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Novel or significantly improved treatment

Alkaline Phosphatase and Prostate-specific Antigen Response in Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer Treated with Enzalutamide Alone or in Combination with Radium-223: Ad Hoc Analysis of the PEACE-3 Consortium Trial.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Exploratory post hoc analysis of the international, randomised, open-label phase 3 PEACE-3 trial including 446 patients with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic mCRPC and bone metastases. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: At 6 months, confirmed ALP-30 response was 56.5% with the combination versus 50.8% with enzalutamide alone.

DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Exploratory post hoc analysis of the international, randomised, open-label phase 3 PEACE-3 trial including 446 patients with asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic mCRPC and bone metastases. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: At 6 months, confirmed ALP-30 response was 56.5% with the combination versus 50.8% with enzalutamide alone.

What the study was

Study design
Randomized controlled trial
Sample size
446
Category
Other
Maturity
Potentially Practice-Changing
Journal
European urology oncology

Why it surfaced

High-priority Sentinel scan study: novel treatment potential warrants immediate pipeline escalation.

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