Combined androgen blockade in localized prostate cancer treated with definitive radiation therapy

LK Vitzthum, C Straka, RR Sarkar, R McKay… - Journal of the National …, 2019 - jnccn.org
LK Vitzthum, C Straka, RR Sarkar, R McKay, JM Randall, A Sandhu, JD Murphy, BS Rose
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2019jnccn.org
Background: The addition of androgen deprivation therapy to radiation therapy (RT)
improves survival in patients with intermediate-and high-risk prostate cancer (PCa), but it is
not known whether combined androgen blockade (CAB) with a gonadotropin-releasing
hormone agonist (GnRH-A) and a nonsteroidal antiandrogen improves survival over GnRH-
A monotherapy. Methods: This study evaluated patients with intermediate-and high-risk PCa
diagnosed in 2001 through 2015 who underwent RT with either GnRH-A alone or CAB …
Background
The addition of androgen deprivation therapy to radiation therapy (RT) improves survival in patients with intermediate- and high-risk prostate cancer (PCa), but it is not known whether combined androgen blockade (CAB) with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRH-A) and a nonsteroidal antiandrogen improves survival over GnRH-A monotherapy.
Methods
This study evaluated patients with intermediate- and high-risk PCa diagnosed in 2001 through 2015 who underwent RT with either GnRH-A alone or CAB using the Veterans Affairs Informatics and Computing Infrastructure. Associations between CAB and prostate cancer–specific mortality (PCSM) and overall survival (OS) were determined using multivariable regression with Fine-Gray and multivariable Cox proportional hazards models, respectively. For a positive control, the effect of long-term versus short-term GnRH-A therapy was tested.
Results
The cohort included 8,423 men (GnRH-A, 4,529; CAB, 3,894) with a median follow-up of 5.9 years. There were 1,861 deaths, including 349 resulting from PCa. The unadjusted cumulative incidences of PCSM at 10 years were 5.9% and 6.9% for those receiving GnRH-A and CAB, respectively ( P =.16). Compared with GnRH-A alone, CAB was not associated with a significant difference in covariate-adjusted PCSM (subdistribution hazard ratio [SHR], 1.05; 95% CI, 0.85–1.30) or OS (hazard ratio, 1.02; 95% CI, 0.93–1.12). For high-risk patients, long-term versus short-term GnRH-A therapy was associated with improved PCSM (SHR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.57–0.95) and OS (SHR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.73–0.93).
Conclusions
In men receiving definitive RT for intermediate- or high-risk PCa, CAB was not associated with improved PCSM or OS compared with GnRH alone.
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