Nationwide Japanese Prostate Cancer Outcome Study of Permanent Iodine-125 Seed Implantation (J-POPS): first analysis on survival

• Published in: International journal of clinical oncology Vol. 23; no. 6; pp. 1148 - 1159
• Main Authors: Ito, Kazuto, Saito, Shiro, Yorozu, Atsunori, Kojima, Shinsuke, Kikuchi, Takashi, Higashide, Satoshi, Aoki, Manabu, Koga, Hirofumi, Satoh, Takefumi, Ohashi, Toshio, Nakamura, Katsumasa, Katayama, Norihisa, Tanaka, Nobumichi, Nakano, Masahiro, Shigematsu, Naoyuki, Dokiya, Takushi, Fukushima, Masanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.12.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cancer Research; Iodine; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Oncology; Original Article; Prostate cancer; Prostate-specific antigen; Surgical Oncology; Survival; External beam radiation therapy; Brachytherapy; Iodine-125; Prostate cancer
• ISSN: 1341-9625; 1437-7772
• DOI: 10.1007/s10147-018-1309-0

Background Investigating oncological outcomes in patients registered in the Japanese Prostate Cancer Outcome Study of Permanent Iodine-125 Seed Implantation (J-POPS) in terms of biochemical relapse-free survival (bRFS) by the Phoenix and the newly developed J-POPS definitions, exploration of predictive factors for bRFS, and preliminary verification of pitfalls of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) failure definitions. Methods Between July 2005 and June 2007, 2316 clinically localized patients underwent permanent seed implantation. The primary endpoint was bRFS. One of the secondary endpoints was overall survival (OS). Results The median age was 69 and performance status was 0 in 99.1% of participants. The median biologically effective dose (BED) was about 180 Gy 2 . During a median follow-up of 60.0 months, 8.4 and 5.9% had PSA failure by the Phoenix and the J-POPS definitions, respectively. The 5-year bRFSs based on the Phoenix and the J-POPS definitions were 89.1 and 91.6%, respectively. The 5-year OS was 97.3%. According to multivariate analyses, only age affected bRFS based on the Phoenix definition, whereas the risk group and BED independently affected bRFS based on the J-POPS definition. A spontaneous PSA decrease was seen in 91.1% of participants after PSA failure based on the Phoenix definition alone, but in only 22.2% after PSA failure based on the J-POPS definition alone. Conclusion The world’s largest registration study, J-POPS, consisted of patients with longevity, and a highly quality-controlled BED resulted in excellent bRFS and OS. The high likelihood of PSA bounce by the Phoenix definition should be taken into account, especially in younger patients. Clinical trial information NCT00534196.