| Literature DB >> 29350549 |
Orazio Caffo1, Antonello Veccia1, Stefania Kinspergher1, Francesca Maines1.
Abstract
Abiraterone acetate, which targets enzymatic complexes playing a central role in steroidogenesis, demonstrated to increase survival significantly in both chemo-naive and docetaxel pretreated, becoming one of the drugs of choice for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. More recently, this agent in combination to androgen deprivation therapy demonstrated to be efficacious also in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer. The present review is aimed to outline the clinical development of abiraterone acetate, the pivotal trials which led to its approval for the clinical practice, new evidence about its efficacy in metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer, its place in the therapeutic landscape of prostate cancer and future directions of development.Entities:
Keywords: abiraterone acetate; castration-resistant prostate cancer; castration-sensitive prostate cancer
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29350549 DOI: 10.2217/fon-2017-0430
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Future Oncol ISSN: 1479-6694 Impact factor: 3.404