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BACKGROUND
Gynecomastia is treated when it is painful, there are psychosocial repercussions or it does not revert in less than two years. It is treated with the antiestrogenic drug tamoxifen, but there are doubts about its effectiveness in high volume gynecomastias or in those lasting more than two
OBJECTIVE
The objective of this study was to evaluate efficacy, safety, and dose-response profiles of four dosing schemes of flutamide over 24 weeks.
METHODS
Patients were randomized to receive one of the following five treatment regimens for a period of 24 weeks: placebo capsule, flutamide capsules
Busramustine (KM-2210), the benzoate of a 17 beta-estradiol-chlorambucil conjugate, was administered to 11 patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) which included eight cases of B-cell CLL and three cases of T-cell CLL. Four patients had received prior chemotherapy. Busramustine was given
Goserelin acetate implant is a newly approved depot formulation of a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonist indicated for palliation of advanced prostate cancer. LHRH superagonists suppress gonadotropin release from the pituitary gland by causing down-regulation of receptors. The
OBJECTIVE
Androgen ablation with luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) agonists, orchiectomy, or oral estrogens has significant untoward sexual side effects. We evaluated a combination of finasteride and flutamide as potency-sparing androgen ablative therapy (AAT) for advanced adenocarcinoma
Little is known about the efficacy of flutamide monotherapy in previously untreated patients with prostatic carcinoma. In this study, 40 patients with advanced disease were treated with 250 mg flutamide, three times daily. The mean follow-up was 7 months. After 3 months, 35 patients were evaluable
In the United States, the drugs most commonly used to treat peptic ulcer disease are antacids and the H2-receptor antagonists cimetidine and ranitidine. Other available agents include anticholinergics and the coating agent sucralfate. Investigational drugs such as colloidal bismuth, carbenoxolone,
BACKGROUND
The treatment for prostate cancer patients with biochemical failure after local therapy remains controversial. Peripheral androgen blockade using a combination of a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor and an antiandrogen may allow control of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA). Because
OBJECTIVE
To compare in a randomized clinical trial the therapeutic efficacy of the nonsteroidal antiandrogen flutamide 250 mg tid to testicular androgen suppression by orchidectomy in patients with metastatic prostate cancer.
METHODS
Between 1989 and 1991, 104 patients aged 74 +/- 8 years with
Bicalutamide is an effective, non-steroidal antiandrogen, suitable for oral, once daily administration. Bicalutamide 50 mg plus LHRHa is at least as effective as flutamide plus LHRHa in terms of survival and time to progression. Monotherapy with bicalutamide 150 mg once daily has similar survival
OBJECTIVE
An observational study was planned by the QUABIOS group, to survey the hormonal modalities administered to prostate cancer patients in Italy within a time window of 12 months. We report here a summary of treatment schedules and related adverse effects, as recorded at the first
The efficacy and tolerability of Casodex, a new non-steroidal antiandrogen, were studied in 267 patients with advanced prostate cancer. All patients received Casodex, 50 mg daily, as monotherapy. The objective response rate was 55.5% and the subjective response rate was 56.1%. The most common
OBJECTIVE
The safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of the nonsteroidal antiandrogen bicalutamide were investigated in a Phase II trial in 150 patients with metastatic prostate cancer.
METHODS
Patients took bicalutamide, 50 mg daily, in an open-label multicenter North American trial.
RESULTS
The
OBJECTIVE
PC-SPES is an herbal supplement for which there are anecdotal reports of anti-prostate cancer activity. This phase II study was undertaken to assess the efficacy and toxicity of PC-SPES in prostate cancer patients.
METHODS
Thirty-three patients with androgen-dependent prostate cancer