Abstract
Objective
This study reports on the 5-year biochemical-relapse free survival (bRFS), and late gastrointestinal (GI) and genitourinary (GU) toxicities of patients who underwent a prostatectomy and received high dose (> 72 Gy) radiation therapy with an absorbable polyethylene glycol (PEG) rectal spacer implant.
Methods
From January 2010 to October 2013, 21 radical prostatectomy patients received a PEG spacer. GI and GU toxicities were scored using the National Cancer Center Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events v4.0 grading scheme. bRFS was tallied and segregated into risk groups according to the National Cancer Comprehensive Network (NCCN) guidelines version 1.2016. Cox regression multivariate analysis was performed to elicit disease risk factors.
Results
The mean follow-up time was 59 months (SD 12, range 40–97). Our GI toxicities for acute, 3 months, and after 6 months are as follows: grade 0 (57%, 86%, 86%), grade 1 (43%, 14%, 14%), and grade 2 (0%, 0%, 5%). Our GU toxicities for acute, 3 months, and after 6 months are as follows: grade 0 (43%, 48%, 62%), grade 1 (48%, 43%, 24%), and grade 2 (10%, 5%, 14%). There were no late grade 3 GI/GU toxicities. The 5-year overall bRFS rate was 62.2% (95% CI 42.6–90.9%, SE 12.0%). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed positive surgical resection margins to be predictive (p = 0.00037) for decreased biochemical control.
Conclusion
Hydrogel rectal spacer implants in patients who previously had a prostatectomy is well tolerated long term with reduced incidence of GI and GU toxicities, and bRFS rates consistent with previous reports in the literature.
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(i) Conception and design: BML, HMM, KT; (ii) administrative support: HMM, KT; (iii) provision of study materials or patients: HMM, KT; (iv) collection and assembly of data: BML, HMM, LB, AM; (v) data analysis and interpretation: BML, HMM, LB, AM, KT; (vi) manuscript writing—original draft: BML; (vii) final approval of manuscript: all authors.
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Lehrich, B.M., Moyses, H.M., Ravera, J. et al. Five-year results of post-prostatectomy patients administered a hydrogel rectal spacer implant in conjunction with dose escalated external beam radiation therapy. J Radiat Oncol 8, 31–38 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13566-018-0369-0
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