IsoPSA Performance Characteristics are Unaffected by 5-Alpha Reductase Inhibitors or Alpha-Blockers: Results From the IsoPSA Validation Study.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-2023

Publication Title

Urology

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To. determine the impact of 5-α reductase inhibitors or α-blockers on IsoPSA performance for the detection of actionable prostate cancer.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of data from an institutional review board approved, prospective, multicenter(8-sites) study evaluating IsoPSA in men ≥ 50 years of age with a total PSA ≥ 4 ng/mL with planned prostate biopsy who met previously described inclusion and exclusion criteria. Analytic groups included (i)all subjects, (ii-iii)+/- 5-ARI use, (iv-v)+/- α-blocker use. The performance characteristics of IsoPSA in these groups were assessed by ROC curve, sensitivity, and specificity (SP) analysis.

RESULTS: A total of 1385 men were recruited with 888 men included in final analysis. Actionable prostate cancer, defined as GG2+, was identified in a total of 316 patients with 40 and 217 patients reporting 5-ARI and α-blocker use respectively. Sensitivity to detect both prostate cancer and actionable cancer was similar between patient subsets (P >.05). SP was similar between patients regardless of 5-ARI(P >.05). Increased SP was noted in patients on α-blockers(GG1+: No-α-blocker: 0.360 vs α-blocker: 0.529, P

CONCLUSION: The performance of IsoPSA for detecting any prostate cancer and clinically actionable prostate cancer is unaffected by commonly used medications (5-ARI and α-blockers) for symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Volume

175

First Page

132

Last Page

136

DOI

10.1016/j.urology.2023.01.037

ISSN

1527-9995

PubMed ID

36804443

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