The results of the Phase III HERO trial of relugolix — the first oral LHRH antagonist for treatment of advanced prostate cancer — have now been reported in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) and at the “virtual” annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO). … REAR MORE …
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According to a media release issued yesterday, Myovant Sciences (based in Basel, Switzerland) has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) for approval of its oral LHRH antagonist, relugolix, in the treatment of men with advanced prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A poster presentation given the other day at the annual meeting of the Canadian Urological Association addressed the relative cardiovascular risks of LHRH agonist and antagonist therapies. … READ MORE …
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Since 2007 a randomized clinical trial in the UK (the so-called PATCH trial) has been comparing the effectiveness and safety of transdermal estradiol patches to implants of an LHRH receptor agonist (goserelin acetate) in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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A new paper from a panel of experts in the UK has suggested that the use of LHRH antagonists (e.g., degarelix) may be more appropriate than the use of LHRH agonists (e.g., leuprolide acetate of goserelin acetate) in some prostate cancer patients. … READ MORE …
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Today’s news contained items that run the spectrum from the clinical value of tomatoes and lycopene via the cardiovascular side effects of LHRH agonists and antagonists to the question of whether proton beam radiation therapy is really cost-effective. So here are the “news shorts” for the day: … READ MORE …
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One of our regular readers has asked us to comment on a paper suggesting the possibility of “significant improvement” in various outcomes for men initially treated with the LHRH antagonist degarelix as compared to the LHRH agonists leuprolide acetate and goserelin acetate. … READ MORE …
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At least three new LHRH receptor antagonists — i.e., drugs similar to degarelix (Firmagon) — are in development at the present time: elagolix, relugolix, and ASP-1707. However, unlike degarelix, all three are agents that would act as oral drugs as opposed to drugs one has to be given as long-term injections. … READ MORE …
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According to a survey of 75 Canadian physicians, there is a degree of disagreement among these physicians about what they should tell their patients about the side effects known to be associated with the use of LHRH agonists as a form of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). … READ MORE …
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The full text of a recent review on the use of LHRH receptor agonists (e.g., leuprolide acetate, goserelin acetate) asnd LHRH receptor antagonists (e.g., degarelix) has recently been published by Shore et al. in Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases. The full text of the article is also available on line on the Medscape Oncology web site.
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A study just published in European Urology suggests that — in addition to all the other side effects associated with LHRH receptor agonist therapy — such therapy also induces a small but statistically significant increase in risk for biliary disease. … READ MORE …
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The “New” Prostate Cancer InfoLink is utterly unsurprised to learn about a forthcoming paper demonstrating that many men starting treatment with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) — and their partners — are significantly under-informed about the risk for side effects and adverse effects associated with such therapy. … READ MORE …
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According to a corporate media release, a company called Spectrum Pharmaceuticals has initiated enrollment of an additional 150 patients into a Phase IIb trial of a new LHRH receptor antagonist called ozarelix (a drug with a similar mechanism of action to degarelix or Firmagon) for the treatment of advanced forms of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …
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The question of whether an LHRH antagonist (such as degarelix) is really a better first-line hormone therapy than an LHRH agonist (e.g., leuprolide acetate) is still not fully answered. … READ MORE …
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First-line androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for a man with metastatic prostate cancer has long been been either surgical or medical castration. In the case of medical castatration, the form of medication most commonly used since the mid to late 1980s has been an LHRH agonist (e.g., leuprolide acetate). … READ MORE …
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