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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of mCRPC patients (n = 60)

From: Abiraterone acetate for chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a single-centre prospective study of efficacy, safety, and prognostic factors

Parameters

AA group No. of patients(%)

Prednisone-alone group No. of patients(%)

P value

Age (median, IQR) years

67(63–76)

67(62.5~ 74.5)

0.8

ECOG PS

1.0

 0

22(51.2%)

9(53.0%)

 1

13(30.2%)

5(29.4%)

 2

8(18.6%)

3(17.6%)

 PSA (median, IQR) μg/L

41.6 (15.9~ 239)

46.1(38.0~ 92.4)

0.7

Gleason Score

0.6

  ≤ 7

15(4.9%)

7(41.2%)

  > 7

28(65.1%)

10(58.8%)

Metastatic site

 Bone metastasis

42(97.7%)

17(100%)

1

 Lymph node metastasis

18(41.9%)

5(29.4%)

0.4

 Lung metastasis

1(2.3%)

0(0%)

1

The number of bone metastasis

0.7

 0

1(2.3%)

0(0%)

 1~ 3

13(30.2%)

4(23.5%)

 4~ 10

11(25.6%)

3(17.7%)

  > 10

18(41.9%)

10(58.8%)

PSA PFS(percentage)

23(53.5%)

17(100%)

 

rPFS(percentage)

23(53.5%)

8(47.1%)

OS(percentage)

11(25.6%)

8(47.1%)

Follow-up time (median, IQR) months

14.2 (7.2–18.4)

13.8 (9.0–17.4)

  1. Abbreviations: HR hazard ratio, CI confidence interval, PSA prostate-specific antigen, ALP alkaline phosphatase, Hb hemoglobin, Alb albumin, ECOG PS Eastern Collaborative Oncology Group performance status, ADT androgen deprivation therapy, IQR interquartile range