In hormone-refractory prostate cancer patients, performance status improved in 40% during lanreotide treatment.
In plain wordsIn patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer, performance status improved in 40% during lanreotide treatment.
- Peptide
- Lanreotide
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedPerformance status
- Study
n = 30
- Outcome group
- Exercise and physical function · Cancer
- Studied dose
- 30 mg once a week · intramuscular injection · mean 12 weeks (range 2-60 weeks)As given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Patients with improved performance status
- 40 % of patients
- 30 patients, lanreotide 30 mg weekly
Source sentences
The performance status and bone pain were improved in 40% and 35% of patients respectively.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
A total of 30 patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer were treated with a slow-release formulation of lanreotide.
Patients were treated with one intramuscular injection of 30 mg BIM 23014 once a week and were followed for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level evolution until disease progression or WHO grade 3 or 4 toxicity and for survival. The patients were treated for a mean duration of 12 weeks (range, 2-60 weeks).