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Table 2 Clinicopathologic characteristics of castration-resistant prostate cancer patients, stratified by clinical trial participation

From: Impact of clinical trial participation on survival in patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer: a multi-center analysis

 

Overall

(n = 299)

Clinical trial

Participants

(n = 65)

Non-participants

(n = 234)

p

Age

66.5 (61.0–71.8)

65.0 (62.0–71.0)

67.0 (61.0–72.0)

0.384

Body mass index

23.1 (20.9–24.7)

22.9 (21.3–24.7)

23.4 (21.2–25.1)

0.345

Laboratory valuesa

 PSA (ng/mL)

69.2 (15.0–182.0)

25.8 (9.6–73.6)

88.4 (18.0–247.3)

0.005

 Hemoglobin (g/dL)

12.0 (10.7–13.0)

12.4 (11.7–13.3)

11.9 (10.4–12.9)

0.514

 Albumin (U/L)

4.0 (3.7–4.4)

4.3 (4.0–4.5)

4.0 (3.7–4.3)

0.001

 ALP (U/L)

109.0 (70.0–209.0)

88.0 (67.0–133.5)

118 (71.0–221.5)

0.070

 WBC count (× 109/L)

5.8 (4.8–7.3)

5.8 (4.7–7.3)

5.8 (4.9–7.3)

0.919

T stage

   

0.764

  ≤ T2

187 (62.5%)

42 (64.7%)

145 (61.9%)

 

  ≥ T3

112 (37.5%)

23 (35.3%)

89 (38.1%)

 

N stage

   

0.491

 N0

127 (42.5%)

30 (46.2%)

97 (41.5%)

 

 N1

172 (57.5%)

35 (53.8%)

137 (58.5%)

 

M stage

   

1.000

 M0

73 (24.4%)

15 (23.1%)

58 (24.8%)

 

 M1

226 (75.6%)

50 (76.9%)

176 (75.2%)

 

Metastatic site

    

 Bone

166 (55.5%)

37 (57.0%)

129 (55.1%)

0.856

 Visceral

8 (2.7%)

8 (12.3%)

0 (0.0%)

0.215

 Lymph node

142 (47.5%)

26 (40.0%)

116 (49.6%)

0.116

Gleason score

   

0.267

  ≤ 7

156 (52.2%)

30 (46.2%)

126 (53.8%)

 

  ≥ 8

143 (47.8%)

35 (53.8%)

108 (46.2%)

 

CCI

   

0.780

  ≤ 1

142 (%)

32 (49.2%)

110 (47.0%)

 

  ≥ 2

157 (%)

33 (50.8%)

124 (53.0%)

 

ECOG PS

   

0.033

  ≤ 1

261 (87.3%)

62 (95.4%)

199 (85.1%)

 

  ≥ 2

38 (12.7%)

3 (4.6%)

35 (14.9%)

 

Primary treatmentb

 Prostatectomy

149 (49.8%)

47 (72.3%)

102 (43.6%)

< 0.001

 Radiation therapy

33 (11.0%)

10 (15.4%)

23 (9.8%)

0.261

  1. Data are presented as the median (interquartile range) or number (%)
  2. aAt diagnosis of castration-resistant prostate cancer
  3. bNumber of primary treatment does not sum to 299 patients due to the existence of men who did not receive any local treatment with curative intent
  4. Abbreviations: ALP alkaline phosphatase, CCI Charlson Comorbidity Index, ECOG PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status, PSA prostate-specific antigen, WBC white blood cell