In the original publication of this article [
1] there were several errors in Table 1 related to the values for Disease status (nmCRPC and mCSPC).
In this correction article the correct and incorrect values are shown.
Table 1 The correct and incorrect values
nmCRPC | 55 | – | – | 55 | nmCRPC | 34 | – | – | 34 |
mCSPC | – | 51 | – | 51 | mCSPC | – | 28 | – | 28 |
Furthermore, the Time-to-event analyses section has several errors with the decimal values/rounding of numbers, the incorrect and correct information is shown below
66 days | 66.0 days |
45 days | 45.0 days |
52 days | 52.0 days |
38 days | 38.0 days |
82 days | 82.0 days |
In the global population of the SPARTAN study, skin rash of any grade resolved for 81% of the patients within 59.5 days, while the median time to resolution of skin rash of any grade in the TITAN study was 100 days (Supplementary Table 2) | In the global population of the SPARTAN study, skin rash of any grade resolved for 80.6% of the patients within 59.5 days, while the median time to resolution of skin rash of any grade in the TITAN study was 100.0 days (Supplementary Table 2) |
100 days | 100.0 days |
35 days | 35.0 days |
37 days | 37.0 days |
66 days | 66.0 days |
Further errors were detected, specifically under the section Management of Rash. This Correction article shows the incorrect and correct sentences. It was highlighted that some of the values on Table 3 were also incorrect. This Correction article shows the correct Table
3. The original article has been updated.
Incorrect:
Oral antihistamine was the most common (25/35 [71.4%]), followed by systemic and topical corticosteroids (18/35 [51.4%] and 15/35 [42.9%], respectively) (Table
3).
Correct:
Topical corticosteroid was the most common (27/35 [77.1%]), followed by oral antihistamine and systemic corticosteroid (18/35 [51.4%] and 3/35 [8.6%], respectively) (Table
3).
Table 3
Rash management Target population: Safety
Number of safety analysis set | 34 | 28 | 6 | 68 |
Rash | 19 (55.88) | 14 (50.00) | 2 (33.33) | 35 (51.47) |
Patients who received supportive care for rash |
Oral antihistamine | 11 (57.89) | 6 (42.86) | 1 (50.00)
| 18 (51.43)
|
Systemic corticosteroid | 0 (0.00) | 3 (21.43)
| 0 (0.00)
| 3 (8.57)
|
Topical corticosteroid | 13 (68.42) | 13 (92.86)
| 1 (50.00)
| 27 (77.14)
|
Drug interruption | 11 (57.89) | 6 (42.86)
| 1 (50.00)
| 18 (51.43)
|
Dose reduction | 4 (21.05) | 3 (21.43)
| 0 (0.00)
| 7 (20.00)
|
Drug discontinuation | 3 (15.79) | 2 (14.29)
| 0 (0.00)
| 5 (14.29)
|
Other | 2 (10.53) | 1 (7.14)
| 0 (0.00)
| 3 (8.57)
|
In the Discussion section:
Incorrect:
This could be attributed to the more frequent use of oral antihistamines (71.4%) and systemic corticosteroids (51.4%) as supportive medication among Japanese patients when compared with patients in the global studies (combined data from SPARTAN and TITAN: antihistamines, 36.5%; systemic corticosteroids, 18.5%).
Correct:
This could be attributed to the more frequent use of topical corticosteroids (77.1%) and oral antihistamines (51.4%) as supportive medication among Japanese patients when compared with patients in the global studies (combined data from SPARTAN and TITAN: topical corticosteroids, 37.8%; antihistamines, 36.3%.
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