Intermittent Treatment With Degarelix of Patients Suffering From Prostate Cancer

Summary

The purpose of this uncontrolled, multi-center, open-label trial was to investigate the feasibility of using degarelix as intermittent androgen deprivation (IAD) therapy in the treatment of prostate cancer.

Timeline

Start

2008-12

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2013-07

Publications

• Abrahamsson PA, Boccon-Gibod L, Morote J, de Jong IJ, Malmberg A, Neijber A, Albers P. Factors Predicting the Off-treatment Duration in Patients with Prostate Cancer Receiving Degarelix as Intermittent Androgen Deprivation Therapy. Eur Urol Focus. 2017 Oct;3(4-5):470-479. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2015.12.008. Epub 2016 Jan 22.
• Boccon-Gibod L, Albers P, Morote J, van Poppel H, de la Rosette J, Villers A, Malmberg A, Neijber A, Montorsi F. Degarelix as an intermittent androgen deprivation therapy for one or more treatment cycles in patients with prostate cancer. Eur Urol. 2014 Oct;66(4):655-63. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.05.037. Epub 2014 Jun 18.

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