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Trial reportTrials2017

Abiraterone acetate plus LHRH therapy versus abiraterone acetate while sparing LHRH therapy in patients with progressive, metastatic and chemotherapy-naïve, castration-resistant prostate cancer (SPARE): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Carsten-Henning Ohlmann, Michelle Jäschke, Peter Jaehnig, Susane Krege, Jürgen Gschwend, Heidrun Rexer, Michael Stöckle

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIComparative StudyMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Trial report in Trials, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02077634 (Randomized Phase-II Trial of Abiraterone Acetate Plus LHRH-therapy Versus Abiraterone Acetate Sparing LHRH-therapy in Patients With Progressive Chemotherapy-naïve Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02077634 phase2completednot on this map

Randomized Phase-II Trial of Abiraterone Acetate Plus LHRH-therapy Versus Abiraterone Acetate Sparing LHRH-therapy in Patients With Progressive Chemotherapy-naïve Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (SPARE)

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversität des SaarlandesRan2014 to 2019Enrolled68ConditionsProstate CancerArmsabiraterone acetate + prednisone + LHRH-therapy, abiraterone acetate + prednisone
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Low cost abiraterone.Contemporary oncology (Poznan, Poland) · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carsten-Henning OhlmannDepartment of Urology, Saarland University, Kirrbergerstrasse, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany. carsten.ohlmann@uks.eu.
Michelle JäschkeDepartment of Urology, Saarland University, Kirrbergerstrasse, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Peter JaehnigPJ statistics, Berlin, Germany.
Susane KregeDepartment of Urology, Klinikum Essen Mitte, Essen, Germany.
Jürgen GschwendDepartment of Urology, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Heidrun RexerWorking Group on Urological Oncology (AUO), Germany Cancer Society, Berlin, Germany.
Michael StöckleDepartment of Urology, Saarland University, Kirrbergerstrasse, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
German Cancer Society · DESaarland University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe value of continuation of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) therapy in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) remains controversial and clear evidence is lacking. Argumentation for cessation of LHRH therapy is the prolonged suppression of testosterone levels after the withdrawal of LHRH analogues and the fact that disease progression occurs despite castration levels of testosterone. Especially upon treatment with the life-prolonging cytochrome P450 17-alpha-hydroxylase (Cyp17)-inhibitor, abiraterone, which has the ability to further suppress testosterone serum levels over LHRH therapy alone, continuation of LHRH therapy seems to be negligible. However, the proven increase of luteinizing hormone levels after LHRH withdrawal, which is even further increased by abiraterone, may counteract the effects of abiraterone by the induction of enzymes of steroidogenesis. Therefore, cessation of LHRH therapy when starting treatment with abiraterone in CRPC may display an unpredictable hazard to the patients. This study will explore the role of continuation of LHRH therapy when starting treatment with abiraterone in patients with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, chemotherapy-naïve CPRC. METHODS/

designThe trial will assess radiographic progression-free survival after 12 months of treatment with abiraterone/prednisone in patients who will be randomized to receive continuing LHRH therapy versus LHRH withdrawal at the time of starting abiraterone therapy. DISCUSSION: This multicenter, prospective, randomized, exploratory phase-II trial will bring about new data regarding the efficacy and safety of abiraterone/prednisone treatment with or without continuation of LHRH therapy. In addition, further insight into the complex hormonal changes under treatment will be gained and the results of this trial may give rise to a larger phase-III trial to examine the possibility of withdrawing LHRH therapy in patients with CRPC.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, ID: NCT02077634 . Registered on 9 December 2013.

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Abiraterone AcetateAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsDisease-Free SurvivalDisease ProgressionGermanyGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneHumansMaleNeoplasm MetastasisProspective StudiesProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantRisk FactorsSteroid 17-alpha-HydroxylaseSteroid Synthesis InhibitorsTime FactorsAbiraterone AcetateAntineoplastic Agents, HormonalGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneSteroid 17-alpha-HydroxylaseSteroid Synthesis InhibitorsAbirateroneCastration-resistant prostate cancerLHRH therapyLuteinizing hormoneTestosterone

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PMID28978327
PMCPMC5628432
OpenAlexW2763592002

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