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Focal Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Scott Eggener, M.D.Professor of Surgery- Urologic Oncology and Radiology
University of ChicagoTwitter: @uroegg
University of California – Los Angeles State-of-the-Art Urology 2021
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Insightec (advisory)Francis Medical (advisory)
Profound Medical (advisory and investigator)Steba (unpaid)
Focal/ablative therapy
Relevant Disclosures
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Prostate Preservation: Outline
• The Quintessential Organ Preservation
• Why You Shouldn’t Immediately Dismiss The Concept
• Ideal Candidate
• Oncologic efficacy
• Functional outcomes
• Future
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The Quintessential Organ Preservation
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Quintessential Organ Preservation: Don’t Biopsy or Treat When Not Necessary
• Not everyone needs to be screened (age, health, risk profile, patient desire)
• Minimize unnecessary biopsies by using:- free PSA, PSA density, etc- novel serum/urine/tissue biomarkers- MRI
• Know when to stop screening
• Appropriate use of active surveillance
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Why You Shouldn’t Immediately Dismiss The Concept of Prostate Focal Therapy
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Unimaginable
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Progress
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Hypothesis: Past is Prologue
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Urologic Oncology: Heretical Ideas Now Standard of Care Options
• Laparoscopic or robotic surgery
• Active surveillance for prostate cancer
• Monitoring complete response after chemotherapy for testicular cancer
• Enucleation vs conventional partial nephrectomy
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Surgical Oncology: Anti-Halstedian Ideas Now Standard of Care Options
• Liver metastases: wedge resection vs. lobectomy
• Primary melanoma: 1 cm vs. 3 cm margin
• Stage I NSCLC: wedge resection vs. lobectomy
• Pancreatic neuroendocrine: enucleation vs. formal resection
• Low rectal cancer: sphincter-sparing surgery
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Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy
Breast Cancer Prostate CancerRadical surgery
Halsted mastectomy (1890’s)
Millin retropubic prostatectomy(1940’s)
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Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy
Breast Cancer Prostate CancerRadical surgery
Halsted mastectomy (1890’s)
Millin retropubic prostatectomy(1940’s)
First report of focal therapy 1930’s 1995 (focal cryotherapy)
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Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy
Breast Cancer Prostate CancerRadical surgery
Halsted mastectomy (1890’s)
Millin retropubic prostatectomy(1940’s)
First report of focal therapy 1930’s 1995 (focal cryotherapy)
Single-center series 1960’s 2000’s
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Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy
Breast Cancer Prostate CancerRadical surgery
Halsted mastectomy (1890’s)
Millin retropubic prostatectomy(1940’s)
First report of focal therapy 1930’s 1995 (focal cryotherapy)
Single-center series 1960’s 2000’s
First RCT reported 1972 2017
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Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy
Breast Cancer Prostate CancerRadical surgery
Halsted mastectomy (1890’s)
Millin retropubic prostatectomy(1940’s)
First report of focal therapy 1930’s 1995 (focal cryotherapy)
Single-center series 1960’s 2000’s
First RCT reported 1972 2017
Focal therapy in 2019 60% 1% (?)
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First Brachytherapy of Breast Tumor
1925 19901956 1970 19901980
Case Series N=127)
1st Positive RCT
Milan, ItalyN=701
1981
NIH Consensus Statement
1990
Case Series (n=97)
1971
Largest RCTNSABP-B6
N=2163
1985
1955 - 1981
1937 1972
1st RCTGuy’s Hospital, UK
(N=370)
1st Case SeriesLumpectomy + XRT
(n=127)
1954
1st Breast Conservation Case Series
(Brachytherapy +/- surgery) n=250
Widespread UsePioneers Early Adopters RCTs
1935 1945
Case Series (N=265)
1964
1967
Evolution of Breast Cancer “Focal” Therapy
Slide courtesy of Craig Labbate
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1st ConceptFocal HIFUCase Series
N=10
Pioneers Early Adopters
1995 20201995 2000 2005 2012 2014 2016 2018
1995
Phase III RCTPDT vs. Active Surveillance
(N=404)
2017
HIFU(N=625)
2018
1st FocalCryoablationCase Series
N=92002 20122006
1st Focal PDTCase Series
N=6HIFUN=20
2011
PDTN=56
Focal Vs. Whole GlandCryotherapy
N = 3172015
Phase I/II Large Registries or Multicenter Series
Evolution of Prostate Cancer “Focal” Therapy
Slide courtesy of Craig Labbate
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Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy: False Analogy??
• But all breast cancer lumpectomy patients get radiation also!!!
• But prostate cancer is multifocal!!
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Reference: Fisher et al, NEJM, 2002
Local recurrence
Randomized trial of 1851 women: (lumpectomy) versus (lumpectomy + RT) versus (radical mastectomy)
Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy: Impact of Radiation
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Breast vs Prostate “Focal” Therapy: Multifocality
Breast cancer: 60-65% of women with invasive breast cancer have secondary (or tertiary) lesions at
mastectomy
Reference: Tot, Cancer, 2007; Holland, Cancer, 1985
Prostate cancer: multifocal in 60 – 85 %
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Ideal Candidate for Prostate Focal Therapy
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What is the Appropriate Patient for Focal Therapy?
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What is the Appropriate Patient for Focal Therapy?
- Not Gleason 6 (GG1)
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Gleason 6 (Grade Group 1)
1) 0.28% ECE at prostatectomy (n=2,500; Anderson, Eur Urol, 2017)
2) Never SVI at prostatectomy (n=2,500; Anderson, Eur Urol 2017)
3) Never mets to lymph nodes (n=14,000; Ross, Am J Surg Path, 2014)
4) Following RP, 15-yr cancer mortality < 1% (Eggener, J Urol, 2011)
5) Not aware of anyone ever having a met/dying from pure Gleason 6 (GG1)
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Ask Yourself……Which is Gleason 6 (GG1)?
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definition
Benign: of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
Malignant: a malignant tumor of potentially unlimited growth that expands locally by invasion and systemically by metastasis
My Opinion: Gleason 6 (GG1) Is an Indolent Neoplasm Rarely Requiring Treatment (INeRRT)
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What is the Appropriate Patient for Focal Therapy?
- Not Gleason 6 (GG1)
- Gleason pattern 4
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Swedish Active Surveillance: Expected vs Observed Mortality
Reference: Rider et al, Eur Urol, 2013
Intermediate-RiskLow-Risk
• 76,000 Swedish men from 1991-2009 untreated“managed without curative intent”
High-Risk Regional Mets
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Increasing risk
Reference: Sauter et al, Eur Urol, 2016
BCR Based on Amount of Pattern 4
~9,600 men having surgery at Martini Klinik with pathologic Gleason 7
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What is the Appropriate Patient for Focal Therapy?
- Not Gleason 6 (GG1)
- Gleason pattern 4
- High-quality MRI +/- re-staging biopsy
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At Experienced MRI Centers: ’negative’ MRI typically denotes < 10% risk of Gleason ≥ 7 on biopsy
• UCLA: 217 men with MRI fusion biopsy (prior negative biopsy)– 9% with Gleason ≥ 7
• NYU: 75 men with MRI fusion biopsy (mixed cohort)– 1.3% with Gleason ≥ 7 on biopsy
• Italian: 107 men with standard biopsy (elevated PSA)– 3.8% with Gleason ≥ 7 on biopsy
• U of Chicago: 180 men with MRI fusion biopsy (mixed cohort)– 2% rate of Gleason 7 or higher
How Reliable is a ‘Negative’ MRI? (biopsy outcomes)
Reference: Filson, Cancer, 2016; Wysock, BJU, 2016; Porpiglia, Eur Urol, 2017; Rodriguez (submitted), Meng, Urology, 2018
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Tumor > 2 cm: 22% not detected
Reference: Johnson, Eur Urol, 2019
Gleason ≥ 4+3: 25% missed
Of solitary ‘clinically significant‘ lesions: 17% missed
588 consecutive men with mpMRIbefore prostatectomy at UCLA
CAVEATconsecutive series, not men
deemed eligible for focal therapy
How Reliable is a ‘Negative’ MRI? (prostatectomy outcomes)
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High-Grade Cancer at Autopsy
Autopsies in 220 Caucasian (Russia) and 100 Asian (Japan) men who died of causes besides prostate cancer
~10-20% of all dead men have previously undetected “high-grade” cancer
Reference: Zlotta, JNCI, 2013
Asian (n=100) Caucasian (n=220)
Age: mean (range) 68 (24-89) 62 (22-80)
Any cancer 35% 37%
% cancers Gleason 7-10 51% 23%
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What is the Appropriate Patient for Focal Therapy?
- Not Gleason 6 (GG1)
- Gleason pattern 4
- High-quality MRI +/- re-staging biopsy
- Technically amenable location with minimal risk of morbidity
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Location, Location, Location
• Urethral sphincter
• Cavernosal nerves
• Urethra
• Rectum (rare)
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What is the Appropriate Patient for Focal Therapy?
- Not Gleason 6 (GG1)
- Gleason pattern 4
- High-quality MRI +/- re-staging biopsy
- Technically amenable location with minimal risk of morbidity
- Informed consent
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• Not risk-free• Unknown intermediate or long-term outcomes• Requires commitment to post-ablation surveillance and biopsy• May include significant financial toxicity
Informed Consent
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Reference: Tay et al, Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 2017
Patient Selection for Focal Therapy of Prostate Cancer in the Era of Active Surveillance: Delphi Consensus Project
• MRI is standard imaging tool (92%)• Systematic biopsy, even if MRI negative (90%)• PSA < 10 ng/ml (100%); no consensus on PSA 10 – 20 ng/ml or PSAD• MRI foci < 1.5 cm (90%)• Gleason ≤ 4+3 (GG 3) (80%)• Untreated Gleason 6 (GG 1) is acceptable but no consensus on tumor
volume• Gleason 3 + 4 (GG 2), when it can be completely ablated, is the ‘sweet
spot’
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Efficacy: Oncologic Outcomes
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• 625 men with focal HIFU at 9 centers in the UK from 2006 – 2015
• Rigorous training/mentorship
• Re-treatment allowed; 112 (18%) had repeat HIFU
• 85% were intermediate/high-risk
HIFU Hemi-Ablation
Reference: Guillamier et al, Eur Urol, 2018
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HIFU Hemiablation: Failure-Free Survival
Reference: Guillamier et al, Eur Urol, 2018
All patients: 88% ‘failure-free’ at five years ‘Failure-free’ by D’Amico Risk
‘Failure’ = local salvage therapy or metastases
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Vascular-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy• Developed by Weizmann Institute, private foundation, and Steba Biotech (TOOKAD)
• Treatment (unilateral or bilateral) guided by software with judgement from urologist
• Laser fibers inserted transperineally into prostate to cover treatment zone
• Padeliporfin (4 mg/kg IV over 10 minutes)
• Drug activated by light within treatment zone from the laser fibers
Reference: Azzouzi, Lancet Oncology, 2017
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Vascular-Targeted Photodynamic Therapy
• 413 men with low-risk prostate cancer randomized to PDT vs surveillance- 1st patient enrolled 2011
• 47 European centers
• Two separate primary endpoints:– Treatment failure: cancer progression (to higher risk category)– Absence of cancer
Reference: Azzouzi, Lancet Oncology, 2017
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PDT
n=206
ActiveSurveillance
n=207Progression 28% 58%
Radical Rx 6% 29%
Neg Bx @ 2yr 49% 14%
Results - Progression
Reference: Azzouzi, Lancet Oncology, 2017
Results
Time to Progression
PDT
Surveillance
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PDT 4 year Follow-Up:Time to Whole-Gland Therapy
Reference: Gill, J Urol, 2018
• Whole-gland therapy at 4 years: 24% vs 53% (HR 0.31)
- surgery in 80%- radiation in 14%- whole-gland ablation in 5%
Time to whole-gland therapy
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Functional Outcomes: Urinary
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• Focal HIFU at 9 centers in the UK from 2006 – 2015
• 421 with baseline questionnaire: - 313 responded at 1 - 2 years (97% pad-free)- 247 responded at 2 - 3 years (98% pad-free)
HIFU Hemiablation: Incontinence
Reference: Guillamier et al, Eur Urol, 2018
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HIFU Hemiablation: IPSS
Reference: Ahmed et al, Lancet Oncol, 2012
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IIEF (left) and IPSS (right)Photodynamic Therapy: IPSS
Reference: Azzouzi, Lancet Oncology, 2017
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IIEF (left) and IPSS (right)Photodynamic Therapy: Urinary Function
Reference: Azzouzi, Lancet Oncology, 2017
Absolute increase in Grade 1-2 incontinence: 5%
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Functional Outcomes: Erectile
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• 111 men with low-intermediate risk prostate cancer at 10 centers in France between 2009-2015
• Erectile function: 95% within 3 points of baseline IIEF
HIFU Hemiablation: Erections
Reference: Rischmann et al, Eur Urol, 2016
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IIEF (left) and IPSS (right)Photodynamic Therapy: Erectile Function
Reference: Azzouzi, Lancet Oncology, 2017
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IIEF (left) and IPSS (right)Photodynamic Therapy: Erections
Reference: Azzouzi, Lancet Oncology, 2017
Grade 1: no medsGrade 2: oral medications work
Absolute increase in Grade 1-2 ED: 27%
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Prostate Cancer Focal therapy: Future
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OutlineFocal Therapy Modalities: Ten and Counting……
• High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)• Cryotherapy• Vascular-targeted photodynamic therapy (PDT)• Focal brachytherapy • Irreversible electroporation (IRE)• MR-guided transurethral ultrasound ablation• MR-guided focal laser ablation (FLA)• Convective water vaporization• Injectable cytotoxin• Partial prostatectomy
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FDA Public Workshop (2018) on Focal Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
• Multidisciplinary roundtable with FDA leadership
• Discussion of optimal randomized clinical trial designs
• Encouraged inclusion of men with Gleason 7 (GG2)
• Feasible regulatory endpoint: delay or eliminate surgery/XRT
REF: Weinstock, J Urol, 2019
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Prostate Focal Therapy Clinical Trials
I am aware of at least 5 ongoing and upcoming randomized trials of focal therapy vs active
surveillance (1 trial vs surgery)
ClinicalTrials.Gov ”focal therapy” and “prostate cancer”: 68 listings
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Focal Therapy: Breast Cancer
1976:“As more and more conservative studies ripen, as more
and more concerned physicians observe the adverse effects of
excessive treatment, as more and more women become armed with knowledge, mastectomy, in early
breast cancer, may become as old-fashioned as bloodletting.” Vera Peters
Focal Therapy: Breast Cancer
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Focal Therapy: Prostate Cancer
2021: “As more and more conservative studies ripen, as more and more
concerned physicians observe the adverse effects of excessive treatment, as more and more men become armed
with knowledge, prostatectomy or radiation in early prostate cancer, MAY
become as old-fashioned as bloodletting.” Scott Eggener
Focal Therapy: Prostate Cancer
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Conclusions
• Prostate focal therapy is worthy of study
• Patient selection is critical
• Clinical trials have been completed and many are ongoing
• DATA will determine: worthwhile, worthless, or somewhere in between?
Conclusions: #1