morbidity, eventually dying of their disease. While patients with nmCRPC are generally asymptomatic from their disease, they are often older and have chronic comorbidities that require long-term concomitant medication. Therefore, careful consideration of the benefit–risk profile of potential treatments is required. Methods In this review, we will discuss the rationale for early treatment of patients with nmCRPC to delay metastatic progression and prolong survival, as well as the factors influencing this treatment decision. We will focus on oral pharmacotherapy with the second-generation androgen receptor inhibitors, apalutamide, enzalutamide, and darolutamide, and the importance of balancing the clinical benefit they offer with potential adverse events and the consequential impact on quality of life, physical capacity, and cognitive function. Results and conclusions While the definition of nmCRPC is well established, the advent of next-generation imaging techniques capable of detecting hitherto undetectable oligometastatic disease in patients with nmCRPC has fostered debate on the criteria that inform the management of these patients. However, despite these developments, published consensus statements have maintained that the absence of metastases on conventional imaging suffices to guide such therapeutic decisions. In addition, the prolonged metastasis-free survival and recently reported positive overall survival outcomes of the three second-generation androgen receptor inhibitors have provided further evidence for the early use of these agents in patients with nmCRPC in order to delay metastases and prolong survival. Here, we discuss the benefit–risk profiles of apalutamide, enzalutamide, and darolutamide based on the data available from their pivotal clinical trials in patients with nmCRPC.


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