Acute toxicity and quality of life after dose-intensified salvage radiation therapy for biochemically recurrent prostate cancer after prostatectomy: First results of the randomized trial SAKK 09/10

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Contributors

  • Pirus Ghadjar - , University of Bern, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • Stefanie Hayoz - , Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (Author)
  • Jürg Bernhard - , University of Bern (Author)
  • Daniel R. Zwahlen - , Kantonsspital Graubünden (Author)
  • Tobias Hölscher - , Department of Radiotherapy and Radiooncology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Philipp Gut - , Cantonal Hospital Luzern (Author)
  • Matthias Guckenberger - , University of Würzburg (Author)
  • Guido Hildebrandt - , University of Rostock (Author)
  • Arndt Christian Müller - , University Hospital Tübingen (Author)
  • Ludwig Plasswilm - , Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen (Author)
  • Alexandros Papachristofilou - , University of Basel (Author)
  • Lukas Stalder - , Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (Author)
  • Christine Biaggi-Rudolf - , Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research (Author)
  • Marcin Sumila - , Klinik Hirslanden (Author)
  • Helmut Kranzbühler - , University of Zurich (Author)
  • Yousef Najafi - , University of Zurich (Author)
  • Piet Ost - , Ghent University (Author)
  • Ngwa C. Azinwi - , Istituto Oncologico della Svizzera Italiana (Author)
  • Christiane Reuter - , Hospital Münsterlingen (Author)
  • Stephan Bodis - , Cantonal Hospital Aarau (Author)
  • Khanfir Kaouthar - , Hôpital du Valais (Author)
  • Peter Wust - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • George N. Thalmann - , University of Bern (Author)
  • Daniel M. Aebersold - , University of Bern (Author)

Abstract

Purpose: Patients with biochemical failure (BF) after radical prostatectomy may benefit from dose-intensified salvage radiation therapy (SRT) of the prostate bed. We performed a randomized phase III trial assessing dose intensification. Patients and Methods: Patients with BF but without evidence of macroscopic disease were randomly assigned to either 64 or 70 Gy. Three-dimensional conformal radiation therapy or intensity-modulated radiation therapy/rotational techniques were used. The primary end point was freedom from BF. Secondary end points were acute toxicity according to the National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (version 4.0) and quality of life (QoL) according to the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaires C30 and PR25. Results: Three hundred fifty patients were enrolled between February 2011 and April 2014. Three patients withdrew informed consent, and three patients were not eligible, resulting in 344 patients age 48 to 75 years in the safety population. Thirty patients (8.7%) had grade 2 and two patients (0.6%) had grade 3 genitourinary (GU) baseline symptoms. Acute grade 2 and 3 GU toxicity was observed in 22 patients (13.0%) and one patient (0.6%), respectively, with 64 Gy and in 29 patients (16.6%) and three patients (1.7%), respectively, with 70 Gy (P = .2). Baseline grade 2 GI toxicity was observed in one patient (0.6%). Acute grade 2 and 3 GI toxicity was observed in 27 patients (16.0%) and one patient (0.6%), respectively, with 64 Gy, and in 27 patients (15.4%) and four patients (2.3%), respectively, with 70 Gy (P = .8). Changes in early QoL were minor. Patients receiving 70 Gy reported a more pronounced and clinically relevant worsening in urinary symptoms (mean difference in change score between arms, 3.6; P = .02). Conclusion: Dose-intensified SRT was associated with low rates of acute grade 2 and 3 GU and GI toxicity. The impact of dose-intensified SRT on QoL was minor, except for a significantly greater worsening in urinary symptoms.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4158-4166
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of clinical oncology
Volume33
Issue number35
Publication statusPublished - 10 Dec 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 26527774

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

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