Table 3 Risk of prostate cancer death by use of anti-epileptic drugs with HDAC inhibitory properties compared to usage of other anti-epileptic drugs.

From: Anti-epileptic drugs and prostate cancer-specific mortality compared to non-users of anti-epileptic drugs in the Finnish Randomized Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer

Risk of prostate cancer death

 

HDACi AED use before diagnosis

 

HDAC use after diagnosis

 

Number of PCa deaths/PCa cases

HR (95% CI)age adjusted

\({{{{{\mathbf{HR}}}}}}\,({{{{{\mathbf{95\%}}}}}} {{{{{\mathbf{CI}}}}}})_{{{{{{\mathbf{multivariable}}}}}}\; {{{{{\mathbf{adjusted}}}}}}^{\mathbf a}}\)

 

Number of PCa deaths/PCa cases

HR (95% CI)age adjusted

\({{{{{\mathbf{HR}}}}}} ({{{{{\mathbf{95\%}}}}}} {{{{{\mathbf{CI}}}}}})_{{{{{{\mathbf{multivariable}}}}}}\; {{{{{\mathbf{adjusted}}}}}}^{\mathbf a}}\)

Ever use of non-HDACi AED

8/112

Ref.

Ref.

Ever use of non-HDACi AED

37/318

Ref.

Ref.

Ever use of HDACi AED

33/227

2.66 (0.94–7.50)

2.67 (0.81–8.77)

Ever use of HDACi AED

27/343

0.50 (0.25–1.00)

0.61 (0.31–1.23)

Intensity of HDACi AED usage (DDDs per year)

1st tertile

10/75

2.36 (0.74–7.52)

3.91 (1.07–14.22)

1st tertile

10/124

0.77 (0.28–2.12)

1.27 (0.46–3.50)

2nd tertile

11/76

2.66 (0.85–8.34)

1.70 (0.46–6.28)

2nd tertile

12/105

0.58 (0.24–1.43)

0.56 (0.22–1.46)

3rd tertile

12/76

2.98 (0.96–9.23)

3.31 (0.91–12.06)

3rd tertile

5/114

0.35 (0.13–0.89)

0.46 (0.18–1.18)

P for trend by tertile

 

0.002

0.070

P for trend by tertile

 

0.002

0.048

  1. Study cohort of 9261 prostate cancer cases from the FinRSPC.
  2. aCalculated with Cox regression adjusted for age, simultaneous usage of other drugs (NSAIDs, aspirin, anti-diabetic drugs, anti-hypertensive drugs and statins), FinRSPC screening trial arm, Charlson co-morbidity score, prostate cancer risk group and primary treatment of PCa.