RT Journal Article T1 Plasma Androgen Receptor and Docetaxel for Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer. A1 Conteduca, Vincenza A1 Jayaram, Anuradha A1 Romero-Laorden, Nuria A1 Wetterskog, Daniel A1 Salvi, Samanta A1 Gurioli, Giorgia A1 Scarpi, Emanuela A1 Castro, Elena A1 Marin-Aguilera, Mercedes A1 Lolli, Cristian A1 Schepisi, Giuseppe A1 Maugeri, Antonio A1 Wingate, Anna A1 Farolfi, Alberto A1 Casadio, Valentina A1 Medina, Ana A1 Puente, Javier A1 Vidal, Mª José Méndez A1 Morales-Barrera, Rafael A1 Villa-Guzmán, Jose C A1 Hernando, Susana A1 Rodriguez-Vida, Alejo A1 González-Del-Alba, Aránzazu A1 Mellado, Begoña A1 Gonzalez-Billalabeitia, Enrique A1 Olmos, David A1 Attard, Gerhardt A1 De Giorgi, Ugo K1 Androgen receptor K1 Androgen receptor–directed therapies K1 Biomarker K1 Castration-resistant prostate cancer K1 Docetaxel K1 Plasma DNA AB Plasma androgen receptor (AR) gain identifies metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients with worse outcome on abiraterone/enzalutamide, but its relevance in the context of taxane chemotherapy is unknown. We aimed to evaluate whether docetaxel is active regardless of plasma AR and to perform an exploratory analysis to compare docetaxel with abiraterone/enzalutamide. This multi-institutional study was a pooled analysis of AR status, determined by droplet digital polymerase chain reaction, on pretreatment plasma samples. We evaluated associations between plasma AR and overall/progression-free survival (OS/PFS) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) response rate in 163 docetaxel-treated patients. OS was significantly shorter in case of AR gain (hazard ratio [HR]=1.61, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.08-2.39, p=0.018), but not PFS (HR=1.04, 95% CI 0.74-1.46, p=0.8) or PSA response (odds ratio=1.14, 95% CI=0.65-1.99, p=0.7). We investigated the interaction between plasma AR and treatment type after incorporating updated data from our prior study of 73 chemotherapy-naïve, abiraterone/enzalutamide-treated patients, with data from 115 first-line docetaxel patients. In an exploratory analysis of mCRPC patients receiving first-line therapies, a significant interaction was observed between plasma AR and docetaxel versus abiraterone/enzalutamide for OS (HR=0.16, 95% CI=0.06-0.46, p YR 2018 FD 2018-10-26 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13576 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/13576 LA en DS RISalud RD Apr 6, 2025