Association Between the PRIMARY Score at Staging Prostate-specific Membrane Antigen Positron Emission Tomography and Overall Survival Among Patients with Newly Diagnosed Prostate Cancer: Findings from the International, Multicenter PROMISE Registry

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Contributors

  • Madeleine J Karpinski - , National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) West, University Hospital Essen, University Hospital Münster (Author)
  • Sebastian Hoberück - , Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Wolfgang P Fendler - , University Hospital Essen (Author)
  • Caner Civan - , University Hospital Essen (Author)
  • Ralph A Bundschuh - , Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Christian Thomas - , Department of Urology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Anders Bjartell - , Skåne University Hospital, Lund University (Author)
  • Elin Trägårdh - , Lund University, Skåne University Hospital (Author)
  • Timo F W Soeterik - , University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, St. Antonius Hospital (Author)
  • Laura Evangelista - , Humanitas University , IRCCS Istituto Clinico Humanitas - Rozzano (Milano) (Author)
  • Andrej Vondrak - , IZOTOPCENTRUM, s.r.o. – Nuclear Medicine Centrum (Author)
  • Sazan Rasul - , Medical University of Vienna (Author)
  • Laura Forner - , University Hospital Essen (Author)
  • Andrea Di Giorgio - , University of Bologna (Author)
  • Helen Scholtissek - , Augsburg University (Author)
  • Jonathan Miksch - , Ulm University Medical Center (Author)
  • Adrien Holzgreve - , Hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, University of California at Los Angeles (Author)
  • Francesco Lanfranchi - , University of Genoa (Author)
  • Kambiz Rahbar - , University Hospital Münster (Author)
  • Michael S Hofman - , Peter Maccallum Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Isabel Rauscher - , Klinikum Rechts der Isar (MRI TUM) (Author)
  • Osman Güven - , Klinikum Rechts der Isar (MRI TUM) (Author)
  • Matthias Eiber - , Klinikum Rechts der Isar (MRI TUM) (Author)
  • Narjess Ayati - , St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney (Author)
  • Lale Umutlu - , University Hospital Essen (Author)
  • Ken Herrmann - , University Hospital Essen (Author)
  • Boris Hadaschik - , University Hospital Essen (Author)
  • Louise Emmett - , St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney (Author)

Abstract

The PRIMARY score was implemented in Prostate Cancer Molecular Imaging Standardized Evaluation (PROMISE) version 2 to improve accuracy for the diagnosis of clinically significant prostate cancer using prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) positron emission tomography (PET). We reviewed overall survival (OS) for patients who underwent PSMA PET for initial staging to evaluate the prognostic value of PRIMARY in a large, international, multicenter cohort. The cohort comprised 1889 patients who underwent PSMA PET for initial staging of prostate cancer at investigator sites across Europe and Australia between 2012 and 2021. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated for PRIMARY scores to identify predictors of OS. Complete-case head-to-head comparisons were conducted for Prostate Imaging-Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) versus PRIMARY scores, and cT stage versus PRIMARY scores. We present preliminary findings up to January 31, 2025, when 231 deaths had occurred. PRIMARY score 5 (HR 1.5, 95% CI 1.0-2.3; p = 0.045) was associated with shorter OS. Improvements in C index values confirmed the added prognostic value of the PRIMARY score when combined with PI-RADS or cT stage. PRIMARY score 5 on initial PSMA PET is prognostic for shorter OS. There is ongoing long-term follow-up in the PROMISE registry (NCT06320223, promise-pet.org).

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)123-127
Number of pages5
JournalEuropean urology
Volume89
Issue number2
Early online date29 Oct 2025
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2026
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

Scopus 105024956031

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Keywords

  • Overall survival, PRIMARY score, Positron emission tomography, Prostate cancer, Prostate-specific membrane antigen