MCRPC Patients Receiving Ac-PSMA-617 Therapy in the Post-Androgen Deprivation Therapy Setting: Response to Treatment and Survival Analysis

Ac-PSMA-617, targeting the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), which is overexpressed on prostate cancer cells, has shown a remarkable therapeutic efficacy in heavily pretreated patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate carcinoma (mCRPC). Here, we report on treatment outcome and survival using this novel treatment modality in a series of 53 patients with mCRPC directly after their androgen deprivation treatment (ADT). Ac-PSMA-617 was administered to 53 such patients. Ga-PSMA PET/CT was obtained at baseline, before every treatment cycle, and on follow-up to select patients for treatment, determine the activity to be administered, and assess their response. Serial prostate-specific antigen (PSA) measurements were obtained for response assessment. The median age of the patients was 63.4 y (range, 45-83 y). In total, 167 cycles were administered (median, 3; range, 1-7). Forty-eight patients (91%) had a PSA decline of at least 50%, and 51 patients (96%) had any decline in PSA. Ga-PSMA PET findings became negative in 30 patients. In the multivariate analysis, a PSA decline of at least 50% proved predictive of both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS), and platelet count also proved predictive for PFS. The median estimated OS was 9 mo for patients with a PSA decline of less than 50% but was not yet reached at the latest follow-up (55 mo) for patients with a PSA decline of 50% or more. The estimated median PFS was 22 mo for patients with a PSA decline of at least 50% and 4 mo for patients with a PSA decline of less than 50%. No severe hematotoxicity was noted, and only 3 patients had grade III-IV nephrotoxicity. The commonest toxicity seen was grade I-II xerostomia, observed in 81% of patients. In 91% of 53 patients with mCRPC, treatment with Ac-PSMA-617 immediately after ADT resulted in at least a 50% decrease in PSA level. Furthermore, a PSA decline of at least 50% proved the single most important factor predicting PFS and OS after Ac-PSMA-617 treatment. Of interest, median OS in patients with a PSA decline of at least 50% was not yet reached at the latest follow-up (55 mo). These favorable results suggest that it would be of major clinical relevance to perform a prospective randomized study comparing Ac-PSMA-617 with current standard-of-care treatment options such as enzalutamide, abiraterone acetate, and docetaxel after ADT.