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Prostate-specific antigen dynamics predict individual responses to intermittent androgen deprivation

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  • Renee Brady-Nicholls

    (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute)

  • John D. Nagy

    (Scottsdale Community College
    Arizona State University)

  • Travis A. Gerke

    (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute)

  • Tian Zhang

    (Duke Cancer Institute)

  • Andrew Z. Wang

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Jingsong Zhang

    (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute)

  • Robert A. Gatenby

    (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute)

  • Heiko Enderling

    (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute)

Abstract

Intermittent androgen deprivation therapy (IADT) is an attractive treatment for biochemically recurrent prostate cancer (PCa), whereby cycling treatment on and off can reduce cumulative dose and limit toxicities. We simulate prostate-specific antigen (PSA) dynamics, with enrichment of PCa stem-like cell (PCaSC) during treatment as a plausible mechanism of resistance evolution. Simulated PCaSC proliferation patterns correlate with longitudinal serum PSA measurements in 70 PCa patients. Learning dynamics from each treatment cycle in a leave-one-out study, model simulations predict patient-specific evolution of resistance with an overall accuracy of 89% (sensitivity = 73%, specificity = 91%). Previous studies have shown a benefit of concurrent therapies with ADT in both low- and high-volume metastatic hormone-sensitive PCa. Model simulations based on response dynamics from the first IADT cycle identify patients who would benefit from concurrent docetaxel, demonstrating the feasibility and potential value of adaptive clinical trials guided by patient-specific mathematical models of intratumoral evolutionary dynamics.

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  • Renee Brady-Nicholls & John D. Nagy & Travis A. Gerke & Tian Zhang & Andrew Z. Wang & Jingsong Zhang & Robert A. Gatenby & Heiko Enderling, 2020. "Prostate-specific antigen dynamics predict individual responses to intermittent androgen deprivation," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 11(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:11:y:2020:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-020-15424-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15424-4
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