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Efficacy and safety of degarelix in Korean patients with prostate cancer requiring androgen deprivation therapy: Open-label multicenter phase III study

Authors
 Dalsan You  ;  Byung Ha Chung  ;  Sang Eun Lee  ;  Choung-Soo Kim 
Citation
 PROSTATE INTERNATIONAL, Vol.3(1) : 22-26, 2015 
Journal Title
PROSTATE INTERNATIONAL
ISSN
 2287-8882 
Issue Date
2015
Keywords
Androgen deprivation therapy ; Degarelix ; Korean ; Prostate cancer ; Testosterone
Abstract
PURPOSE: To assess the noninferiority, efficacy, and safety of degarelix in achieving and maintaining testosterone at castrate levels (≤0.5 ng/mL) in Korean patients (CS42) versus non-Asian patients with prostate cancer (PCa).

METHODS: A Phase III, open-label, multicenter, single-arm trial was conducted in Korean patients with PCa. Degarelix was administered at a starting dose of 240 mg followed by monthly (28-day intervals) maintenance doses of 80 mg (240/80 mg dose regimen) for 7 months. The results were compared with non-Asian patients receiving degarelix 240/80 mg in the CS21 study.

RESULTS: The estimated difference in the cumulative probabilities of testosterone ≤0.5 ng/mL from Day 28 to Day 196 between the trials was -2.3% (96.7% in CS42 vs. 99.0% in CS21). The lower limit of the 95% confidence interval was -5.5%, i.e., above the predefined noninferiority limit of -10% and thus noninferiority was established. Decreases in serum testosterone, prostate-specific antigen, and luteinizing hormone over time were similar in CS42 and CS21. There were no clinically significant differences in incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (72% in CS42 vs. 70% in CS21) and changes in clinical chemistry and hematology parameters between the two trials. The most common adverse event was injection-site reaction.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, degarelix was effective and well tolerated in Korean patients. Testosterone suppression was noninferior to that in non-Asian patients and safety findings were as would be expected for elderly men with PCa undergoing androgen deprivation therapy.
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DOI
10.1016/j.prnil.2015.02.005
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Urology (비뇨의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Chung, Byung Ha(정병하) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-3660
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/156925
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