title: Treatment of symptomatic metastatic prostatic cancer with cyproterone acetate versus orchiectomy: a prospective randomized trial.
abstract: During a 2-year period, 37 patients with symptomatic metastatic prostatic cancer were included in a prospective randomized phase-III trial. Nineteen patients were randomized to subcapsular orchiectomy, and 18 to cyproterone acetate (CPA) treatment with a dose of 50 mg b.i.d. The median age of the patients was 74 years (range 48-88 years), with no differences between the treatment groups. At 3, 6, and 12 months after initiation of the therapy and then every 6 months, patients were clinically and biochemically examined, and isotope scans and X-rays were performed. All patients were followed until death. Relief from symptoms was found following 3 months of treatment in 70.6% (95% confidence limits = 44.0-89.7%) of the patients treated with CPA, and in 83.3% (95% confidence limits = 58.6-96.4%) of the orchiectomized patients. The median time to relapse was 9 months in the CPA group, and 11 months in the orchiectomy group (p greater than 0.05). The median survival time was 13 months, with no differences between the groups. The treatment of advanced prostatic cancer with CPA is found to be a valuable alternative to orchiectomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ostri
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bonnesen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nilsson
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frimodt-Møller
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D003534:Cyproterone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009919:Orchiectomy; D010166:Palliative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D017373:Cyproterone Acetate; D003534:Cyproterone