Posted on 08/02/2019 12:50:41 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A combination of enzalutamide and androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) significantly reduced the risk of metastatic progression or death over time in men with advanced prostate cancer, according to the results of clinical trial led by Duke Cancer Institute.
The study enrolled 1,150 men with metastatic prostate cancer who had just begun treatment with androgen deprivation therapy or recently completed treatment with docetaxel and ADT; half of the men were randomly assigned to receive the combination therapy; half received ADT and a placebo. Most of the men, 62 percent, had high volume disease, defined as having more than four metastatic sites in bone or spread to internal organs, while 38 percent had low volume disease.
"Men who present with metastatic prostate cancer have a poor prognosis despite standard hormonal therapy and have a major unmet need," said lead author Andrew Armstrong, MD.
The study's primary end point was radiographic progression-free survival, and secondary endpoints include overall survival, time to castration resistance, time to further therapy, quality of life, time to skeletal events like fractures, and time to PSA progression.
Overall, enzalutamide plus ADT significantly reduced the risk of radiographic progression or death compared with placebo plus ADT by 61 percent. This improvement in disease progression was seen regardless of disease volume and prior therapy, including prior docetaxel use. Significant delays in skeletal related events, castration resistance, time to next therapy, and time to PSA progression were observed, with maintenance of a high quality of life over time.
"This data, combined with that of the several additional recently reported studies, suggest that more potent androgen receptor inhibition leads to better outcomes for our patients with advanced prostate cancer," Armstrong said. "Men now will have choices between several therapies, which is good news for our patients."
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Prayers for continued success for this therapy.
Early detection and agressive treatment has worked for me so far. It’s something most men have to deal with at some point, hopefully late enough in life and slow progressing enough that something else gets you first. Something gets us all. I understand prostate cancer detection and testing is being talked about being dropped from normal checkups by the insurance companies. I hope this is not true, it helped me. Thanks for the post and info.
I have a high level of that. Just let me die already.
When I was in school the treatment was bilateral orchiectomy and DES.
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