Efficacy and safety of second-line agents for treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after docetaxel. A systematic review and meta-analysis


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  • Gianpaolo Perletti Biomedical Research Division, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Busto Arsizio, Italy; Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
  • Elena Monti Biomedical Research Division, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Busto Arsizio, Italy.
  • Emanuela Marras Biomedical Research Division, Dept. of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Busto Arsizio, Italy.
  • Anne Cleves Cancer Research Wales Library, Cardiff University Velindre Hospital, Cardiff, United Kingdom.
  • Vittorio Magri Urology Secondary Care Clinic, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milano, Italy.
  • Alberto Trinchieri Urology Unit, A. Manzoni Hospital, Lecco, Italy.
  • Paul S. Rennie Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Objective: We performed a systematic review of the literature to assess the efficacy and the safety of second-line agents targeting metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) that has progressed after docetaxel. Pooled-analysis was also performed, to assess the effectiveness of agents targeting the androgen axis via identical mechanisms of action (abiraterone acetate, orteronel). Materials and Methods: We included phase III randomized controlled trials that enrolled patients with mCRPC progressing during or after first-line docetaxel treatment. Trials were identified by electronic database searching. The primary outcome of the review was overall survival. Secondary outcomes were radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) and severe adverse effects (grade 3 or higher). Results: Ten articles met the inclusion criteria for the review. These articles reported the results of five clinical trials, enrolling in total 5047 patients. The experimental interventions tested in these studies were enzalutamide, ipilimumab, abiraterone acetate, orteronel and cabazitaxel. Compared to control cohorts (active drug-treated or placebotreated), the significant overall survival advantages achieved were 4.8 months for enzalutamide (hazard ratio for death vs. placebo: 0.63; 95% CI 0.53 to 0.75, P < 0.0001), 4.6 months for abiraterone (hazard ratio for death vs. placebo: 0.66, 95% CI 0.58 to 0.75, P < 0.0001) and 2.4 months for cabazitaxel (hazard ratio for death vs. mitoxantrone-prednisone: 0.70, 95% CI 0.59 to 0.83, p < 0.0001). Pooled analysis of androgen synthesis inhibitors orteronel and abiraterone resulted in significantly increased overall and progression-free survival for anti-androgen agents, compared to placebo (hazard ratio for death: 0.76, 95% CI 0.67 to 0.87, P < 0.0001; hazard ratio for radiographic progression: 0.7, 95% CI 0.63 to 0.77, P < 0.00001). Androgen synthesis inhibitors induced significant increases in risk ratios for adverse effects linked to elevated mineralocorticoid secretion, compared to placebo (risk ratio for hypokalemia: 5.75, 95% CI 2.08 to 15.90; P = 0.0008; risk-ratio for hypertension: 2.29, 95% CI 1.02 to 5.17; P = 0.05). Conclusions: In docetaxel-pretreated patients enzalutamide, abiraterone-prednisone and cabazitaxel-prednisone can improve overall survival of patients, compared to placebo or to best of care at the time of study (mitoxantrone-prednisone). Agents targeting the androgen axis (enzalutamide, abiraterone, orteronel) significantly prolonged rPFS, compared to placebo. Further investigation is warranted to evaluate the benefit of combination or sequential administration of these agents. Large-scale studies are also necessary to evaluate the impact of relevant toxic effects observed in a limited number of patients (e.g., enzalutamide-induced seizures, orteronel-induced pancreatitis, and others).

Perletti, G., Monti, E., Marras, E., Cleves, A., Magri, V., Trinchieri, A., & Rennie, P. S. (2015). Efficacy and safety of second-line agents for treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer progressing after docetaxel. A systematic review and meta-analysis. Archivio Italiano Di Urologia E Andrologia, 87(2), 121–129. https://doi.org/10.4081/aiua.2015.2.121

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