University of Tasmania
Browse
148163 - evaluation of hypofractionated radiation therapy use.pdf (936.29 kB)

Evaluation of hypofractionated radiation therapy use and patient-reported outcomes in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer in Australia and New Zealand

Download (936.29 kB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 04:40 authored by Pryor, DI, Martin, JM, Millar, JL, Day, H, Ong, WL, Skala, M, Liesel FitzgeraldLiesel Fitzgerald, Hindson, B, Higgs, B, O'Callaghan, ME, Syed, F, Hayden, AJ, Turner, SL, Papa, N

Importance: Randomized clinical trials in prostate cancer have reported noninferior outcomes for hypofractionated radiation therapy (HRT) compared with conventional RT (CRT); however, uptake of HRT across jurisdictions is variable.

Objective:To evaluate the use of HRT vs CRT in men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer and compare patient-reported outcomes (PROs) at a population level.

Design, setting, and participants: Registry-based cohort study from the Australian and New Zealand Prostate Cancer Outcomes Registry (PCOR-ANZ). Participants were men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer treated with primary RT (excluding brachytherapy) from January 2016 to December 2019. Data were analyzed in March 2021.

Exposures: HRT defined as 2.5 to 3.3 Gy and CRT defined as 1.7 to 2.3 Gy per fraction.

Main outcomes and measures: Temporal trends and institutional, clinicopathological, and sociodemographic factors associated with use of HRT were analyzed. PROs were assessed 12 months following RT using the Expanded Prostate Cancer Index Composite (EPIC)-26 Short Form questionnaire. Differences in PROs were analyzed by adjusting for age and National Comprehensive Cancer Network risk category.

Results: Of 8305 men identified as receiving primary RT, 6368 met the inclusion criteria for CRT (n = 4482) and HRT (n = 1886). The median age was 73.1 years (IQR, 68.2-77.3 years), 2.6% (168) had low risk, 45.7% (2911) had intermediate risk, 44.5% (2836) had high-/very high-risk, and 7.1% (453) had regional nodal disease. Use of HRT increased from 2.1% (9 of 435) in the first half of 2016 to 52.7% (539 of 1023) in the second half of 2019, with lower uptake in the high-/very high-risk (1.9% [4 of 215] to 42.4% [181 of 427]) compared with the intermediate-risk group (2.2% [4 of 185] to 67.6% [325 of 481]) (odds ratio, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.15-0.45). Substantial variability in the use of HRT for intermediate-risk disease remained at the institutional level (median 53.3%; range, 0%-100%) and clinician level (median 57.9%; range, 0%-100%) in the last 2 years of the study period. There were no clinically significant differences across EPIC-26 urinary and bowel functional domains or bother scores.

Conclusions and relevance: In this cohort study, use of HRT for prostate cancer increased substantially from 2016. This population-level data demonstrated clinically equivalent PROs and supports the continued implementation of HRT into routine practice. The wide variation in practice observed at the jurisdictional, institutional, and clinician level provides stakeholders with information that may be useful in targeting implementation strategies and benchmarking services.

History

Publication title

JAMA Network Open

Volume

4

Issue

11

Article number

2129647

Number

2129647

Pagination

1-12

ISSN

2574-3805

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

American Medical Association

Place of publication

United States

Rights statement

© 2021 Pryor, D. I. et al. his is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License.

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Treatment of human diseases and conditions

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC