Research Article

Prostate-Specific Antigen Kinetics Effects on Outcomes of Low-Volume Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Androgen Deprivation Therapy

Table 2

Overall baseline characteristics.

Patient demographicsAll patients (n = 648)

Age, median, year (IQR)75 (68–80)
Overall survival, median, month (IQR)48 (24–106)
Time to CRPC, median, month (IQR)16.5 (8–36)
M stage, n (%)
1A72 (11.11%)
1B492 (75.93%)
1C84 (12.96%)
Gleason grade group, n (%)
18 (1.5%)
218 (3.38%)
360 (11.26%)
4111 (20.83%)
5336 (63.04%)
Missing115
Initial PSA level, ng/ml, median (IQR)243.9 (74.9–790.8)
Hb, g/dL, median (IQR)12.1 (10.3–13.5)
Ca, g/dL, median (IQR)8.7 (8.3–9.1)
ALP, U/L, median (IQR)118 (75–227)
CRPC, n (%)
Yes375 (57.9%)
No273 (42.1%)
PSA kinetics after ADT
TTN, month, median (IQR)8.7 (4.8–16.65)
Nadir PSA level, ng/ml, median (IQR)0.86 (0.07–5.99)
PSARR, %/month, median (IQR)10.32 (5.62–18.17)
TFNTC, month, median (IQR)4.5 (2.7–15.1)
PSADT, month, median (IQR)2.6 (1.5–5.3)

CRPC: castration-resistant prostate cancer, TTN: time to PSA nadir, PSARR: PSA reduction rate, TFNTC: time from PSA nadir to CRPC, and PSADT: PSA doubling time.