Overall survival (OS) and metastasis-free survival (MFS) by depth of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decline in the phase III PROSPER trial of men with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC) treated with enzalutamide (ENZA).

Authors

Maha Hussain

Maha H. A. Hussain

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Maha H. A. Hussain , Cora N. Sternberg , Eleni Efstathiou , Karim Fizazi , Qi Shen , Xun Lin , Jennifer Sugg , Joyce Leta Steinberg , Bettina Noerby , Ugo De Giorgi , Neal D. Shore , Fred Saad

Organizations

Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, Englander Institute of Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, University of Paris Saclay, Villejuif, France, Pfizer Inc., Collegeville, PA, Pfizer Inc., La Jolla, CA, Astellas Pharma, Inc., Northbrook, IL, Sygehus, Lillebaelt, Vejle, Denmark, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST), IRCCS, Meldola, Italy, Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, University of Montreal Hospital Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Pfizer Inc. and Astellas Pharma, Inc

Background: The PROSPER trial demonstrated prolonged MFS and OS for men with nmCRPC and rapidly rising PSA treated with ENZA vs placebo, both in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). The final survival analysis of PROSPER (Sternberg et al. NEJM 2020) recently reported a median OS of 67.0 months (95% CI, 64.0 to not reached) with ENZA and 56.3 months (95% CI, 54.4 to 63.0) with placebo (hazard ratio [HR] for death, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.61 to 0.89; P = .001). Post hoc analyses of PROSPER evaluating PSA dynamics have demonstrated longer MFS with greater PSA decline (Hussain et al. ESMO Sept 19-21, 2020. Poster 685P) and increased risk of metastases in patients with even modest PSA progression vs those without (Saad et al. Eur Urol 2020). Here we further explored the relationship between PSA dynamics and outcomes in PROSPER using uniquely defined PSA subgroups of decline. Methods: Eligible men in PROSPER had nmCRPC, a PSA level ≥ 2 ng/mL at baseline, and a PSA doubling time ≤ 10 months. Men continued ADT, were randomized 2:1 to ENZA 160 mg once daily vs placebo, and had PSA evaluation at week 17 and every 16 weeks thereafter. This post hoc analysis evaluated OS and MFS for 4 mutually exclusive subgroups defined by PSA nadir using men with PSA reduction < 50% as the reference group. The HR is based on an unstratified Cox proportional hazards analysis model. Results: 1401 men were enrolled in PROSPER; 933 were treated with ENZA and PSA data were available for 905. Measured at nadir, 38% of these men achieved PSA reduction ≥ 90% (actual nadir < 0.2 ng/mL), and another 27% achieved PSA reduction ≥ 90% (actual nadir ≥ 0.2 ng/mL). Among men in the placebo arm of PROSPER only 3/457 reported PSA reduction ≥ 90%. Median OS and MFS increased with increasing depth of PSA decline (Table). Conclusions: In men with nmCRPC and rapidly rising PSA treated with ADT plus ENZA, there was a close relationship between the degree of PSA decline and survival outcomes. Defining PSA by both percent decline and actual decline below 0.2 ng/mL revealed a previously under-appreciated relationship between these PSA metrics and highlights the importance of PSA nadir as an intermediate biomarker in nmCRPC. Clinical trial information: NCT02003924

Maximum PSA decline categoryN (%)Median OS
(95% CI) months
HR (95% CI)Median MFS (95% CI) monthsHR (95% CI)
< 50%131
(14%)
34.6 (28.6, 42.2)Ref13.8 (11.0, 14.9)Ref
50% to < 90%189
(21%)
50.0 (45.5, 55.5)0.492 (0.36,0.67)26.2 (21.9, 29.6)0.363 (0.26, 0.52)
≥ 90%, PSA nadir ≥ 0.2 ng/mL242
(27%)
64.0 (63.4, NR)0.262 (0.19,0.36)36.6 (29.6, NR)0.175 (0.12, 0.26)
≥ 90%, PSA nadir
< 0.2 ng/mL
343
(38%)
NR (NR, NR)0.097 (0.07, 0.14)NR (NR, NR)0.059 (0.04, 0.09)

NR, not reached.

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2021 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session: Prostate Cancer - Advanced Disease

Track

Prostate Cancer - Advanced

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT02003924

Citation

J Clin Oncol 39, 2021 (suppl 6; abstr 94)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2021.39.6_suppl.94

Abstract #

94

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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