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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur Urol Oncol. 2019 Jun 14;2(6):605–616. doi: 10.1016/j.euo.2019.05.004

Table 1 –

Study and patient characteristics

Author Year Institution Country Enrollment period CsPCa definition Clinical setting Patient no. Median age, yr (range)a Median PSA, ng/ml (range)a Median prostate volume, ml (range)a
Total MRI-stratified pathway SBx pathway
Baco et al [17] 2016 Oslo University Hospital Norway September 2011–June 2013 GS ≥7 or MCCL ≥5 mm Biopsy naïve 175 86 89 64 (58–69)
65 (59–69)
6.9 (5.2–9.2)
7.6 (5.9–10.4)
45 (33–60)
40 (29–52)
Bello et al [18] 2018 Hospital Universitario de Canarias Spain February 2015–October 2017 GS ≥7 or MCCL ≥5 mm Biopsy naïve 303 182 121 NR NR NR
Kasivisvanathan et al [11] 2018 23 centersb 11 countriesb February 2016–August 2017 GS ≥7 Biopsy naïve 500 252 248 64.4c
64.5
6.75 (5.16–9.35)
6.50 (5.14–8.65)
40.5 (32.0–54.8)
43.7 (33.3–60.0)
Panebianco et al [19] 2015 Sapienza University Italy October 2011–March 2014 GS ≥7 or percentage of CL involved with PCa ≥50% Biopsy naïve 1140 570 570 64 (51–82) NR NR
Park et al [20] 2011 Samsung Medical Center South Korea July 2008–December 2009 GS ≥7 Biopsy naïve 85 44 41 63 (40–82)
61 (37–92)
6.1 (4.0–9.7)
5.6 (2.9–9.9)
37 (17–94)
38 (15–87)
Porpiglia et al [21] 2017 San Luigi Gonzaga Hospital Italy November 2014–April 2016 GS ≥7 or MCCL ≥5 mm Biopsy naïve 212 107 105 64 (58–70)
66 (60–70)
5.9 (4.8–7.5)
6.7 (5.5–8.5)
46.2 (34.5–71.6)
45.7 (34.6–65.0)
Sciarra et al [22] 2010 Sapienza University Italy January 2007–January 2009 GS ≥7 (4 + 3) Prior negative biopsy 180 90 90 63.5 (49–74)c 6.2 (4.0–9.3)
6.0 (4.0–9.0)
45.5 (30.0–63.0)
45.0 (30.0–60.0)
Taverna et al [23] 2016 Humanitas Mater Domini Italy January 2013–June 2014 GS ≥7 Prior negative biopsy 200 100 100 65 ± 19c
63 ± 15
12.63c
13.04
NR
Tonttila et al [24] 2016 Oulu University Hospital Finland April 2011–December 2014 GS ≥7, >2+ cores, or MCCL ≥3 mm Biopsy naïve 113 53 60 63 (60–66)
62 (56–67)
6.1 (4.2–9.9)
6.2 (4.0–10.7)
27.8 (23.5–36.6)
31.8 (26.1–44.3)

CL = core length; CsPCa = clinically significant prostate cancer; GS = Gleason score; MCCL = maximum cancer core length; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; NR = not reported; PCa = prostate cancer; PSA = prostate-specific antigen; SBx =systematic transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy; TRUS = transrectal ultrasound.

a

Data were provided separately for the MRI-stratified pathway (upper) and the systematic TRUS-guided biopsy pathway (lower).

b

Helsinki University Hospital, Finland; Centro de Urologia CDU, Argentina; Sapienza University, Italy; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; MRC Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; San Raffaele Hospital, Italy; University College London and University College London Hospital, UK; Martini Klinik, Hamburg, Germany; London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, UK; Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; University of Chicago, USA; Whittington Health NHS Trust, UK; CHU Lille, France; Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada; Ghent University Hospital, Belgium; Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, UK; University Hospital Bern, Switzerland; Bordeaux Pellegrin University Hospital, France; Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Radboudumc, the Netherlands; University Hospital Heidelberg and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; and Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, France.

c

Median.