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ArticleBMC cancer2023

Real-world effectiveness of third-line cabazitaxel in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: CARD-like analysis of data from a post-marketing surveillance in Japan.

Hideyasu Matsuyama, Nobuaki Matsubara, Hirotaka Kazama, Takeshi Seto, Yoshinori Sunaga, Kazuhiro Suzuki

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Article in BMC cancer, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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  1. Current Evidence on Cabazitaxel for Prostate Cancer Therapy: A Narrative Review.International journal of urology : official journal of the Japanese Urological Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hideyasu MatsuyamaDepartment of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan. hidde@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp.
Nobuaki MatsubaraDepartment of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Chiba, Japan.
Hirotaka KazamaSpeciality Care Oncology Medical, Sanofi, Tokyo, Japan.
Takeshi SetoMedical Affairs, Sanofi, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshinori SunagaMedical Affairs, Sanofi, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuhiro SuzukiDepartment of Urology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan.
Sanofi (Japan) · JPGunma University · JPNational Cancer Center Hospital East · JPYamaguchi University Hospital · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe CARD trial was conducted in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who had received docetaxel and experienced disease progression within 1 year on an androgen receptor-axis-targeted therapy (ARAT). Subsequent treatment with cabazitaxel had improved clinical outcomes compared with an alternative ARAT. This study aims to confirm the effectiveness of cabazitaxel in real-world patients in Japan and compare their characteristics with those of patients from the CARD trial.

methodsThis was a post-hoc analysis of a nationwide post-marketing surveillance registering all patients who were prescribed cabazitaxel in Japan between September 2014 and June 2015. Included patients had received docetaxel and ≤ 1 year of an ARAT (abiraterone or enzalutamide) prior to receiving cabazitaxel or an alternative ARAT, as their third-line therapy. The primary effectiveness endpoint was the time to treatment failure (TTF) of the third-line therapy. Patients were matched (1:1) from the cabazitaxel and second ARAT arms based on propensity score (PS).

resultsOf the 535 patients analysed, 247 received cabazitaxel and 288 the alternative ARAT as their third-line therapy, of which, 91.3% (n = 263/288) received abiraterone and 8.7% (n = 25/288) received enzalutamide as their second third-line ARAT. Patients in the cabazitaxel and second ARAT arms had TNM classification of M1 or MX in 73.3% and 68.1%, Gleason score of 8-10 in 78.5% and 79.2% and mean (standard deviation) serum PSA levels of 483 (1370) and 594 (1241) ng/mL, respectively. Initial cabazitaxel dose was ≤ 20 mg/m

conclusionsConsistent with the CARD trial, cabazitaxel demonstrated superior effectiveness over a second alternative ARAT in a real-world patient population in Japan, despite the population having more advanced disease status and a lower dose of cabazitaxel being more frequently administered, than in the CARD trial.

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Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantBenzamidesDocetaxelHumansJapanMaleNitrilesPhenylthiohydantoinProduct Surveillance, PostmarketingTaxoidsBenzamidescabazitaxelDocetaxelenzalutamideNitrilesPhenylthiohydantoinTaxoidsAndrogen receptor-axis-targeted therapyCabazitaxelCross-resistanceEffectivenessJapaneseMetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancerPost-marketing surveillanceReal-world dataSequential treatmentTime to treatment failure

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PMID37308888
PMCPMC10262372
OpenAlexW4380354656

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