Emerging therapeutic approaches in the management of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2011 Sep;14(3):206-18. doi: 10.1038/pcan.2011.24. Epub 2011 May 17.

Abstract

Although treatment options for men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) have improved with the recent and anticipated approvals of novel immunotherapeutic, hormonal, chemotherapeutic and bone-targeted agents, clinical benefit with these systemic therapies is transient and survival times remain unacceptably short. Thus, we devote the second section of this two-part review to discussing emerging therapeutic paradigms and research strategies that are entering phase II and III clinical testing for men with metastatic CRPC. We will discuss a range of emerging hormonal, immunomodulatory, antiangiogenic, epigenetic and cell survival pathway inhibitors in current clinical trials, with an emphasis on how these therapies may complement our existing treatment options.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Disease Management
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Orchiectomy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase