A cohort analysis of patients receiving neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy prior to robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy during the Covid-19 pandemic

Bennett, S. S., Leung, H. Y. and Ahmad, I. (2023) A cohort analysis of patients receiving neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy prior to robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of Clinical Urology, 16(2), pp. 13-139. (doi: 10.1177/20514158211022216)

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Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate localised prostate cancer treated with or without neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy prior to robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy, and the impact of Covid-19 treatment disruption, on clinico-pathologic outcomes. Patients and methods: Data was retrospectively collected from 124 consecutive patients treated with robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy between November 2019–September 2020. Sixty-two patients were treated before 13 March 2020 (historic cohort) and 62 afterwards (covid cohort). Thirty-seven patients in the covid cohort additionally received neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy (mean duration of 3 months) consisting of bicalutamide 150 mg once a day for 4 weeks, with leuprolide 3.75 mg monthly injections commencing after week 1, up until the date of surgery. Results: Statistical analysis found no difference in peri-operative measures and length of stay for patients treated with or without neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy. Patients with delayed surgical treatment offered neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy showed a trend towards a reduction in positive surgical margins (p=0.134), N1 disease (p=0.424) and pathological down-staging (50% patients with pT2 disease). Patients within the covid cohort experienced significantly increased detectable prostate-specific antigen levels (p<0.007). Conclusion: Our study demonstrated that a three-month duration of neoadjuvant androgen deprivation therapy prior to robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy may improve pathological outcomes but this time-frame is inadequate to influence detectable prostate-specific antigen levels. Covid-19-related treatment delays led to significantly increased detectable prostate-specific antigen levels. Level of evidence: 2b.

Item Type:Articles
Keywords:Prostate cancer, localised, neoadjuvant, androgen deprivation therapy, Covid- 19 disease.
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Ahmad, Professor Imran and Leung, Professor Hing and Bennett, Mr Sahan
Authors: Bennett, S. S., Leung, H. Y., and Ahmad, I.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences
Journal Name:Journal of Clinical Urology
Publisher:SAGE Publications
ISSN:2051-4158
ISSN (Online):2051-4166
Published Online:07 June 2021
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2021 British Association of Urological Surgeons
First Published:First published in Journal of Clinical Urology 16(2): 131-139
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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