Source of Funding: None
MP28-18
PROSTATE HEALTH INDEX DENSITY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVES
THE ACCURACY OF PREDICTING CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT
PROSTATE CANCER IN MEN UNDERGOING PROSTATE BIOPSY
Yung Ting Cheng*, Shih Ting Chiu, Chih-Hung Chiang,
Chung-Hsin Chen, Yeong-Shiau Pu, Jian-Hua Hong, Yu-Chuang Lu,
Yi-Kai Chang, Shih-Ping Liu, Shih-Chun Hung, Hong-Chiang Chang,
Po-Ming Chow, Kuo-How Huang, Yuan-Ju Lee, Chao-Yuan Huang,
Taipei City, Taiwan
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Prostate health index
(PHI) is a promising biomarker in the prediction of aggressive prostate
cancer. Since prostate volume has been regarded as an important
factor contributing to elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA), PSA
density is widely used to predict the presence of prostate cancer. We
aim to assess the additional efficacy of PHI density (PHID) in
predicting prostate cancer in men undergoing transrectal ultrasound-
guided prostate biopsy (TRUSP biopsy).
METHODS: We prospectively enrolled 505 men who under-
went TRUSP biopsy for suspected prostate cancer. Total PSA, free
PSA, p2PSA levels were measured by serum samples before the
prostate biopsy. PHI was calculated as ((p2PSA/fPSA) OtPSA). PHID
was calculated by diving PHI by the prostate volume. Receiver oper-
ating characteristic curve (ROC curve) and multivariable logistic
regression analyses were used to predict the risk of cancer detection
and clinically significant prostate cancer.
RESULTS: The detection rate of prostate cancer was 33.1%
(167/505). 65.8% (110/167) of the cancer patients were found to have
Gleason score 7 or higher disease. Prostate volume, total PSA, free
PSA, p2PSA, p2PSA%, and PHI in cancer cases were significantly
higher than the non-cancer patients. The median PHI in both cancer
and non-cancer men were 50.93 and 29.79, respectively; whereas
the PHID were 1.61 and 0.58, respectively. PHID had the highest
area under the ROC curve (AUC) in predicting the presence of
prostate cancer and clinically significant cancer than other predictors
(0.806 and 0.865, both p<0.001). At a threshold of 0.71, PHID had a
sensitivity of 91.7% and a specificity 59.3% for clinically significant
cancer. In multivariable logistic regression, age, prostate volume, total
PSA and PHID were significant predictors of clinically significant
cancer.
CONCLUSIONS: Utilizing prostate volume adds discriminative
value to PHI in predicting clinical significant prostate cancer.
Unnecessary biopsies could be avoided by using PHID as an alterna-
tive to PSA test.
Source of Funding: None
MP28-19
SETTING THE BAR: A 4KSCORE OF 7.5% PROVIDES HIGH
SENSITIVITY AND NEGATIVE PREDICTIVE VALUE FOR
DETECTING AND RULING OUT SIGNIFICANT PROSTATE CANCER
Amit Bhattu*, Miami, FL; Yan Dong, Woburn, MA; Alexander Kong,
Miami, FL; Stephen Zappala, Andover, MA; Dipen Parekh,
Sanoj Punnen, Miami, FL
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Two independent pro-
spective trials have validated the 4Kscore test for predicting clinically
significant cancer. However, they assessed the 4kscore test as a
continuous score. We wanted to illustrate the use of a 7.5% cut off for
deciding on the need for prostate biopsy using combined data from both
trials.
METHODS: This study pooled data from two prospective multi-
institutional trials. One was conducted in 26 primarily community-based
U.S. urology practices and the other was conducted at 8 U.S. Veterans
Affairs Medical Centers. Men in both the trials were 40-80 years old and
referred for biopsy of the prostate. A minimum 10-core biopsy was
required, and phlebotomy was done before for 4Kscore ascertainment.
The primary outcome was presence of Gleasons score 7 on
biopsy. We performed exploratory analysis to evaluate the number of
biopsies avoided and cancers detected using a 4Kscore cut off of
7.5% using the entire cohort, and various subgroups.
RESULTS: This analysis included 1378 patients who had a
4Kscore and biopsy, of which 1012 patients were from the original
validation study and 366 were from Veterans Affairs study. The analysis
showed that 32.2% of biopsies would have been avoided by applying a
4Kscore threshold of 7.5% for prostate biopsy. The sensitivity for
detecting Gleason 7 cancer using a 7.5% cut-off was 94%, while the
negative predictive value for ruling it out was 95%. There were no
Gleason 8 or higher prostate cancers missed when using this cut off
for proceeding with a biopsy. Among patients with a 4Kscore less
than 7.5%, prostate biopsy findings were benign in 76.1% patients,
revealed a Gleason 6 in 19.1%, Gleason 3þ4[7 in 3.4% patients,
and Gleason 4þ3[7 in 1.4% patients (Figure 1). Subgroup analyses
in patients with a PSA between 3-10ng/ml, and between African
American and non-African American men revealed no difference in
the risk of significant cancer in those with a 4Kscore below 7.5%.
CONCLUSIONS: The 4Kscore is noninvasive biomarker that
helps to facilitate biopsy decision-making. We found that using a 7.5%
cut-off allowed a significant biopsy reduction with high sensitivity for
detection, and a high negative predictive value for ruling out
aggressive prostate cancer.
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