Prognostic factors that affect survival outcomes in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) treated with radium-223.
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Abstract
225 Background: Radium-223 (Ra-223) improved overall survival (OS) in men with mCRPC with predominantly bone metastases. We analyzed their survival outcomes to identify factors associated with prognosis for men treated with Ra-223. Methods: This was a retrospective study of men with mCRPC at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre treated with Ra-223. Demographics, disease characteristics, number of bone metastasis [ < 6, 6-20, > 20], laboratory results, number of Ra-223 doses, systemic treatment lines after radium-223, use of bone protecting agents (BPA) and survival outcomes were collected. OS and progression-free survival (PFS) were estimated by Kaplan-Meier (log-rank) analysis. Uni- (UVA) and multi-variate (MVA) analysis (Cox-regression) were used to evaluate patient and disease characteristics, number of Ra-223 doses and overall survival. Results: 114 men received Ra-223 between May 2015 and May 2018 with median age 75 years (range 53-93). Median radium doses was 5 (68 [59.6%] received > 4 doses, 46 [40.4%] received ≤4 doses). Median baseline ALP 113.5 U/L (31-1121), median baseline Hb 118 g/L (69-153), median baseline PSA 70.2 ug/L (0.15-5275), median LDH 242 UL (82-1426). 58% had 6-20 bone metastases and 28% had > 20 bone metastases. The median OS and PFS for men who received ≤4 doses vs > 4 doses was 4.56 vs 19.8 months (HR = 8.4; 95%CI: 4.861-14.62; p≤ 0.0001) and 2.9 vs 7.45 months (HR = 4.6; 95%CI: 2.837 to 7.537; p≤ 0.0001) respectively. The baseline median ALP was (154 vs 98; p = 0.03) for men who received ≤4 doses vs > 4 doses Ra-223. On UVA, ECOG 0-1 (HR = 0.33; p = 0.0003), baseline PSA < 70 ug/L (HR = 0.51; p = 0.0023), LDH < 250 U/L (HR 0.55; p = 0.0082), Hb > 120 g/L(HR 0.46; p = 0.0004), ALP < 150 U/l(HR 0.38; p ≤ 0.0001) and receipt of subsequent treatment after Ra-223 (HR = 0.33; p < 0.0001) were associated with improved OS. On MVA, receipt of subsequent treatment, administration > 4 cycles of Ra-223 and baseline ALP < 150 U/L were associated with improved OS. Conclusions: Men who receive > 4 cycles of Ra-223 have significantly better OS than those who receive ≤4 doses. Baseline ALP was independently associated with better OS and could be used to identify patients most likely to benefit from Ra-223.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
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