New therapeutics to treat castrate-resistant prostate cancer

ScientificWorldJournal. 2013 May 27:2013:379641. doi: 10.1155/2013/379641. Print 2013.

Abstract

The effective treatment of castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) has proven to be very challenging. Until recently, docetaxel was the only therapeutic demonstrated to extend overall patient survival. Yet recently, a considerable number of new therapeutics have been approved to treat CRPC patients. These remarkable advances now give new tools for the therapeutic management of late-stage prostate cancer. In this review, we will examine mechanistic and clinical data of several newly approved therapeutics including the chemotherapeutic cabazitaxel, antiandrogen enzalutamide, endocrine disruptor abiraterone acetate, immunotherapy sipuleucel-T, and bone-targeting radiopharmaceutical alpharadin. In addition, we will examine other promising therapeutics that are currently in Phase III trials.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Androgen Antagonists / therapeutic use*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Castration
  • Humans
  • Immunotherapy / methods*
  • Male
  • Orchiectomy
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Radiotherapy / methods*
  • Treatment Failure

Substances

  • Androgen Antagonists
  • Antineoplastic Agents