Trial reportEuropean urology2021
A Multicohort Open-label Phase II Trial of Bipolar Androgen Therapy in Men with Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer (RESTORE): A Comparison of Post-abiraterone Versus Post-enzalutamide Cohorts.
Trial report in European urology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02090114 (A Phase II Study to Determine Sequential Response to Bipolar Androgen Therapy), which is not on this map. Cited by 54 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Phase II Study to Determine Sequential Response to Bipolar Androgen Therapy (BAT) Followed by Enzalutamide or Abiraterone Post-BAT in Men With Prostate Cancer Progressing on Combined Androgen Ablative Therapies
Who cites it
54 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prognostic and Predictive Value of Liquid Biopsy-Derived Androgen Receptor Variant 7 (AR-V7) in Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Pooled it
- Bipolar androgen therapy plus nivolumab for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: the COMBAT phase II trial.Nature communications · 2024Trial
- PSA provocation by bipolar androgen therapy may predict duration of response to first-line androgen deprivation: Updated results from the BATMAN study.The Prostate · 2022Trial
- Bipolar androgen therapy sensitizes castration-resistant prostate cancer to subsequent androgen receptor ablative therapy.European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) · 2021Trial
- Bipolar Androgen Therapy as a Potential Mechanistic Bridge to Enhance PARP Inhibitor Efficacy in Prostate Cancer.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
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- Testosterone and cancers: biological functions, molecular mechanisms and therapy.Molecular cancer · 2026Review
- Emerging therapies to overcome antiandrogen resistance and beyond in lethal prostate cancer.Journal of the National Cancer Center · 2026Review
- Bipolar androgen therapy as platform for personalized medicine in castration-resistant prostate cancer.Discover oncology · 2026Article
- Noncanonical functions of UGT2B17 promote castration-resistant prostate cancer progression.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Article
- Intratumoral Androgens and Genetic Variants Driving Therapy Resistance in Prostate Cancer.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
- Case Report: Deep and durable PSA response to same-agent enzalutamide rechallenge in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer without chemotherapy.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Precision Medicine in Prostate Cancer with a Focus on Emerging Therapeutic Strategies.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- The intricate interplay between circadian rhythm, androgen signaling, hormone therapy, and cellular senescence in prostate cancer.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2025Review
- Two Decades of Disease Evolution and Biomarker-Guided Clinical Decision Making in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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- PSA/testosterone ratio as a potential biomarker to identify early progressors of adaptive therapy in metastatic castration sensitive prostate cancer.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- The oncogenic lncRNA MIR503HG suppresses cellular senescence counteracting supraphysiological androgen treatment in prostate cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2024Article
- Canonical androgen response element motifs are tumor suppressive regulatory elements in the prostate.Nature communications · 2024Article
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16 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundCyclic high-dose testosterone injections, also known as bipolar androgen therapy (BAT), is a novel treatment strategy for patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). BAT has shown clinical activity in prior studies enrolling men with mCRPC and may potentially restore sensitivity to prior androgen receptor (AR)-targeted agents.
objectiveTo evaluate the clinical activity of BAT in patients progressing on AR-targeted therapy as well as responses to abiraterone or enzalutamide upon rechallenge after BAT. DESIGN, SETTING, AND
participantsRESTORE is a multicohort phase II study enrolling asymptomatic mCRPC patients after abiraterone or enzalutamide at Johns Hopkins Hospital (NCT02090114). Participants (29 after abiraterone and 30 after enzalutamide) received 400 mg testosterone cypionate intramuscularly every 28 days, with ongoing luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone agonist/antagonist treatment (ie, BAT). Following progression on BAT, patients were rechallenged with their most recent AR-targeted therapy. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: Coprimary endpoints were >50% decline in PSA from baseline (PSA RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: No statistically significant difference in PSA
conclusionsBAT shows clinical activity in mCRPC patients and may be more effective at resensitizing to enzalutamide versus abiraterone. PATIENT SUMMARY: BAT is well tolerated in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients. The type of prior AR-targeted therapy might affect response to BAT as well as AR-therapy rechallenge. BAT followed by AR-targeted therapy rechallenge did not improve outcomes in AR-V7-positive patients.
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