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No clear evidence of a clinical benefit of a sequential therapy regimen with abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide
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No clear evidence of a clinical benefit of a sequential therapy regimen with abiraterone acetate and enzalutamide

Edoardo Francini, Roberto Petrioli and Giandomenico Roviello
Expert review of anticancer therapy, Vol.14(10), pp.1135-1140
10/01/2014
DOI: 10.1586/14737140.2014.949677
PMID: 25135334

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Abstract

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men in most western countries. New agents for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) developed in the past 3 years include abiraterone acetate (AA) and enzalutamide (ENZ), which inhibit signaling by and synthesis of androgens, respectively. Because they share the same target, potential clinical cross-resistance between AA and E is possible. In this review, we discuss the results of clinical studies in which CRPC patients were treated with AA and E either separately or in sequence after first-line treatment with docetaxel. Our review suggests that sequential administration of AA and E in either order has limited activity after docetaxel therapy. Prospective studies that further examine sequential treatments with AA and E are warranted.
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