Clinical Characterization of Patients Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and Undergoing Conservative Management: A PIONEER Analysis Based on Big Data

• Published in: European urology Vol. 85; no. 5; pp. 457 - 465
• Main Authors: Gandaglia, Giorgio, Pellegrino, Francesco, Golozar, Asieh, De Meulder, Bertrand, Abbott, Thomas, Achtman, Ariel, Imran Omar, Muhammad, Alshammari, Thamir, Areia, Carlos, Asiimwe, Alex, Beyer, Katharina, Bjartell, Anders, Campi, Riccardo, Cornford, Philip, Falconer, Thomas, Feng, Qi, Gong, Mengchun, Herrera, Ronald, Hughes, Nigel, Hulsen, Tim, Kinnaird, Adam, Lai, Lana Y.H., Maresca, Gianluca, Mottet, Nicolas, Oja, Marek, Prinsen, Peter, Reich, Christian, Remmers, Sebastiaan, Roobol, Monique J., Sakalis, Vasileios, Seager, Sarah, Smith, Emma J., Snijder, Robert, Steinbeisser, Carl, Thurin, Nicolas H., Hijazy, Ayman, van Bochove, Kees, Van den Bergh, Roderick C.N., Van Hemelrijck, Mieke, Willemse, Peter-Paul, Williams, Andrew E., Zounemat Kermani, Nazanin, Evans-Axelsson, Susan, Briganti, Alberto, N'Dow, James
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Elsevier B.V 01.05.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Big Data; Cancer and Oncology; Cancer och onkologi; Clinical Medicine; Conservative management; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Disease-Free Survival; Europe; Humans; Klinisk medicin; Male; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Outcomes; PIONEER; Prostate cancer; Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis; Prostatic Neoplasms - therapy; Survival; Europe; PIONEER; Big data; Prostate cancer; Survival; Conservative management; Outcomes
• ISSN: 0302-2838; 1873-7560
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2023.06.012

Up to 25% of prostate cancer (PCa) patients managed conservatively experienced hospitalization and emergency department visits within 12 mo after diagnosis; 6% experienced PCa-related symptomatic progression. The probabilities of receiving therapies for PCa decreased according to the time elapsed after the diagnosis. Conservative management is an option for prostate cancer (PCa) patients either with the objective of delaying or even avoiding curative therapy, or to wait until palliative treatment is needed. PIONEER, funded by the European Commission Innovative Medicines Initiative, aims at improving PCa care across Europe through the application of big data analytics. To describe the clinical characteristics and long-term outcomes of PCa patients on conservative management by using an international large network of real-world data. From an initial cohort of >100 000 000 adult individuals included in eight databases evaluated during a virtual study-a-thon hosted by PIONEER, we identified newly diagnosed PCa cases (n = 527 311). Among those, we selected patients who did not receive curative or palliative treatment within 6 mo from diagnosis (n = 123 146). Patient and disease characteristics were reported. The number of patients who experienced the main study outcomes was quantified for each stratum and the overall cohort. Kaplan-Meier analyses were used to estimate the distribution of time to event data. The most common comorbidities were hypertension (35–73%), obesity (9.2–54%), and type 2 diabetes (11–28%). The rate of PCa-related symptomatic progression ranged between 2.6% and 6.2%. Hospitalization (12–25%) and emergency department visits (10–14%) were common events during the 1st year of follow-up. The probability of being free from both palliative and curative treatments decreased during follow-up. Limitations include a lack of information on patients and disease characteristics and on treatment intent. Our results allow us to better understand the current landscape of patients with PCa managed with conservative treatment. PIONEER offers a unique opportunity to characterize the baseline features and outcomes of PCa patients managed conservatively using real-world data. Up to 25% of men with prostate cancer (PCa) managed conservatively experienced hospitalization and emergency department visits within the 1st year after diagnosis; 6% experienced PCa-related symptoms. The probability of receiving therapies for PCa decreased according to time elapsed after the diagnosis.