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Table 3 Pivotal ST-ADT randomised control trials for IR prostate cancer men

From: A multicentre implementation trial of an Artificial Intelligence-driven biomarker to inform Shared decisions for androgen deprivation therapy in men undergoing prostate radiotherapy: the ASTuTE protocol

Trial Name

Number of patients, n

Intervention

Endpoints

Comments

RTOG-9408 [3]

1086 IR men

66.6 Gy / 37 fractions

±

4 months of LHRH agonist with Flutamide

18 years

bcF

57% woST-ADT

43% wST-ADT

DSM

16% woST-ADT

9% wST-ADT

15 years

PCSM: FIR vs. UIR

14% vs. 28% woST-ADT

9% vs. 12% wST-ADT

DM: FIR vs. UIR

5% vs. 24% woST-ADT

8% vs. 10% wST-ADT

EORTC 22,991 [10]

481 IR men

74 Gy / 37 fractions (71.1%)

or

78 Gy / 39 fractions (28.9%)

±

6 months of LHRH agonist with bicalutamide for 7 days

12.2 years

OS

74% woST-ADT

80% wST-ADT

DM

27% woST-ADT

21% wST-ADT

 

RTOG 0815

[13]

1,492 IR men

79.2 Gy / 44 fractions (89%)

or

45 Gy / 25 fractions with brachytherapy boost (11%)

±

6 months of LHRH agonist with antiandrogen for 10 days

8 years

OS

79% woST-ADT

84% wST-ADT

DM

4.3% woST-ADT

1.0% wST-ADT

− 67% having a single IR factor

− 27% grade group 3 disease

- excluded patients with more than two IR factors and ≥ 50% positive cores.

DFCI 95–096

[11, 12]

153 IR men

70 Gy / 35 fractions

±

6 months of LHRH agonist with Flutamide

7 years

OS with no or mild comorbidity

86% woST-ADT

91% wST-ADT

OS with moderate or severe comorbidity

28.5% wST-ADT

62.5% wST-ADT

- Use of Adult Comorbidity Evaluation 27 comorbidity scores (ACE-27).

PCS III

[28]

400 IR men

76 Gy / 38 fractions

± 6 months of LHRH agonist with bicalutamide

10 years

PCSM

6.5% woST-ADT

1.5% wST-ADT

DM

10% woST-ADT

3.5%% wST-ADT

-78% UIR

-contained another randomisation arm of 70 Gy / 35 fractions wST-ADT, 200 IR men.

  1. Abbreviations: IR - intermediate risk, LHRH - Luteinizing hormone–releasing hormone, bcF - biochemical failure, woST - ADT–without short–term androgen deprivation therapy, wST - ADT–with short–term androgen deprivation therapy, DSM - disease specific mortality, PCSM - prostate cancer specific mortality, FIR - favourable intermediate risk, UIR - unfavourable intermediate risk, DM - distant metastasis, OS - overall survival