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Improved Disease-Free Survival With Adjuvant Chemotherapy After Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer: Final Results of the POUT Trial

Alison Jane Birtle Orcid Logo, Robert Jones Orcid Logo, John Chester Orcid Logo, Rebecca Lewis Orcid Logo, Katie Biscombe Orcid Logo, Mark Johnson Orcid Logo, Anthony Blacker, Richard T. Bryan Orcid Logo, James W.F. Catto Orcid Logo, Ananya Choudhury, Prantik Das, Satinder Jagdev, Thomas Powles Orcid Logo, John Wagstaff, Ka Ching Cheung Orcid Logo, Fay Cafferty Orcid Logo, Emma Hall Orcid Logo

Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume: 42, Issue: 13, Pages: 1466 - 1471

Swansea University Author: John Wagstaff

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DOI (Published version): 10.1200/jco.23.01659

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Clinical trials frequently include multiple end points that mature at different times. The initial report, typically based on the primary end point, may be published when key planned co-primary or secondary analyses are not yet available. Clinical Trial Updates provide an opportunity to disseminate...

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Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology
ISSN: 0732-183X 1527-7755
Published: American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2024
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66426
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Abstract: Clinical trials frequently include multiple end points that mature at different times. The initial report, typically based on the primary end point, may be published when key planned co-primary or secondary analyses are not yet available. Clinical Trial Updates provide an opportunity to disseminate additional results from studies, published in JCO or elsewhere, for which the primary end point has already been reported.POUT was a phase III, randomized, open-label trial, including 261 patients with muscle-invasive or lymph node–positive, nonmetastatic upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC) randomly assigned after radical nephroureterectomy to platinum-based chemotherapy (132) or surveillance (129). Primary outcome analysis demonstrated that chemotherapy improved disease-free survival (DFS). At that time, the planned secondary outcome analysis of overall survival (OS) was immature. By February 2022, 50 and 67 DFS events had occurred in the chemotherapy and surveillance groups, respectively, at a median follow-up of 65 months. The 5-year DFS was 62% versus 45%, univariable hazard ratio (HR), 0.55 (95% CI, 0.38 to 0.80, P = .001). The restricted mean survival time (RMST) was 18 months longer (95% CI, 6 to 30) in the chemotherapy arm. There were 46 and 60 deaths in the chemotherapy and control arms, respectively. The 5-year OS was 66% versus 57%, with univariable HR, 0.68 (95% CI, 0.46 to 1.00, P = .049) and RMST difference 11 months (95% CI, 1 to 21). Treatment effects were consistent across chemotherapy regimens (carboplatin or cisplatin) and disease stage. Toxicities were similar to those previously reported, and there were no clinically relevant differences in quality of life between arms. In summary, although OS was not the primary outcome measure, the updated results add further support for the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with UTUC, suggesting long-term benefits.
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Issue: 13
Start Page: 1466
End Page: 1471