Table 2 Baseline characteristics for patients with at least one SRE during AFFIRM and PREVAIL

From: Skeletal-related events significantly impact health-related quality of life in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: data from PREVAIL and AFFIRM trials

Characteristic

PREVAIL (n=587)

AFFIRM (n=421)

Mean (s.d.) age (years)

70.0 (8.7)

67.7 (8.3)

Geographic region, n (%)

 Europe

303 (51.6)

238 (56.5)

 North America

162 (27.6)

140 (33.3)

 Rest of world

122 (20.8)

43 (10.2)

Pain average score, n (%)a

 0–1

346 (58.9)

53 (12.6)

 2–3

229 (39.0)

162 (38.5)

 >3

9 (1.5)

157 (37.3)

 Missing

3 (0.5)

49 (11.6)

Fatigue severity, n (%)b

 <7

525 (92.3)

296 (70.3)

7

44 (7.7)

107 (25.4)

 Missing

0

18 (4.3)

ECOG performance status, n (%)

 0

195 (33.2)

131 (31.1)

 1

392 (66.8)

244 (58.0)

 2

0

46 (10.9)

Mean (s.d.) time from initial prostate cancer diagnosis to randomization (months)

71.1 (53.6)

78.0 (53.4)

No. of prior chemotherapies, n (%)

 1

NA

313 (74.3)

2

NA

108 (25.7)

No. of unique prior hormonal therapies, n (%)c

 None

2 (0.3)

0

 1

66 (11.2)

36 (8.6)

 2

269 (45.8)

176 (41.8)

 3

161 (27.4)

123 (29.2)

4

89 (15.2)

84 (20.0)

 Missing

0

2 (0.5)

Distant metastasis (M) at diagnosis, n (%)

 Mx

53 (9.0)

59 (14.0)

 M0

282 (48.0)

151 (25.9)

 M1

178 (30.3)

112 (26.6)

 Unknown

74 (12.6)

99 (23.5)

Disease localization at screening, n (%)

 None

0

2 (0.5)

 Bone only

246 (41.9)

120 (28.5)

 Soft tissue only

44 (7.5)

12 (2.9)

 Both bone and soft tissue

297 (50.6)

287 (68.2)

Visceral disease at screening, n (%)

 No

516 (87.9)

336 (79.8)

 Yes

71 (12.1)

85 (20.2)

  1. Abbreviations: ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; NA, not applicable; SRE, skeletal-related event.
  2. aDefined using Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form question 3: asymptomatic=score 0 or 1; mildly symptomatic=score 2 or 3; severely symptomatic=score >3.
  3. bDefined using question 3 of Brief Fatigue Inventory.
  4. cNone of the previous therapies were chemotherapy-based.