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ArticleCancers2020

Adherence Measures for Patients with Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Treated with Abiraterone Acetate plus Prednisone: Results of a Prospective, Cluster-Randomized Trial.

Henrik Suttmann, Jochen Gleissner, Andreas Huebner, Tim Mathes, Werner Baurecht, Katrin Krützfeldt, Hussein Sweiti, Susan Feyerabend

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Article in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Henrik SuttmannPrivate Practice, Urologikum Hamburg, 22399 Hamburg, Germany.
Jochen GleissnerPrivate Practice, MVZ-DGU-Die GesundheitsUnion GmbH, 42103 Wuppertal, Germany.
Andreas HuebnerPrivate Practice, Center for Oncology and Urology, 18107 Rostock, Germany.
Tim MathesInstitut für Forschung in der Operativen Medizin, University Witten/Herdecke, 51109 Cologne, Germany.
Werner BaurechtBiometrics, Acromion GmbH, 50226 Frechen, Germany.
Katrin KrützfeldtMedical Affairs, Janssen-Cilag GmbH, 41470 Neuss, Germany.
Hussein SweitiClinical Development, Janssen Research and Development LLC, Pennsylvania, PA 19477, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8983-6052
Susan FeyerabendPrivate Practice Studienpraxis Urologie, 72622 Nürtingen, Germany.
Dermatologikum Hamburg · DEJanssen (Germany) · DEJanssen (United States) · USUniversity of Rostock · DEWitten/Herdecke University · DEZimmer Biomet (Germany) · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Residual androgen production causes tumor progression in metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) patients. Abiraterone acetate (AA), a prodrug of abiraterone, is an oral CYP-17 inhibitor that blocks androgen production. It was hypothesized that adherence-enhancing measures (AEM) might be beneficial for mCRPC patients receiving abiraterone acetate plus prednisone (AA + P). This multicenter, prospective, 2-arm trial allocated mCRPC patients who were progressive after docetaxel-based chemotherapy or asymptomatic/mildly symptomatic after failure of an androgen deprivation therapy to Arm A (with AEM) or Arm B (without AEM) by center-based cluster-randomization. The primary objective was to assess the influence of AEM on discontinuation rates and medication adherence in mCRPC patients treated with AA + P. A total of 360 patients were allocated to Arm A, and 315 patients to Arm B. At month 3, the rate of treatment discontinuation, not due to disease progression or the start of new cancer therapy, was low in both arms (A: 9.0% vs. B: 7.3%, OR = 1.230). Few patients had a medium/low Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-4) score (A: 6.4% vs. B: 9.1%, OR = 0.685). The results obtained did not suggest any clear adherence difference between Arm A and Arm B. In patients with mCRPC taking AA + P medication, adherence seemed to be generally high.

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abiraterone acetateadherencediscontinuationmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancerMMAS-4quality of life

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PMID32911627
PMCPMC7564106
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