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SUBMITTER: Reid AH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2849770 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reid Alison H M AH Attard Gerhardt G Danila Daniel C DC Oommen Nikhil Babu NB Olmos David D Fong Peter C PC Molife L Rhoda LR Hunt Joanne J Messiou Christina C Parker Christopher C Dearnaley David D Swennenhuis Joost F JF Terstappen Leon W M M LW Lee Gloria G Kheoh Thian T Molina Arturo A Ryan Charles J CJ Small Eric E Scher Howard I HI de Bono Johann S JS
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 20100216 9
<h4>Purpose</h4>The principal objective of this trial was to evaluate the antitumor activity of abiraterone acetate, an oral, specific, irreversible inhibitor of CYP17 in docetaxel-treated patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC).<h4>Patients and methods</h4>In this multicenter, two-stage, phase II study, abiraterone acetate 1,000 mg was administered once daily continuously. The primary end point was achievement of a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) decline of > or = 50% in at le ...[more]