Major results of Phase III VISION trial announced

Earlier today, Novartis issued a media release giving the major results of the Phase III VISION trial, which compared the effectiveness of 177Lu-PSMA-617+ best standard of care (SOC), as selected by individual investigators, to SOC alone in the treatment of men with PSMA-positive men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). … READ MORE …

Lutetium-177 PSMA-617 in treatment of mCRPC: trial results

According to a media release, issued earlier today by Novartis, the company has provided preliminary data about the results of the international, multi-center, Phase III, randomized, VISION trial, which has been evaluating the efficacy and safety of lutetium-177 PSMA-617, a targeted radioligand therapy, in treatment of men with progressive, PSMA-positive, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) … READ MORE …

Lu-177-PSMA-617 vs Jevtana (cabazitaxel): which should I do next?

We saw recently (see this link) that of chemotherapeutic and hormonal medicines for treatment of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), Jevtana (cabazitaxel) is the preferred third-line treatment after Taxotere (docetaxel) and Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) or Xtandi (enzalutamide). … READ MORE …

Onvansertib in treatment of abiraterone-resistant mCRPC

We hear that an investigational drug called onvansertib — a so-called polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitor — may have benefit in the treatment of men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who are showing early signs of progression on treatment with abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) + prednisone.

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Real-world survival benefit of treatment with sipuleucel-T

So there are new, interesting data regarding the treatment of men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with sipuleucel-T (Provenge) as well as either or both of abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) and enzalutamide (Xtandi) — known generically as androgen-receptor signaling pathway inhibitors or ASPIs. … READ MORE …

BET inhibition in treatment of mCRPC

A company called Zenith Epigenetics has recently reported data from a Phase I/II clinical trial of a drug known as ZEN003604 or ZEN-3694 in the treatment of men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have progressed on treatment with either abiraterone + prednisone or enzlautamide (Xtandi). … READ MORE …

PSA doubling time and prognosis for men with nmCRPC

A report this week in Urologic Oncology has confirmed the importance of PSA doubling times in understanding risk for prostate cancer progression among men with non-metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). … READ MORE …

Ipatasertib meets one of two primary endpoints in Phase III trial

According to a media release issued by Roche earlier this morning, the company’s investigational drug known as ipatasertib met one but not both of the two primary endpoints in a randomized, double-blind Phase III trial known as the IPATential150 trial. … READ MORE …

And now … FDA approves second PARP inhibitor for selected men with mCRPC

Following last week’s approval of rucaparib (Rubraca), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now, also, approved the PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) for the treatment of men with with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic homologous recombination repair (HRR) gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have progressed following prior treatment with enzalutamide or abiraterone. … READ MORE …

FDA approves first PARP inhibitor for selected men with mCRPC

Yesterday evening the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved rucaparib (Rubraca) for the treatment of men with BRCA1/2-mutant, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have also already been treated with androgen receptor-directed therapy and taxane-based chemotherapy. … READ MORE …

More negative data for checkpoint inhibition in treatment of mCRPC

Alas … once again we hear that the combination of  androgen receptor blockade (with enzalutamide/Xtandi) + a checkpoint inhibitor (the PD-L1 inhibitor atezolizumab/Tecentriq) has had no clinically meaningful impact on the overall survival (OS) of men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) compared to enzalutamide alone. … READ MORE …

Olaparib in treatment of men with mCRPC and selected HRR gene mutations

According to a media release issued by AstraZeneca and Merck on Friday evening, olaparib (Lynparza) has shown “a statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement in … overall survival (OS)” in men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) and BRCA1/2 or ATM gene mutations (homologous repair gene mutations or HRRm). … READ MORE …

Areas of consensus at APCCC last year … see Table 1

So your sitemaster has been looking through the full report from the APCCC meeting held in Basel last year — as he promised he would. … READ MORE …

Data from the PROfound trial reported at ESMO

From a report presented by Hussain yesterday at the annual meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) we gained detailed insight into the results of the PROfound trial of olaparib (Lynparza), which had been said to be positive last August. … READ MORE …

Cabazitaxel + carboplatin in treatment of mCRPC

A newly published article in Lancet Oncology has suggested that “taxane–platinum combinations have a clinically beneficial role in advanced prostate cancer”. … READ MORE …