Review Article

Safety and Efficacy of First-Line Treatments for Chemotherapy-Naive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Indirect Comparison

Table 1

Characteristics of clinical trials included in this study.

Clinical trailDesignSources of patientsFollow-up (median, month)InterventionControlNumber of Age (median, yearsGleason score (median)PSA level (median, ng/ml)ECOG PS (range)

D9902B NCT00065442Phase 375 centers in the United States and Canada34.1Sipuleucel-T (3 complete doses/2 weeks)APC placebo (3 complete doses/2 weeks)341:17172:70NRNR0 to 1

D9901 NCT00005947Phase 319 centers in the United States36Sipuleucel-T (3 complete doses/2 weeks)APC placebo (3 complete doses/2 weeks)82:4573:717:746.0:47.90 to 1

D9902A NCT01133704Phase 324 clinical trial sites36Sipuleucel-T (3 complete doses/2 weeks)APC placebo (3 complete doses/2 weeks)65:3370:71NR61.3:44.00 to 1

PREVAIL NCT01212991Phase 3207 sites in 22 countries31Enzalutamide (160 mg/d)Placebo872:84572:71NR54.1:44.20 to 1

COU-AA-302 NCT00887198Phase 312 countries49.2Abiraterone (1000 mg/d) plus prednisone (10 mg/d)Prednisone (10 mg/d)546:54271:70NR42:37.70 to 1

TAX 327 Tannock et al.Phase 324 countries20.8Docetaxel (75 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)Mitoxantrone (12 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)335:33768:68NR114:123NR

Shen et al.RCTSingle center16.8Docetaxel (75 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)Mitoxantrone (12 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)30:3164:66NR63.45:100.86NR

Zhou et al. 
NCT00436839,
RCT15 centers in China60Docetaxel (75 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)Mitoxantrone (12 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)113:11570.7:70.88:870.9:100NR

FIRSTANA NCT01308567RCT159 centers in 25 countries51Cabazitaxel (20 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)Docetaxel (75 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)389:391NRNRNR0 to 2

WILLIAM BERRYPhase 3Multicenter in the United States21.8Mitoxantrone (12 mg/m2)/3 weeks plus prednisone (10 mg/d)Prednisone (10 mg/d)56:6370:74NR56.7:71.00 to 2

PSA: prostate specific antigen; ECOG PS: Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status; NR: not reported; RCT: randomized controlled trial. versus control.