4Kscore检测在活检时预测高级别前列腺癌的临床性能:对美国和欧洲临床验证研究结果的荟萃分析。
Clinical performance of the 4Kscore Test to predict high-grade prostate cancer at biopsy: A meta-analysis of us and European clinical validation study results.
作者信息
Zappala Stephen M, Scardino Peter T, Okrongly David, Linder Vincent, Dong Yan
机构信息
Tufts University School of MedicineBoston, MA.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterNew York, NY.
出版信息
Rev Urol. 2017;19(3):149-155. doi: 10.3909/riu0776.
The 4Kscore Test (OPKO Diagnostics, Woburn, MA) is a blood test utilized prior to a prostate biopsy to determine a patient's risk of high-grade prostate cancer (PCa) should the biopsy be performed, thus providing critical information in the clinical management of men with a suspicious prostate-specific antigen value or digital rectal examination result. Multiple US and European clinical studies confirmed that a prebiopsy 4Kscore Test has a high degree of discrimination for a subsequent discovery of high-grade (Gleason score ≥7) PCa. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive accuracy of the 4Kscore Test to discriminate between patients with and without high-grade PCa based on published clinical validation studies. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the eligible 4Kscore Test clinical validation studies was conducted. The pooled area under the curve (AUC) of the 4Kscore Test as reported from all the studies, and the heterogeneity among these studies were analyzed and repeated for subgroups of the studies. Twelve clinical validation studies were included in the meta-analysis, comprising a total of 11,134 patients. The pooled AUC to discriminate for high-grade PCa for all 12 studies was 0.81 (fixed effects 95% CI, 0.80-0.83). Restricting the analysis to the six publications that used the contemporary 4Kscore Test algorithm led to very similar results (AUC 0.81; 95% CI, 0.79-0.83). Heterogeneity was high among all of the 12 studies, as well as among the six publications that used the contemporary 4Kscore Test (Cochrane's test, = 0.001 for both); however, in both cases, after exclusion of a single outlying study with a much lower AUC, heterogeneity was no longer significant ( = 0.08 and = 0.21). The pooled estimate of 4Kscore Test discrimination (AUC) for high-grade PCa is >0.80, and is consistent across multiple US and European clinical validation studies.
4Kscore检测(OPKO诊断公司,马萨诸塞州沃本)是一种在前列腺活检前进行的血液检测,用于确定如果进行活检,患者患高级别前列腺癌(PCa)的风险,从而为前列腺特异性抗原值可疑或直肠指检结果异常的男性患者的临床管理提供关键信息。多项美国和欧洲的临床研究证实,活检前的4Kscore检测对于后续发现高级别( Gleason评分≥7)PCa具有高度的鉴别能力。本研究的目的是基于已发表的临床验证研究,评估4Kscore检测区分有无高级别PCa患者的预测准确性。我们对符合条件的4Kscore检测临床验证研究进行了系统评价和荟萃分析。分析了所有研究报告的4Kscore检测的合并曲线下面积(AUC),以及这些研究之间的异质性,并对研究亚组进行了重复分析。荟萃分析纳入了12项临床验证研究,共11134例患者。12项研究中区分高级别PCa的合并AUC为0.81(固定效应95%CI,0.80 - 0.83)。将分析限制在使用当代4Kscore检测算法的6篇出版物上,结果非常相似(AUC 0.81;95%CI,0.79 - 0.83)。12项研究之间以及使用当代4Kscore检测的6篇出版物之间的异质性都很高(Cochrane检验,两者均为 = 0.001);然而,在这两种情况下,排除一项AUC低得多的离群研究后,异质性不再显著( = 0.08和 = 0.21)。4Kscore检测区分高级别PCa的合并估计值(AUC)>0.80,并且在多项美国和欧洲的临床验证研究中是一致的。