Based on results from Japanese post-marketing surveillance, exploratory analyses were performed to investigate real-world outcomes of radium-223 for metastatic CRPC (mCRPC) according to patient characteristics.
This non-interventional, prospective study enrolled mCRPC patients selected for radium-223 treatment in clinical practice. Six-month safety and effectiveness were evaluated in subgroups who had/had not received prior chemotherapy (prior-chemo/no prior-chemo groups), and a subgroup who had not received concomitant androgen-receptor axis-targeted agents (ARATs).
In the overall population (n = 296), the prior-chemo group (n = 126) tended to have more bone metastases, more analgesic use, and higher prostate-specific antigen values than the no prior-chemo group (n = 170). Incidences of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), drug-related TEAEs, and ≥ grade 3 drug-related hematological TEAEs were 47% vs. 53%, 25% vs. 29%, and 4% vs. 7% in the no prior-chemo and prior-chemo groups, respectively. Incidences of TEAEs (61%), drug-related TEAEs (36%), and ≥ grade 3 drug-related hematological events (12%) were numerically higher in 33 patients who had received two lines of prior chemotherapy. Multivariate analysis showed that two lines of prior chemotherapy, and hemoglobin, platelet, and lactate dehydrogenase values were baseline factors significantly related to ≥ grade 2 platelet count decreased. Safety and effectiveness in patients without concomitant ARATs (n = 201) were similar to those in the overall population.
In a real-life setting, radium-223 was well tolerated irrespective of prior chemotherapy, but relatively higher incidences of TEAEs and hematotoxicities were suggested in patients with two lines of prior chemotherapy, possibly reflecting more advanced disease. Radium-223 safety and effectiveness in patients without concomitant ARATs were favorable.
International journal of clinical oncology. 2021 Feb 11 [Epub ahead of print]
Hirotsugu Uemura, Naoya Masumori, Shunji Takahashi, Makoto Hosono, Seigo Kinuya, Toshiyuki Sunaya, Tomoyo Horio, Yutaka Okayama, Yoshiyuki Kakehi
Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 337-2, Ono-higashi, Osaka Sayama-City, Osaka, Japan., Department of Urology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, 291, Minami 1-jo Nishi 16-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan., Department of Medical Oncology, The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCR, 3-8-31Koto-ku, AriakeTokyo, Japan., Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kindai University, 337-2, Ono-higashi, Osaka Sayama-City, Osaka, Japan., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Japan., Data Sciences & Analytics, Research & Development Japan, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., 2-4-9 Kita-ku, Umeda, Osaka, Japan., Medical Affairs Oncology, Medical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., 2-4-9 Kita-ku, Umeda, Osaka, Japan., Pharmacovigilance Monitoring & Governance PMS, Medical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd, 2-4-9 Kita-ku, Umeda, Osaka, Japan. ., Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33575828
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