title: Preliminary clinical evaluation of leuprorelin acetate depot injection in France, in the management of prostatic cancer.
abstract: In a preliminary multicentre clinical trial of 3.75 mg leuprorelin acetate depot 18 previously untreated patients with metastatic prostatic cancer were treated with the depot given subcutaneously once every 4 weeks for 28 weeks. Patients also received 100 mg nilutamide taken orally three times a day for the first 14 days of treatment to prevent flare-up. Leuprorelin acetate suppressed the serum testosterone concentration to castration levels; luteinizing hormone levels were also suppressed. The incidence of progressive disease was low and partial response occurred in five patients after treatment. No side-effects were assigned to the flare-up period. It is concluded that leuprorelin acetate depot is a safe and efficacious treatment for metastatic prostatic cancer.
authors.affiliation: Urological Service, Gaston Doumergue Centre, Nimes, France.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Navratil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D005602:France; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007279:Injections, Subcutaneous; D016729:Leuprolide; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D013739:Testosterone; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D016729:Leuprolide