Abstract
BackgroundSeveral preclinical and clinical studies demonstrated a strong correlation between androgen receptor (AR) signaling and bladder tumorigenesis. This study aims to evaluate the prognostic significance of AR expression in metastatic urothelial carcinoma (mUC).MethodsSamples from a phase III trial (LaMB, NCT00949455) which compared maintenance lapatinib versus placebo after completion of first-line platinum-based chemotherapy in patients with HER 1/2-positive mUC of the bladder were collected. Corresponding baseline and follow-up data included patients enrolled in the study and those who screen failed. AR expression was assessed independently by a single pathologist who was blinded to the study. Samples were grouped according to AR expression (negative vs. positive) and correlated with baseline tumor characteristics and survival.ResultsOf the 446 screened samples in the LaMB study, 90 were retrospectively analyzed for AR expression. There were no correlations between AR expression and tumor stage (r = −0.10), tumor grade (r = 0.05) at diagnosis, or subsequent treatment with lapatinib (r = −0.04). The median progression-free survival was 6 months (95% CI, 3.20–6.80) in the AR-negative group and 5 months (95% CI, 3.41–6.59) in the AR-positive group [HR 0.54 (95% CI, 0.31–0.92), p = 0.02]. Similarly, patients with AR-negative disease had more favorable overall survival (OS) with 16 months (95% CI, 6.6–25.4) and 11 months (95% CI, 7.0–15.0) in the AR-positive group [HR 0.55 (95% CI, 0.31–0.98), p = 0.04]. In the multivariate analysis, AR expression was significantly associated with worse OS (p = 0.045).ConclusionsAR expression is a predictor of poor outcome and presents a targetable alteration in patients with mUC.
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