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. 2016 Mar-Apr;10(3-4):102–109. doi: 10.5489/cuaj.3470

Table 2.

Patient characteristics (safety population)

Characteristics All patients (n=61) Prior use of abiraterone p value

No (n=35) Yes (n=25)
Age, yr, median (range) 65 (42–81) 64 (42–78) 69 (47–81) 0.0253*
Age, n (%)
< 65 years 27 (44.3) 18 (51.4) 9 (36.0)
65 years to <75 years 23 (37.7) 15 (42.9) 8 (32.0) 0.0310**
≥75 years 11 (18.0) 2 (5.7) 8 (32.0)
ECOG performance status, n (%)
  0 18 (29.5) 11 (31.4) 6 (24.0)
  1 38 (62.3) 20 (57.1) 18 (72.0) 1.0000**
  2 5 (8.2) 4 (11.4) 1 (4.0)
Time since diagnosis, years, median (range)
  Initial 6.3 (0.8–21.5) 5.7 (0.8–18.8) 6.6 (1.6–21.3) 0.1850*
  mCRPC 2.2 (0.4–18.0) 2.1 (0.4–6.6) 2.6 (1.0–18.0) 0.2769*
Number of metastatic sites, n (%)
  1 26 (42.6) 16 (45.7) 10 (40.0) 0.6623**
  ≥2 35 (57.4) 19 (54.3) 15 (60.0)
Location of metastatic sites, n (%)
  Bones 54 (88.5) 29 (82.9) 24 (96.0) 0.1211**
  Visceral 15 (24.6) 8 (22.9) 7 (28.0) 0.6529**
  Lymph nodes 23 (37.7) 15 (42.9) 7 (28.0) 0.2430**
  Other 6 (9.8) 4 (11.4) 2 (8.0) 0.6652
Time between last docetaxel dose and progression, n (%)
  <0 months 7 (11.5) 6 (17.1) 1 (4.0)
  0 to <3 months 15 (24.6) 10 (28.6) 4 (16.0) 0.054**
  3 to <6 months 11 (18.0) 5 (14.3) 6 (24.0)
  At least 6 months 28 (45.9) 14 (40.0) 14 (56.0)
Type of progression, n (%)
  Bone scan and measurable lesions 29 (47.5) 19 (54.3) 10 (40.0) 0.2790**
  Clinical progression 15 (24.6) 6 (17.1) 9 (36.0) 0.0991**
  Increased PSA 52 (85.2) 29 (82.9) 22 (88.0) 0.5855**
Type of castration, n (%)
  Medical 56 (91.8) 33 (94.3) 22 (88.0)
  Surgical 5 (8.2) 2 (5.7) 3 (12.0) 0.3891**
Cumulative docetaxel dose (mg/m2) by category, n (%)+
  <225 1 (1.7) 0 (0.0) 1 (4.3)
  ≥225–450 10 (16.9) 5 (14.3) 5 (21.7)
  ≥450–675 11 (18.6) 4 (11.4) 7 (30.4) 0.0486**
  ≥675–900 19 (32.2) 14 (40.0) 5 (21.7)
  ≥900 18 (30.5) 12 (34.3) 5 (21.7)
  Median (range) 750 (136–3406) 750 (254–2250) 602 (136–3406) 0.2415**

One patient was withdrawn from the study analysis due to lack of information on his prior use of abiraterone.

Prevalence of >5%.

+

The dose of docetaxel for two patients was missing.

*

p value based on Student t-est.

**

p value based on Cochran Mantel Haenszel statistic. ECOG: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; mCRPC: metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; PSA: prostate-specific antigen.