Practice patterns in the management of metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer: A single-center survey-based study.

Authors

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Eric Lu

Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Eric Lu , Xiaoyan Wang , John Shen

Organizations

Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, University of California, Los Angeles, CA

Research Funding

No funding received

Background: Advanced hormonal therapies (abiraterone, enzalutamide, apalutamide) and docetaxel have demonstrated an overall survival benefit when added to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC). There are no randomized controlled trials comparing these agents, resulting in heterogeneity in first-line therapy and sequencing of therapies. Methods: We surveyed practice patterns and underlying rationale behind first-line therapy selection for mCSPC among medical and urologic oncologists at a single center (academic and community-based practices). Responses were anonymous. We evaluated associations between responses using Friedman’s test with posthoc pair-wise comparison and Fisher exact test where appropriate. Results: From 6/2021-8/2021, we received 72/77 (94%) of distributed surveys. Of the 72 providers, 39 (31 med/onc, 8 uro/onc) reported treating mCSPC. For high-volume disease, most selected ADT plus docetaxel (41%) as first-line therapy. For low-volume disease, most selected ADT plus abiraterone (31%). There continues to be the use of bicalutamide in the treatment of low-volume mCSPC (18%). When asked to rank the most important factors when considering first-line therapy, clinical symptoms (skeletal event, bone pain, anorexia, weight loss, fatigue, visceral metastases) and disease volume were ranked higher than cost for both oncologists (p<0.01) and urologists (p = 0.03 for symptoms vs. cost and p<0.01 for disease volume vs. cost). When considering perceived barriers to selecting first-line therapy, 64% of providers identified out-of-pocket costs. Although uro/onc was less comfortable managing side effects of docetaxel compared to med/onc (0% vs. 100% comfortable, p<0.01), comfort levels with managing toxicities of hormonal therapies were comparable (100% vs. 97% comfortable, p=0.54). Conclusions: Given limitations of cross-trial comparison of efficacy from registration trials, the selection of front-line therapy for mCSPC often depends on shared decision-making. By this survey-based study, we observed docetaxel being favored for high-volume disease and abiraterone being favored for low-volume disease. Although cost did not factor into the selection of therapy, it was cited as the most common barrier faced by providers.

First-line agent selection for metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.


High-volume
Low-volume

Med/onc (n=31)
Uro/onc (n=8)
Total (n=39)
Med/onc (n=31)
Uro/onc (n=8)
Total (n=39)
ADT
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
3 (10%)
1 (13%)
4 (10%)
ADT + bicalutamide
2 (7%)
0 (0%)
2 (5%)
7 (23%)
0 (0%)
7 (18%)
ADT + abiraterone
7 (23%)
1 (13%)
8 (21%)
9 (29%)
3 (38%)
12 (31%)
ADT + enzalutamide
5 (16%)
1 (13%)
6 (15%)
5 (16%)
1 (13%)
6 (15%)
ADT + apalutamide
3 (10%)
0 (0%)
3 (8%)
4 (13%)
2 (25%)
6 (15%)
ADT + docetaxel
12 (39%)
4 (50%)
16 (41%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Other
2 (7%)
2 (25%)
4 (10%)
3 (10%)
1 (13%)
4 (10%)

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2022 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Poster Session

Session Title

Poster Session A: Prostate Cancer

Track

Prostate Cancer - Advanced,Prostate Cancer - Localized

Sub Track

Quality of Care/Quality Improvement and Real-World Evidence

Citation

J Clin Oncol 40, 2022 (suppl 6; abstr 45)

DOI

10.1200/JCO.2022.40.6_suppl.045

Abstract #

45

Poster Bd #

Online Only

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