Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
| Single test n = 1398 (%) | Serial tests n = 144 (%) | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race n (%) | Caucasian | 993 (71.0%) | 104 (72.2%) | 0.93 |
| Black | 276 (19.7%) | 28 (19.4%) | ||
| Other | 129 (9.2%) | 12 (8.3%) | ||
| Median age at diagnosis (interquartile range) | 63 (57–69) | 61 (54–67) | 0.03 | |
| Gleason at diagnosis n (%) | 6–7 | 359 (25.7%) | 39 (27.1%) | 0.90 |
| 8–10 | 763 (54.6%) | 79 (54.9%) | ||
| Missing | 276 (19.7%) | 26 (18.1%) | ||
| Median PSA at diagnosis (interquartile range) | 18.25 (7.18–94.75) | 25.8 (8.7–146.95) | 0.09 | |
| Histology n (%) | Adeno | 1241 (88.8%) | 129 (89.6%) | 0.26 |
| Neuro | 10 (0.72%) | 2 (1.4%) | ||
| Mixed | 2 (0.14%) | 1 (0.69%) | ||
| Missing | 145 (10.4%) | 12 (8.3%) | ||
| T stage at diagnosis n (%) | T1–T2 | 484 (34.6%) | 32 (22.2%) | <0.0001 |
| T3–T4 | 322 (23.0%) | 28 (19.4%) | ||
| Tx | 428 (30.6%) | 73 (50.7%) | ||
| Missing | 164 (11.7%) | 11 (7.6%) | ||
| N stage at diagnosis n (%) | N0 | 445 (31.8%) | 40 (27.8%) | 0.28 |
| N1 | 348 (24.9%) | 45 (31.3%) | ||
| Nx | 440 (31.5%) | 47 (32.6%) | ||
| Missing | 165 (11.8%) | 12 (8.3%) | ||
| M stage at diagnosis n (%) | M0 | 469 (33.6%) | 62 (43.1%) | 0.10 |
| M1 | 429 (30.7%) | 43 (29.9%) | ||
| Mx | 336 (24.0%) | 27 (18.8%) | ||
| Missing | 164 (11.7%) | 12 (8.3%) | ||
| De novo metastatic n (%) | Yes | 588 (42.1%) | 59 (41.0%) | 0.59 |
| No | 681 (48.7%) | 76 (52.8%) | ||
| Missing | 129 (9.2%) | 9 (6.3%) | ||
| Sites of first metastases n (%) | Pelvic LN | 553 (39.6%) | 66 (45.8%) | 0.15 |
| Distant LN | 431 (30.8%) | 43 (29.9%) | 0.85 | |
| Bone | 934 (66.8%) | 94 (65.3%) | 0.71 | |
| Liver | 78 (5.6%) | 6 (4.2%) | 0.57 | |
| Lung | 104 (7.4%) | 8 (5.6%) | 0.50 | |
| Bladder | 52 (3.7%) | 3 (2.1%) | 0.48 | |
| CNS | 6 (0.43%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| Other | 60 (4.3%) | 6 (4.2%) | 1.00 | |
| Primary definitive therapy n (%) | Radical Prostatectomy | 543 (38.8%) | 56 (38.9%) | 0.93 |
| Definitive Radiation | 609 (43.6%) | 73 (50.7%) | 0.11 | |
| Brachytherapy | 57 (4.1%) | 7 (4.9%) | 0.66 | |
| Cryotherapy | 27 (1.9%) | 0 (0%) | ||
| None | 162 (11.6%) | 8 (5.6%) | ||
| Mean # of systemic treatments after the first NGS test result per patient | 1.40 | 1.65 | 0.012 | |
| Systemic treatments after the first NGS test result | Total | 677 | 178 | |
| PARP inhibitor | 70 | 14 | 0.40 | |
| Immunotherapy | 64 | 13 | 0.46 | |
| Taxane | 479 | 116 | <0.0001 | |
| Platinum | 64 | 35 | 0.0003 |