Erleada

Reporting on Apalutamide (Erleada) for Castrate Sensitive Prostate Cancer

The use of apalutamide (Erleada) improved radiographic progression-free survival with a 52% reduction in risk of death or radiographic progression; that benefit was observed across all subgroups analyzed in the TITAN TRIAL for men with progressing prostate cancer that is still hormone sensitive. The median radiographic progression-free survival was not reached in the apalutamide group and was 22.1 months in the placebo group.

Announcing an Educational Webinar About Erleada

Jansen Pharmaceuticals has requested that we let our blog readers know about an upcoming educational webinar they are sponsoring on Tuesday, 9/18/18, 7 p.m. ET.  The webinar will be discussing their newly approved treatment, apalutamide (Erleada) which is approved by the FDA for men with castrate resistant, non-metastatic prostate cancer, sometimes referred to as M0 (M-zero) disease.  

A New Drug Approval- Erleada ™ (apalutamide) For Non-Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

he FDA approved a new advanced hormone therapy drug (a next-generation androgen receptor inhibitor) for the treatment of men with non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (NM-CRPC). This drug with the trade name Erleada (aka apalutamide), is the first drug approved in this disease space.