Table 1 Cohort clinical characteristics measured per line of mCRPC therapya

From: Prediction of plasma ctDNA fraction and prognostic implications of liquid biopsy in advanced prostate cancer

Patient characteristic

First line (n = 463)

Second line (n = 213)

Third line (n = 62)

Age at initial prostate cancer diagnosis (years)

68 (41–96)

67 (41–86)

63 (41–75)

Gleason Grade Group 4–5

71% (245)

71% (96)

71% (32)

De novo metastatic diagnosis

46% (171)

49% (69)

42% (19)

Treatment intensification for mCSPC

17% (81)

11% (25)

13% (8)

 Taxane chemotherapy (docetaxel)

16% (74)

11% (25)

12% (7)

 Abiraterone, enzalutamide

2% (6)

0% (0)

0% (0)

 Other

<1% (1)

0% (0)

0% (0)

CRPC within 12 months of ADT initiation

40% (174)

53% (104)

57% (32)

Age at systemic mCRPC treatment initiation (years)

73 (45–98)

73 (45–93)

69 (45–88)

Systemic treatment for mCRPC

100% (463)

100% (213)

100% (62)

 Taxane chemotherapy (docetaxel or cabazitaxel)

8% (39)

17% (37)

49% (30)

 Abiraterone, enzalutamide

91% (420)

78% (166)

11% (7)

 Other

1% (4)

5% (10)

40% (25)

ECOG performance status 0–1

86% (345)

70% (143)

70% (37)

Alkaline phosphatase > ULN

35% (155)

34% (73)

45% (27)

Lactate dehydrogenase > ULN

23% (93)

22% (45)

36% (19)

Hemoglobin (g/L)

130 (79–174)

128 (79–157)

127 (97–156)

PSA (ng/mL, plasma)

26 (0–5800)

19 (0.2–1604)

53 (3.8–812)

Visceral metastases

18% (83)

24% (51)

29% (18)

Lymph-node only metastases

12% (55)

7% (15)

10% (8)

Cell-free DNA concentration (ng/ml)

14 (1.5–3870)

15 (2.4–1650)

16 (1.1–2140)

ctDNA fraction

5% (0–89)

5% (0–89)

10% (0–77)

 ctDNA concentration (ng/mL)

0.7 (0–3146)

0.5 (0–771)

1.14 (0–1286)

 ctDNA not detected (i.e., <2%)

38% (174)

39% (83)

18% (11)

 ctDNA fraction 2–30%

40% (187)

42% (90)

53% (33)

 ctDNA fraction >30%

22% (102)

19% (40)

29% (18)

Follow-up for OS (months)

20 (0.36–81.6)

14 (0.52–63.5)

11 (2.16–32.8)

Median OS (months)b

25 (22.4–28.2)

15.7 (13.6–17.8)

11.1 (8.7–14.4)

  1. aData are median (range), or % (n); percentages reflect proportion of patients with complete data for the given variable.
  2. b95% confidence interval.
  3. ADT androgen deprivation therapy, mCSPC metastatic castrate-sensitive prostate cancer, ECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group, GGG Gleason Grade Group, mCRPC castration-resistant prostate cancer, OS overall survival, PSA prostate-specific antigen, ULN upper limit of normal.