In metastatic prostate cancer, triptorelin 11.25 mg reduced total PSA from baseline during treatment.
In plain wordsIn metastatic prostate cancer, triptorelin 11.25 mg lowered PSA compared with baseline.
- Outcome
- DecreaseTotal PSA trajectory, long-acting formulation
- Study
n = 65
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Tumor growth · Cancer
- Studied dose
- 11.25 mg once · 3 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Median TPSA
- 164.55 microg/L
- baseline, 11.25 mg
- Median TPSA
- 11.34 microg/L
- day 30, 11.25 mg
- Median TPSA
- 4.12 microg/L
- day 60, 11.25 mg
- Median TPSA
- 3.89 microg/L
- day 90, 11.25 mg
Source sentences
At 30, 60 and 90 days, TPSA (median level) declined from 164.55 microg/L into 11.34, 4.12, 3.89 microg/L in 11.25 mg group, and from 101.38 microg/L into 6.88, 2.41, 2.57 microg/L in control group respectively.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
After 3 months treatment, total PSA level decreased significantly from baseline both in 11.25 mg group and 3.75 mg group.
One hundred and twenty-seven patients with documented metastatic prostate cancer were randomized to receive one injection of the 11.25 mg formulation triptorelin (n = 65) or three injections at 28-day intervals of the 3.75 mg formulation (n = 62).