Volume 85, Issue 4 pp. 391-394
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Association of SGLT2 Inhibitor Initiation and PSA Response in Prostate Cancer

Etan R. Aber

Etan R. Aber

Genitourinary Malignancies Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

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Michael A. Carducci

Michael A. Carducci

Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Channing J. Paller

Channing J. Paller

Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Sam R. Denmeade

Sam R. Denmeade

Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Kelli Rourke

Kelli Rourke

Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Catherine H. Marshall

Catherine H. Marshall

Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Mark C. Markowski

Corresponding Author

Mark C. Markowski

Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Correspondence: Mark C. Markowski ([email protected])

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First published: 22 December 2024
Citations: 1

ABSTRACT

Introduction

Non-castrating therapies are an unmet clinical need for patients with advanced prostate cancer. To maximize quality of life and prioritize cardiovascular health, we investigated SGLT2 inhibitors as a non-castrating therapy in patients with prostate cancer.

Materials and Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients with either local or biochemically recurrent prostate cancer who initiated therapy with an SGLT2 inhibitor without concurrent androgen deprivation therapy. The primary endpoint was an estimated PSA50 response rate. A secondary endpoint was PSA any response rate.

Results

A total of nine patients (median age 63 years old; 44.4% Black; median PSA 3.7; 33.3% localized, 66.7% biochemically recurrent) were included. The PSA50 and PSAany response rate were 22.2% (N = 2/9) and 44.4% (N = 4/9), respectively.

Conclusions

Patients with localized or biochemically recurrent prostate cancer achieved PSA responses to SGLT2 inhibitors. These findings justify prospective studies in patients with prostate cancer.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Data Availability Statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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