The aim of this study was to evaluate patient characteristics, treatment patterns, prostate-specific antigen (PSA) reduction, and overall survival (OS) of prostate cancer patients treated with 177-Lutetium-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-617 (177Lu-PSMA-617). Patient data from multiple electronic health record databases, including claims (open-source medical and pharmacy claims), consumer attributes, mortality, and laboratory data linked to claims databases was used.
The study analysis was conducted in two phases. Phase I provided an early view of patients treated with 177Lu-PSMA-617 shortly after launch. Phase II refreshed the data, added mortality and extracted additional years of historical data to allow for the identification of the initial metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) diagnosis and follow-up from that date through the start of 177Lu-PSMA-617.