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Real-world Outcomes of Sequential Androgen-receptor Targeting Therapies with or Without Interposed Life-prolonging Drugs in Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer: Results from the Dutch Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Registry

  • Malou C P Kuppen
  • , Hans M Westgeest
  • , Alphonsus J M van den Eertwegh
  • , Reindert J A van Moorselaar
  • , Inge M van Oort
  • , Juleon L L M Coenen
  • , A C M Fons van den Bergh
  • , Niven Mehra
  • , Diederik M Somford
  • , Andre M Bergman
  • , Daan Ten Bokkel Huinink
  • , Laurent Fossion
  • , Maud M Geenen
  • , Mathijs P Hendriks
  • , Addy C M van de Luijtgaarden
  • , Marco B Polee
  • , Nir I Weijl
  • , Agnes J van de Wouw
  • , Ronald de Wit
  • , Carin A Uyl-de Groot
  • Winald R Gerritsen
  • Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
  • Department of Medical Oncology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected].
  • Department of Urology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands; Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
  • Department of Medical Oncology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Tumor Immunology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
  • Department of Urology, Canisius Wilhemina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonessenhuis, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Urology, Maxima Medical Center, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [email protected]
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, Reinier de Graaf Groep, Delft, The Netherlands.
  • From the *Department of Endocrinology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen; †Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Center Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden; Departments of ‡Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, and §Medical Oncology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, MCH-Bronovo Hospital, 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Internal Medicine, VieCuri Medical Center, Venlo, The Netherlands.
  • Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Institute for Medical Technology Assessment, Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cross resistance between androgen-receptor targeting therapies (ARTs) (abiraterone acetate plus prednisone [ABI+P] or enzalutamide [ENZ]) for treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) may affect responses to second ART (ART2).

OBJECTIVE: To establish treatment duration and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response of ART2 in real-world mCRPC patients treated with or without other life-prolonging drugs (LPDs; ie, docetaxel, cabazitaxel, or radium-223) between ART1 and ART2.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Castration-resistant prostate cancer patients, diagnosed between 2010 and 2016 were retrospectively registered in Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Registry (CAPRI). Patients treated with both ARTs were clustered into two subgroups: ART1>ART2 or ART1>LPD>ART2.

OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Outcomes were ≥50% PSA response and treatment duration of ART2. Descriptive statistics and binary logistic regression after multiple imputations were performed.

RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: A total of 273 patients were included with a median follow-up of 8.4 mo from ART2. Patients with ART1>ART2 were older and had favourable prognostic characteristics at ART2 baseline compared with patients with ART1>LPD>ART2. No differences between ART1>ART2 and ART1>LPD>ART2 were found in PSA response and treatment duration. Multivariate analysis suggested that PSA response of ART2 was less likely in patients with visceral metastases (odds ratio [OR] 0.143, p=0.04) and more likely in patients with a relatively longer duration of androgen-deprivation treatment (OR 1.028, p=0.01) and with ABI + P before ENZ (OR 3.192, p=0.02). A major limitation of this study was missing data, a common problem in retrospective observational research.

CONCLUSIONS: The effect of ART2 seems to be low, with a low PSA response rate and a short treatment duration irrespective of interposed chemotherapy or radium-223, especially in patients with short time on castration, visceral disease, and ENZ before ABI+P.

PATIENT SUMMARY: We observed no differences in outcomes of patients treated with sequential abiraterone acetate plus prednisone (ABI+P) and enzalutamide (ENZ) with or without interposed chemotherapy or radium-223. In general, outcomes were lower than those in randomised trials, questioning the additional effect of second treatment with ABI+P or ENZ in daily practice.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)618-627
Number of pages10
JournalEuropean Urology Oncology
Volume4
Issue number4
Early online date7 Oct 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2021

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Keywords

  • Abiraterone acetate
  • Androgen-receptor targeting agents
  • Castration-resistant prostate cancer
  • Cross resistance
  • Enzalutamide
  • Real-world outcomes
  • Sequencing

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