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ArticleAdvances in therapy2025

Comparison of Real-World Outcomes between Patients with BRCA1/2-Positive and Homologous Recombination Repair-Negative Metastatic Castration-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.

Mehmet A Bilen, Sabree Burbage, Carmine Rossi, Ibrahim Khilfeh, Lilian Diaz, Yuxi Wang, Dominic Pilon, Gordon Brown, Neal Shore, Benjamin Lowentritt and 1 more

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Mehmet A BilenEmory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Sabree BurbageJohnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA.
Carmine RossiAnalysis Group, Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada.
Ibrahim KhilfehJohnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, USA.
Lilian DiazAnalysis Group, Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada.
Yuxi WangAnalysis Group, Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada.
Dominic PilonAnalysis Group, Inc., Montréal, QC, Canada.
Gordon BrownNew Jersey Urology, Sewell, NJ, USA.
Neal ShoreSTART Carolinas/Carolina Urologic Research Center, Myrtle Beach, SC, USA.
Benjamin LowentrittChesapeake Urology, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Daniel W LinUniversity of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, 1100 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA. dlin@uw.edu.

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Abstract

introductionThis real-world study compared time-to-next-treatment (TTNT), time-to-castration resistance (TTCR), and overall survival between patients with BRCA1/2-positive (BRCA+) and homologous recombination repair-negative (HRR-) metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCSPC).

methodsPatients who received a genetic test and initiated treatment for mCSPC (index date) after 1/1/2018 were selected from the Flatiron Health-Foundation Medicine, Inc. Metastatic PC Clinico-Genomic Database (1/1/2017-12/31/2022). Outcomes were compared between patients with ≥ 1 positive BRCA test (BRCA+) and those without detected HRR mutations (HRR-) using weighted Kaplan-Meier analyses and Cox proportional hazards models after baseline characteristics (12 months pre-index) were balanced using inverse-probability of treatment weighting.

resultsIn total, 149 patients with BRCA+ and 1066 with HRR- mCSPC were included. Baseline characteristics were well-balanced after weighting. By 24 months after treatment initiation, a significantly higher proportion of the BRCA+ than the HRR- cohort progressed to next treatment [69.7% vs. 56.8%; hazard ratio (HR) = 1.45 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.10, 1.92), p = 0.009]; median TTNT was shorter in the BRCA+ than the HRR- cohort (10.9 vs. 18.7 months). By 24 months, a significantly higher proportion of the BRCA+ than the HRR- cohort progressed to castration resistance [72.2% vs. 61.4%; HR = 1.46 (95% CI 1.16, 1.84), p = 0.001]; median TTCR was shorter in the BRCA+ than HRR- cohort (12.9 vs. 16.9 months). Numerically fewer patients in the BRCA+ than the HRR- cohort survived 24 months after PC diagnosis [80.6% vs. 85.4%; HR = 1.46 (95% CI 0.99, 2.14), p = 0.054].

conclusionFindings demonstrate worse outcomes for patients with BRCA+ mCSPC treated with available advanced therapies, supporting the need for effective genetically targeted therapies in this population.

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BRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantAgedAged, 80 and overHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationNeoplasm MetastasisRecombinational DNA RepairRetrospective StudiesTime-to-TreatmentBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanBRCAHomologous recombination repairMetastatic castration-sensitiveOverall survivalProstate cancerTime-to-castration resistanceTime-to-next-treatment

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PMCPMC12313723

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