TABLE 1

Patient Characteristics

Efficacy cohort
CharacteristicAll patients (n = 532)Composite cohort (n = 162)Histopathologic cohort (n = 22)
Median age (y)71 (range, 48–89)71 (range, 51–90)68 (range, 56–82)
PCa therapy
 Local salvage therapy121 (23)29 (18)7 (32)
 Androgen deprivation therapy58 (11)27 (17)0 (0)
 Multiple treatment115 (22)53 (33)8 (36)
 Others2 (0)2 (1)0 (0)
 Not available/no prior treatment236 (44)51 (31)7 (32)
Time between surgery and PSMA PET (y)
 Median4.7 (range, 0–28)4.0 (range, 0–23)3 (range, 1–23)
 <4.7264 (50)86 (53)12 (55)
 ≥4.7267 (50)74 (46)9 (41)
 Not available1 (0)2 (1)1 (5)
Primary T stage
 ≤T2152 (29)41 (25)11 (50)
 ≥T3288 (54)99 (61)7 (32)
 Not available92 (17)22 (14)4 (18)
Pathologic regional LN staging (pN)
 pN0296 (56)86 (53)11 (50)
 pN1118 (22)46 (28)6 (27)
 pNx118 (22)30 (19)5 (23)
Gleason score/ISUP–grade group
 ≤7/≤3155 (29)56 (35)11 (50)
 ≥8/≥4116 (22)46 (28)8 (36)
 Not available261 (49)60 (37)3 (14)
PSA nadir after prostatectomy (ng/mL)*
 Median0.1 (range, 0–200)0.01 (range, 0–19)1.19 (range, 0–132)
 <0.1135 (25)12 (7)3 (14)
 ≥0.186 (16)8 (5)0 (0)
 Not available311 (58)142 (88)19 (86)
Median PSA at the time of PET/CT (ng/mL)0.97 (range, 0–400)1.19 (range, 0–132)0.84 (range, 0.19–11.6)
dtPSA (mo)
 Median6.84 (range, 1–179)5.02 (range, 1–33)4.06 (range, 1–9)
 <6.859 (11)27 (17)4 (18)
 ≥6.862 (12)14 (9)2 (9)
 Not available411 (77)121 (75)16 (73)
  • * In accordance with the study by Bianchi et al. (23).

  • In accordance with the study by Pound et al. (24), change in therapy not excluded.

  • Data in parentheses are percentages, unless otherwise indicated.

  • ISUP = International Society of Urological Pathology.