Table 2.
Study | Year | Patient’s Number | PCa Characteristics | Dose (Gy) | ADT | bRFS (Phoenix) | Toxicity | ||||
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NCT02257827 | 2016 | 109 vs. 106 | low (43.7%), intermediate (21.9%), and high (34.4%) risk | 70 (IMRT) vs. 70 (3DCRT) | 2 years in intermediate- and high-risk patients | 5-year | 95.4% vs. 94.3% | 6-month grade ≥ 2 GU toxicity | 3% vs. 4% | 6-month grade ≥ 2 GI toxicity | 1% vs. 9% |
The PROFIT trial | 2017 | 608 vs. 598 | intermediate risk | 60 (IMRT) vs. 78 (3DCRT) | only 6% of all patients | 5-year | 85% vs. 85% | 6-month grade ≥ 3 GU toxicity | 2.1% vs. 3.0% | grade ≥ 3 GI toxicity | 1.5% vs. 2.7% |
RTOG 0126 | 2018 | 748 vs. 751 | low or intermediate risk | 79.2 vs. 70.2 | - | 8-year | 80% vs. 75% | 5-year grade ≥ 2 GU toxicity | 12% vs. 7% | 5-year grade ≥ 2 GI toxicity | 21% vs. 15% |
POP-RT | 2021 | 110 vs. 114 | high risk | 68 + 50 vs. 68 | 2 years | 5 year | 95.0% vs. 81.2% | late grade ≥ 2 GU toxicity | 20.0% vs. 9.0% | late grade ≥ 2 GI toxicity | 8.2% vs. 4.5% |
PCa, prostate cancer; Gy, gray; ADT, androgen deprivation therapy; bRFS, biochemical relapse-free survival; IMRT, intensity modulated radiation therapy; 3DCRT, three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy; GU, genitourinary; GI, gastrointestinal.