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ArticleInternational journal of clinical oncology2019

Enzalutamide versus flutamide for castration-resistant prostate cancer after combined androgen blockade therapy with bicalutamide: a retrospective study.

Taro Iguchi, Satoshi Tamada, Minoru Kato, Sayaka Yasuda, Taiyo Otoshi, Kosuke Hamada, Takeshi Yamasaki, Tatsuya Nakatani

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Article in International journal of clinical oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Taro IguchiDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan. taro@msic.med.osaka-cu.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7067-6642
Satoshi TamadaDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
Minoru KatoDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
Sayaka YasudaDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
Taiyo OtoshiDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
Kosuke HamadaDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
Takeshi YamasakiDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
Tatsuya NakataniDepartment of Urology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, 1-4-3 Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545-8585, Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlternative anti-androgen therapy (AAT) with flutamide after combined androgen blockade (CAB) therapy with bicalutamide for metastatic prostate cancer is common. However, no studies have compared enzalutamide without AAT with enzalutamide after AAT with flutamide as treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). We aimed to compare the efficacies of flutamide and enzalutamide for CRPC.

methodsIn our hospital, 55 patients were diagnosed with CRPC after CAB therapy and administered flutamide or enzalutamide between May 2014 and December 2017. Patients with flutamide failure were administered enzalutamide. We evaluated the (1) prostate-specific antigen (PSA) best response with initial therapy, (2) PSA progression-free survival with initial therapy (PSA-PFS), (3) PSA best response with enzalutamide therapy, (4) PSA-PFS of enzalutamide therapy, and (5) overall survival (OS).

resultsAs first-line therapy, patients were administered enzalutamide (n = 29) or flutamide (n = 26). In the flutamide group, 18 patients showed disease progression and were administered enzalutamide. PSA best response was statistically higher in the enzalutamide group. PSA-PFS was significantly longer in the enzalutamide group [hazard ratio (HR) 0.42, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.19-0.92, p = 0.024]. However, there was no significant difference in PSA best response with enzalutamide therapy and PSA-PFS between the first- and second-line enzalutamide therapies (HR 0.80, 95% CI 0.33-1.94, p = 0.62). There was no significant difference in OS between enzalutamide and flutamide groups (HR 1.85, 95% CI 0.53-6.42, p = 0.33).

conclusionsAAT with subsequent flutamide after CAB therapy with bicalutamide may be suitable for some CRPC patients.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAndrogen AntagonistsAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesDisease-Free SurvivalDisease ProgressionFlutamideHumansMaleMiddle AgedNitrilesPhenylthiohydantoinProstate-Specific AntigenProstatic Neoplasms, Castration-ResistantRetrospective StudiesAndrogen AntagonistsAntineoplastic AgentsBenzamidesenzalutamideFlutamideNitrilesPhenylthiohydantoinProstate-Specific AntigenCastration-resistant prostate cancerEnzalutamideFlutamide

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