New Study Suggests Decipher Prostate Biopsy Test May Help Guide Use of Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer
Real-world data suggest Decipher test’s risk scores are independently associated with conversion to definitive treatment and with treatment failure
“We believe this real-world study and the resulting findings fill a critical gap in prostate cancer treatment, which is the need for an objective tool that can help physicians identify those early-stage patients who are good candidates for active surveillance as well as those who should move directly to definitive treatment with surgery or radiotherapy,” said Elai Davicioni, Ph.D., Veracyte’s senior vice president, Scientific and Clinical Operations, Urologic Cancers.
MUSIC (Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative) is a large, prospective, observational, statewide registry created to optimize urologic care across the state of
For the analysis published today, researchers retroactively reviewed the Decipher risk scores from these 855 men to evaluate the independent association of Decipher high scores with the time to conversion from AS to radical therapy (TTT) and the time to treatment failure (TTF; biochemical failure or receipt of salvage therapy).
Of the 241 evaluable patients who elected to undergo active surveillance, a high-risk Decipher score was independently associated with shorter TTT (HR 2.51, 95% CI 1.52-4.13, p<0.001). Men with high-risk scores spent significantly less time on AS than men with Decipher low/intermediate risk scores (13.6 months vs. 33 months; p<0.001). Similarly, among the 479 evaluable patients who underwent definitive treatment either initially or after a period of AS, those with a Decipher high-risk score had a significantly shorter TTF as compared to those with lower scores (p=0.007).
"We have long needed better risk stratification tools for early-stage prostate cancer patients to reduce the uncertainty that is often part of initial treatment decisions," said
The Decipher Prostate genomic classifier is currently being investigated in seven
About Decipher Prostate
Decipher Prostate (Decipher Prostate Biopsy and Decipher Prostate RP) is a 22-gene, whole-transcriptome-developed genomic test intended to help inform treatment decisions for men with localized prostate cancer at initial diagnosis and after surgical removal of the prostate. The test reports the Decipher Score, which prognosticates a patient's risk of metastasis within five years and provides risk estimates of prostate cancer-specific outcomes. Decipher Prostate can help guide physicians to better select the appropriate therapy for a specific patient, which in turn can result in improved patient outcomes.
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