ASCO GU 2018: Proportion of Biochemically-recurrent Prostate Cancer Patients with Durable Undetectable PSA After Short-course Androgen Deprivation Therapy
Methods:
The University of Washington Caisis database was queried for radical prostatectomy patients who received 6–12 months of ADT after biochemical recurrence (BCR) (defined as PSA ≥ 0.2 ng/mL and no radiographically detectable metastasis). The proportions of patients with an undetectable PSA at 12 and 24 months after ending ADT were compared to a hypothesized 5% rate using exact binomial tests. Associations with patient and tumor characteristics were examined using logistic regression, and associations with risk of subsequent metastasis and death from any cause were evaluated by log-rank tests.
Results:
After ineligibility exclusions, data were collected from 93 patients. Proportions of patients with undetectable PSA at 12 and 24 months after ending ADT were n=23/93 (24.7%; 95% CI 16.4–34.8%; P<0.001) and n=14/93 (15.1%; 95% CI 8.5–24.0%; P<0.001), respectively. Proportions of patients with undetectable PSA 12 and 24 months after testosterone recovery ≥ 50 ng/dL were n=16/65 (24.6%; 95% CI 14.8-36.9%) and n=10/65 (15.4%; 95% CI 7.6-26.5%), respectively. Being 1 year older at diagnosis was associated with an 11.5% (95% CI 3.1–21.9%; P=0.01) increase in the odds of having a detectable PSA after controlling for PSA at diagnosis, Gleason score and time from initial therapy to BCR. Detectable PSA was associated with increased risk of metastasis (P=0.006) with marginal evidence of association with death from any cause (P=0.07).
Conclusions:
Despite the fact that this is a single-institution retrospective analysis, it demonstrates that it is not uncommon to have undetectable PSA 12 or 24 months after a short course of ADT. Additional analysis are needed to demonstrate the clinical value of this measure as a surrogate for PC outcomes and for consideration as a trial endpoint.
Presented by: Daniel M. Lim
Written by: Hanan Goldberg, MD, Urologic Oncology Fellow (SUO), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Twitter:@GoldbergHanan at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology Genitourinary (ASCO GU) Cancers Symposium, February 8-10, 2018 - San Francisco, CA