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Table 2 Patient characteristics in the aHyC group (all patients who received aHyC) and in the documented control group

From: Dendritic cell-based vaccine prolongs survival and time to next therapy independently of the vaccine cell number

 

aHyC treatment group

Documented control group

Number of patients

19

21

Age (years) at CRPC diagnosis, median (IQR)

74 (69–81)

72 (69–75)

Follow-up (months), median (IQR)

65 (35–81)

50 (41–59)

Deaths, n (%)

11 (58)

19 (90)

PSA at CRPC diagnosis, ng/mL

 Median (IQR)

7 (4–14)

11 (6–14)

 Mean ± SEM

14 ± 6

13 ± 3

Gleason score, n (%)

 8–10

16 (84)

12 (57)

 6–7

3 (16)

9 (43)

 Median (IQR)

9 (9–9)

8 (7–9)

Metastases at CRPC*, n (%)

 No metastases

12 (63)

15 (71)

 Oligometastases (≤ 3)

3 (21)

6 (29)

 Polymetastases (≥ 4)

4 (16)

0

Site of metastases*, n (%)

 Bone

4 (21)

4 (19)

 Lymph node

0

2 (10)

 Bone + lymph node

3 (16)

0

 Visceral

0

0

Next-in-line treatment (docetaxel, enzalutamide, abiraterone acetate) up to 30 September 2021

 Yes, n (%)

13 (68)

21 (100)

 TTNT (months), median (HR; 95% CI)

28 (0.31; 0.15–0.63)

16 (3.25; 1.59–6.64)

  1. aHyC autologous hybridoma cell, CI confidence interval, CRPC castration-resistant prostate cancer, HR hazard ratio, IQR interquartile range, PSA prostate-specific antigen, TTNT time to next therapy
  2. *Metastases were determined with routinely performed nuclear medicine bone scan and computed tomography of thorax and abdomen or 18F choline positron emission tomography-computed tomography