Posted on March 9, 2012 by Sitemaster
According to a media release from the companies issued yesterday, OncoGeneX and Teva have stopped enrolling patients into the SATURN trial, which was designed to see if OGX-011 (custirsen) could ameliorate bone pain
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: cabazitaxel, castration-resistant, custirsen, metastatic, OGX-011 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on March 9, 2012 by Sitemaster
We are now able to confirm that the full results of the Phase III trial of abiraterone acetate + placebo in the treatment of men with chemotherapy-naïve, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer are being submitted for approval
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: abiraterone, castration-resistant, chemotherapy-naïve, medtaststic | 2 Comments »
Posted on February 10, 2012 by Sitemaster
Early data have suggested that a modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA) virus that expresses a tumor-associated glycoprotein called 5T4 may have activity in the treatment of men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) — among other forms of cancer. We will refer to this agent as MVA-5T4; the brand name is TroVax®.
Filed under: Drugs in development | Tagged: castration-resistant, mCRPC, metastatic, MVA-5T4, TroVax | 3 Comments »
Posted on January 23, 2012 by Sitemaster
According to media information from Active Biotech this morning, the company has initiated an early stage, combination therapy trial (the so-called CATCH trial) of their investigational agent tasquinimod + cabazitaxel (Jevtana®) for the treatment of men with heavily pre-treated, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
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Posted on January 9, 2012 by Sitemaster
According to a joint media release from Medivation and Astellas Pharma earlier today, the full results of the Phase III AFFIRM trial — of MDV3100 in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have received docetaxel chemotherapy — will be presented at the ASCO Genitourinary Oncology meeting on February 2, 2012.
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Posted on November 14, 2011 by Sitemaster
Additional data about the effectiveness and safety of cabozantinib were reported over the past weekend at a meeting in San Francisco.
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Treatment, Uncategorized | Tagged: cabozantinib, castration-resistant, mCRPC, metastatic, XL184 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 31, 2011 by Sitemaster
A new article by Antonarakis and Armstrong in full text on the Medscape web site reviews available information on a wide range of currently investigational agents for the treatment of metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), including
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: advanced, castration-resistant, investigational, mCRPC, metastatic | 3 Comments »
Posted on October 3, 2011 by Sitemaster
In May 2010 we reported that a product called eribulin mesylate had been tested (in the USA) in a Phase II clinical trial for its activity in metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) — and that the results were not particularly promising.
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Posted on October 1, 2011 by Sitemaster
We apparently managed to overlook a series of three review and commentary articles published in Oncology in May this year that dealt with the evolving options that have already — or will soon — come available for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: castration-resistant, CRPC, hormone-resistant, mCRPC, metastatic | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 26, 2011 by Sitemaster
According to a retrospective analysis of data from a randomized, double-blind, Phase III clinical trial, abiraterone acetate (Zytiga™) can significantly lower levels of fatigue in men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (as well extending survival).
Filed under: Living with Prostate Cancer, Treatment | Tagged: abiraterone, castration-resistant, fatigue, metastatic | 2 Comments »
Posted on September 12, 2011 by Sitemaster
Oncothyreon, Inc. has announced initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of the company’s investigational agent PX-866 in the treatment of men with chemotherapy-naïve, recurrent or metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management | Tagged: castration-resistant, inhibitor, kinase, metastatic, Oncothyreon, PX-866 | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 7, 2011 by Sitemaster
Exelexis has issued a media release stating that “the pre-specified number of progression-free survival (PFS) events required for un-blinding of the data for the ongoing Phase III pivotal trial of cabozantinib in patients with medullary thyroid cancer (MTC), known as the EXAM trial, has been reached.”
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: cabozantinib, castration-resistant, metastatic | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 23, 2011 by Sitemaster
According to a media release issued by Bayer HealthCare, the U. S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to “fast track” review of the company’s new drug application (NDA) for Alpharadin™ (radium-223 chloride) as a treatment for men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Alpharadin, castration-resistant, mCRPC, metastatic, radium-223 | 3 Comments »
Posted on August 15, 2011 by Sitemaster
We have reported on a number of attempts to use tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) — alone or in combination with chemotherapy — in the treatment of men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). Limited activity or efficacy has been reported to date.
Filed under: Drugs in development, Management, Treatment | Tagged: bicalutamide, castration-resistant, CRPC, metastatic, sorefanib, TKI, tyrosine kinase inhibitor | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 28, 2011 by Sitemaster
As expected (and as previously discussed on this site), Amgen has submitted a supplemental Biologics Licensing Application (sBLA) for denosumab (Xgeva®) for the prevention or the delay of the spread of prostate cancer to bone in men with castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).
Filed under: Drugs in development, Living with Prostate Cancer, Management, Treatment | Tagged: Amgen, bone metastasis-free, castration-resistant, denosumab, outcome, survival, Xgeva | Leave a Comment »