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Table 2 Treatment details

From: Abiraterone acetate in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer – the unanticipated real-world clinical experience

 

Chemo-naïve (n = 58)

Post-chemo (n = 52)

Median duration of AA treatment, month (range)

6.8 (0.6–21.5)

7.1 (0.5–25.0)

PSA response (%)

  

 ≥50 % PSA decline from baseline

36 (62.1)

26 (50.0)

 ≥90 % PSA decline from baseline

16 (27.6)

8 (15.4)

Median time to PSA nadir, month (range)

3.1 (0.9–15.0)

2.8 (0.5–15.3)

PSA flare (%)

  

 No. of patients

17 (29.3)

15 (28.8)

 Presence of eventual PSA response (≥50 % PSA decline from baseline)

12 (70.6)

10 (66.7)

Pain alleviation during or after AAa (%)

11 (57.9 %)

11 (68.8 %)

Reasons of discontinuing AA (%)

  

 Disease progression

24 (41.4)

36 (69.2)

 Treatment-related complication

3 (5.2)

1 (1.9)

 Patient’s decision

3 (5.2)

2 (3.8)

 Unknown

1 (1.7)

0

Continuation of AA beyond PD

  

 No. of patients (%)

13 (22.4)

18 (34.6)

 Median time, month (range)

2.8 (1.0–5.8)

2.0 (1.2–16.2)

Subsequent therapy after PD (%)

  

 Docetaxel

5 (8.6)

2 (3.8)

 Cabazitaxel

2 (3.4)

7 (13.5)

 Mitoxantrone

0

1 (1.9)

 Ketoconazole

0

1 (1.9)

  1. Abbreviations: PSA prostate specific antigen, AA abiraterone acetate, PD disease progression
  2. aWithdrawal or reduction of level II or III analgesics according to WHO analgesics ladder