Despite major developments in the therapy of advanced prostate cancer over the past decade, there was still an unmet medical need for efficacious and safe therapies suitable for a wide patient population of patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive disease.Since its label extension for the treatment of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) at the beginning of 2020, apalutamide in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) has filled this gap 1. The novel androgen receptor inhibitor showed good efficacy and safety in comparison with placebo in the pivotal study TITAN while maintaining quality of life - the study included patients irrespective of risk, disease volume, or time of diagnosis 2.
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Int J Mol Sci
December 2024
Bayer AG, Research & Development, Pharmaceuticals, 13353 Berlin, Germany.
Despite treatment, prostate cancer commonly progresses into castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), which remains largely incurable, requiring the development of new interventions. Darolutamide is an orally administered second-generation androgen receptor inhibitor indicated for patients with non-metastatic CRPC or metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Here, we evaluated the effect of androgen receptor (AR) inhibition by darolutamide in combination with DNA double-strand-break-inducing targeted radium-223 alpha therapy in vitro and in an intratibial LNCaP xenograft model mimicking prostate cancer metastasized to bone.
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January 2025
Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
JAMA Netw Open
January 2025
Ahmanson Translational Theranostics Division, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.
Importance: The phase 3 randomized EMBARK trial evaluated enzalutamide with or without leuprolide in high-risk nonmetastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. Eligibility relied on conventional imaging, which underdetects metastatic disease compared with prostate-specific membrane antigen-positron emission tomography (PSMA-PET).
Objective: To describe the staging information obtained by PSMA-PET/computed tomography (PSMA-PET/CT) in a patient cohort eligible for the EMBARK trial.
BJU Int
January 2025
Department of Urology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Compelling evidence has solidified the notion of early treatment intensification in managing patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC). Landmark trials have provided Level 1 evidence for the survival benefits achieved by combining multiple agents. The efficacy of combined therapy relies not only on how treatment is intensified but also on how it is de-escalated.
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January 2025
Department of Urology, Clinical Centre of Montenegro, Ljubljanska bb, 81000, Podgorica, Montenegro.
We present a case of a 66-year-old man with a three-year history of Gleason 10 prostate cancer (PCa), who presented with penile pain, erythema, and induration of the penile shaft. His cancer was treated with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), radiotherapy, and apalutamide, resulting in PSA reduction; however, a solitary penile lesion persisted, necessitating radical penectomy. At 12 months post-surgery, PSA levels and magnetic resonance imaging findings remained stable, with no signs of metastasis.
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