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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2012 Aug 14;119(3):593–601. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27774

Table 4.

Projected Mortality by Arm in PCPT and REDUCE

PCPT Finasteride Arm Placebo Arm
Death Rate per 1,000 (%of deaths)1 Death Rate per 1,000 (%of deaths)1 RR (95 % CI)
Original Biopsy Gleason
2-6 2.7 (18) 4.3 (30)
7 5.4 (37) 5.2 (37)
8-10 5.9 (40) 3.8 (27)
Unknown 0.6 (4) 1.0(7)
Total 14.6 14.2 1.02 ( 0.85-1.23)
Adjusted (RP Gleason)
2-6 2.5 (16) 4.0 (23)
7 8.6(56) 10.6 (60)
8-10 4.2 (27) 3.0 (17)
Total 15.3 17.6 0.87 (0.72-1.06)
Adjusted (Prostate Volume)
2-6 2.7 (18) 4.7 (29)
7 5.4 (37) 6.5 (40)
8-10 5.9 (40) 4.0 (25)
Unknown 0.6 (4) 1.0(6)
Total 14.6 16.1 0.91 (0.76-1.09)
REDUCE Dutasteride Arm Placebo Arm
Biopsy Gleason Death Rate per 1,000 (% of deaths)1 Death Rate per 1,000 (% of deaths)1 RR (95 % CI)
2-6 5.0 (30) 6.9 (39)
7 8.2 (50) 8.9(50)
8-10 3.2 (20) 2.0(11)
Total 16.4 17.7 0.93 (0.80-1.08)
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Death rates based on denominator of all biopsied men