Triple-acting drug boosts prostate cancer survival

Cancer Discov. 2011 Dec;1(7):OF1. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-NB111711OL-09. Epub 2011 Nov 17.

Abstract

A phase III trial of the agent MDV3100 in men with advanced prostate cancer previously treated with docetaxel-based chemotherapy is being stopped early so that the drug can be given to all participants.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Benzamides
  • Clinical Trials, Phase III as Topic
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nitriles
  • Phenylthiohydantoin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Phenylthiohydantoin / therapeutic use
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Survival Rate

Substances

  • Benzamides
  • Nitriles
  • Phenylthiohydantoin
  • enzalutamide