Denosumab for Prolonging Bone Metastasis-Free Survival in Men With Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer

A serious adverse event is defined as an adverse event that meets at least one of the following serious criteria: • fatal, • life threatening, • requires in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, • results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, • congenital anomaly/birth defect, and/or • other significant medical hazard. The adverse event severity grading scale used was the Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (CTCAE) version 3.0, according to the following: Grade 1 = Mild AE; Grade 2 = Moderate AE; Grade 3 = Severe AE; Grade 4 = Life-threatening or disabling AE; Grade 5 = Death related to AE. The investigator assessed whether each adverse event was possibly related to the investigational product (IP).

A scale used to assess how a patient's disease is progressing, assess how the disease affects the daily living abilities of the patient, and determine appropriate treatment and prognosis. 0 = Fully active, able to carry out all pre-disease performance without restriction; 1 = Restricted in physically strenuous activity, but ambulatory and able to carry out work of a light or sedentary nature (e.g., light housework, office work); 2 = Ambulatory and capable of all self care, but unable to carry out any work activities. Up and about more than 50% of waking hours; 3 = Capable of only limited self-care, confined to bed or chair more than 50% of waking hours; 4 = Completely disabled. Cannot carry out any self-care. Totally confined to bed or chair; 5 = Dead.