Abiraterone acetate : a novel therapeutic option in hormone-refractory prostate cancer

Until recently, only therapy with docetaxel and prednisone has been shown to prolong survival in men with hormonorefractory metastatic prostate cancer. With approvals of sipuleucel-T, cabazitaxel, and abiraterone acetate, all based on improvement in overall survival, the scenary for management of men with metastatic prostate cancer has dramatically changed. Abiraterone acetate was developed to specifically inhibit cytochrome P450 (CYP)17A1, which is an essential enzyme in the biosynthesis of testosterone. In the phase III, the trial treatment with abiraterone acetate plus prednisone prolongs overall survival relative to prednisone alone in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer who have disease progression after treatment with docetaxel and associated with an acceptable tolerability profile, which was generally similar to that of the placebo plus prednisone group. However, adverse events resulting from elevated mineralocorticoid levels because of CYP17A1 inhibition, fluid retention and oedema, hypokalaemia, hypertension occurred in significantly more in abiraterone acetate plus prednisone than in placebo plus prednisone.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:103

Enthalten in:

Recenti progressi in medicina - 103(2012), 2 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 74-8

Sprache:

Italienisch

Weiterer Titel:

Una nuova opzione terapeutica nel carcinoma prostatico ormonorefrattario

Beteiligte Personen:

Turitto, Giacinto [VerfasserIn]
Di Bisceglie, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Moraca, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Sasso, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Sepede, Carmela [VerfasserIn]
Suriano, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Romito, Sante [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Abiraterone
Androstenes
Androstenols
Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal
CYP17A1 protein, human
EC 1.14.14.19
G819A456D0
Journal Article
Prednisone
Review
Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase
VB0R961HZT

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.05.2012

Date Revised 25.11.2016

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1701/1045.11391

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM216326214