In advanced prostate cancer, median leuprorelin Cmax was 20.8 ng/ml with the 3-month depot versus 10.7 ng/ml with the 1-month depot.
In plain wordsIn advanced prostate cancer, peak leuprorelin levels were higher with the 3-month depot than the 1-month depot.
- Peptide
- Leuprolide
- Outcome
- IncreasePeak serum leuprorelin concentration
- Study
n = 42
- Comparator
- 1-month depot 3.75 mg
- Outcome group
- Pharmacokinetics · Cancer
- Studied dose
- 11.25 mg every 3 months · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Median peak serum concentration (Cmax) of leuprorelin
- 20.8 ng/ml
- 3-month depot (11.25 mg)
- Median peak serum concentration (Cmax) of leuprorelin
- 10.7 ng/ml
- 1-month depot (3.75 mg)
Source sentences
The 3-month depot showed a higher median peak serum concentration (Cmax) of leuprorelin at 20.8 ng/ml than the 1-month depot at 10.7 ng/ml but, conversely, this did not influence the rise in serum testosterone levels.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In an open, randomized phase II pharmacokinetic study conducted in Germany and Italy, a total of 42 patients with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) were treated for 9 months with the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue (LH-RH-a) leuprorelin acetate depot in two different formulations.
Fifteen patients received the 1-month depot and 27 patients received the newly developed 3-month depot, containing 3.75 mg and 11.25 mg, respectively.