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ArticleThe Journal of urology2015

5α-Reductase inhibition coupled with short off cycles increases survival in the LNCaP xenograft prostate tumor model on intermittent androgen deprivation therapy.

Laura E Pascal, Khalid Z Masoodi, Katherine J O'Malley, Daniel Shevrin, Jeffrey R Gingrich, Rahul A Parikh, Zhou Wang

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Article in The Journal of urology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura E PascalDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Khalid Z MasoodiDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Katherine J O'MalleyDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Daniel ShevrinNorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois.
Jeffrey R GingrichDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Rahul A ParikhDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Zhou WangDepartment of Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: wangz2@upmc.edu.
University of Pittsburgh · USNorthShore University HealthSystem · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JOHN C. BYRD · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
SUPPRESSIVE ROLE OF ANDROGEN RESPONSE GENE CALRETICULIN IN PROSTATE CANCERP50CA090386 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WANG, ZHOU · 2001 to 2013
$25.1M
Roles of EAF2 in androgen action in the prostateR01CA186780 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI WANG, ZHOU · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NCI NIH HHS 1 P50 CA90386NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS P30CA047904NCI NIH HHS P50 CA090386NCI NIH HHS R01 CA186780NCI NIH HHS R01CA186780
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIntermittent androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate specific antigen progression after localized prostate cancer treatment is an alternative to standard continuous androgen deprivation therapy. Intermittent androgen deprivation therapy allows for testosterone recovery during off cycles. This stimulates regrowth and differentiation of the regressed prostate tumor, lessens the side effects of continuous androgen deprivation therapy and potentially prolongs survival. Previously intermittent androgen deprivation therapy coupled with finasteride was shown to prolong survival in animals bearing androgen sensitive prostate tumors when the off cycle duration was not prolonged but rather fixed at 10 to 14 days. Regressed prostate tumor xenografts with testosterone replacement were initially responsive to 5α-reductase inhibition but growth resumed after several days. In shorter off cycles of testosterone recovery 5α-reductase inhibition might maximize tumor growth inhibition during intermittent androgen deprivation therapy and perhaps increase survival. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe used the LNCaP xenograft tumor model to evaluate the effectiveness of short off cycles of 4 days coupled with 5α-reductase inhibition on survival and tumor regrowth while on intermittent androgen deprivation therapy.

resultsDutasteride inhibited initial testosterone induced tumor regrowth off cycles 1 and 2, and significantly increased survival.

conclusionsThese results further support the potential for intermittent androgen deprivation therapy combined with 5α-reductase inhibition to improve survival in patients with prostate cancer when off cycle duration is short or very short.

Indexed as

5-alpha Reductase InhibitorsAndrogen AntagonistsAnimalsHeterograftsMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CNeoplasm TransplantationProstatic NeoplasmsSurvival Rate5-alpha Reductase InhibitorsAndrogen Antagonists5-alpha reductase inhibitorsantiandrogenscastrationprostatic neoplasmstestosterone

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PMID25444984
PMCPMC4404193
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