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Abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone in the treatment of prostate cancer: safety and efficacy

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ABSTRACT Introduction Metastatic prostate cancer is a life-threatening disease and an important public health concern with prevalence rates varying drastically between high- and low-income countries. Androgen-deprivation therapy alone has been… Click to show full abstract

ABSTRACT Introduction Metastatic prostate cancer is a life-threatening disease and an important public health concern with prevalence rates varying drastically between high- and low-income countries. Androgen-deprivation therapy alone has been the first-line treatment option for decades, temporarily controlling disease until invariable tumor regression. At the castration-resistant stage, metastatic disease becomes lethal. In recent years several new treatments, including second-generation hormone therapies, have proven to be life-prolonging in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and at an earlier hormone-sensitive stage. Abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone was the first approved hormone therapy demonstrating survival benefit, and represents, to date, an alternative, or a second-line treatment after taxane-based chemotherapy, in addition to androgen-deprivation therapy, in hormone sensitive, and metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Area covered We performed a literature review of papers from 2012 to 2020 using PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase searching for the safety and efficacy of abiraterone acetate in prostate cancer management. Search results were limited to phase III–IV trials and post hoc analysis of Phase III trials evaluated Abiraterone acetate in the English language. Expert opinion This literature review confirms the role of abiraterone acetate in the therapeutic landscape with well-proven safety and efficacy, demonstrated in trials and post-approval studies.

Keywords: safety efficacy; abiraterone acetate; prostate cancer

Journal Title: Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy
Year Published: 2020

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