Englander Institute for Precision Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, USA.
Montreal Cancer Institute, Montreal University Hospital Center (CHUM), Montreal, QC, Canada.
Ann Oncol. 2020 Feb;31(2):257-265. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2019.10.025. Epub 2019 Dec 23.
Radium-223 prolongs overall survival and delays symptomatic skeletal events (SSEs) in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and bone metastases. The approved radium-223 regimen is 55 kBq/kg every 4 weeks (q4w) for six cycles (standard dose). We investigated different radium-223 regimens in patients with mCRPC.
Patients were randomised 1 : 1 : 1 to radium-223 standard-dose, high-dose (88 kBq/kg q4w for six cycles) or extended-schedule arms (55 kBq/kg q4w for 12 cycles). The primary end point, SSE-free survival (SSE-FS), was compared in patients treated with a high- versus standard-dose regimen, or with a standard dose in an extended (>6 to 12 cycles) versus standard schedule (six cycles).
A total of 391 patients were randomised; baseline characteristics were balanced between arms. On-treatment SSEs developed in 37/130 (28%), 42/130 (32%) and 48/131 (37%) patients in the standard-dose, high-dose and extended-schedule arms, respectively. There was no statistically significant difference in SSE-FS in the high- versus standard-dose arms [median 12.9 months versus 12.3 months; hazard ratio (HR) 1.06, 80% confidence interval (CI) 0.88-1.27, P = 0.70], and in the extended- versus standard-schedule arms (median 10.8 months versus 13.2 months; HR 1.26, 80% CI 0.94-1.69, P = 0.31). Overall survival in the three treatment arms was similar. As many as 370 (95%) patients received treatment (median of six cycles) in each arm. Grade ≥3 treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) affected 34% of patients in the standard-dose, 48% in the high-dose and 53% in the extended-schedule arm, causing permanent discontinuation in 9%, 16% and 17% of patients, respectively.
Radium-223 high-dose or extended-schedule regimens resulted in no change in SSE-FS or other efficacy end points and were associated with more grade ≥3 TEAEs. The extended-schedule regimen (beyond six doses) could not be implemented in a large proportion of patients due to disease progression. Therefore, the standard-dose schedule remains one of the standard therapies for patients with symptomatic mCRPC.
ClinicalTrials.govNCT02023697.
镭-223 可延长转移性去势抵抗性前列腺癌(mCRPC)和骨转移患者的总生存期并延迟有症状骨骼事件(SSE)。已批准的镭-223 方案为每 4 周(q4w)55 kBq/kg,共 6 个周期(标准剂量)。我们研究了 mCRPC 患者的不同镭-223 方案。
患者以 1:1:1 的比例随机分为镭-223 标准剂量、高剂量(88 kBq/kg q4w,共 6 个周期)或延长方案组(55 kBq/kg q4w,共 12 个周期)。主要终点是 SSE 无进展生存期(SSE-FS),比较高剂量与标准剂量方案,或标准剂量延长方案(6 个周期以上至 12 个周期)与标准方案(6 个周期)。
共纳入 391 例患者,各治疗组间基线特征均衡。在治疗期间,标准剂量、高剂量和延长方案组分别有 37/130(28%)、42/130(32%)和 48/131(37%)例患者发生 SSE。高剂量与标准剂量组间 SSE-FS 无统计学差异[中位值 12.9 个月比 12.3 个月;风险比(HR)1.06,80%置信区间(CI)0.88-1.27,P=0.70],延长方案与标准方案组间也无差异[中位值 10.8 个月比 13.2 个月;HR 1.26,80%CI 0.94-1.69,P=0.31]。三组的总生存期相似。每个治疗组均有 370(95%)例患者接受了治疗(中位 6 个周期)。标准剂量、高剂量和延长方案组分别有 34%、48%和 53%的患者发生≥3 级治疗相关不良事件(TEAEs),分别有 9%、16%和 17%的患者因 TEAEs 而永久停药。
高剂量或延长方案的镭-223 治疗并未改善 SSE-FS 或其他疗效终点,且与更多的≥3 级 TEAEs 相关。由于疾病进展,大多数患者无法接受延长方案(6 个剂量以上)。因此,标准剂量方案仍是有症状 mCRPC 患者的标准治疗之一。
ClinicalTrials.govNCT02023697。