Some mornings we just wake up to great news and today is one of those mornings. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just announced that they have approved Zytiga (abiraterone acetate) for use prior to chemotherapy. - This FDA announcement is an expansion of their prior approved (April 2011) for the use of Zytiga [...]
Data presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology annual congress in Vienna, Austria linked the delay of pain progression the functional decline of men with the newly approved drug Zytiga. The data was derived from an additional anaylisis of the phase 3 trial (COU-AA-302) that led to the FDA approval of Zytiga. The FDA [...]
We all know that abiraterone acetate (Zytiga) plus prednisone provides a survival advantage for men with castrate resistant advanced prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have had prior treatment with a taxane based chemotherapy. New information has shown that abiraterone acetate offers a somewhat longer overall survival benefit than the data originally presented when the trial halted [...]
The summer is coming to a close and I am back, ready to again take on the world. I had the fantastic opportunity of spending almost two weeks in Alaska, a land that is so different from the lower 48. I have to say that I have a new found respect for those individuals who [...]
On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson said that the FDA will conduct a fast review of Zytiga as a treatment for men with advanced prostate cancer who have not received chemotherapy. The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to conduct a six-month review of Zytiga which should be completed in mid-December, 2012. According to representatives from [...]
The National Health Service cost regulators for England and Wales have recommended the use of Zytiga in the treatment of men with castrate resistant advanced prostate cancer. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a final guidance endorsing Zytiga as an NHS treatment option for men with advanced, metastatic, castration resistant [...]
Many of us in the United States with advanced prostate cancer who have failed Zytiga are looking to enter the Early Access MDV-3100 Clinical Trial. However, you need to be aware that there are some requirements you will need to meet prior to starting MDV-3100. You will need to wait 30 days after stopping Zytiga [...]
I have heard some occasional discussion that once (that is if) enzalutamide (MDV-3100) is approved by the FDA for the treatment of men with advanced prostate cancer, it will over shadow Provenge. On the contrary, I believe that the approval of enzalutamide will actually encourage additional use of Provenge resulting in the increasing use of [...]
Yesterday, Johnson & Johnson announced that it has asked U.S. and European Union regulators to grant broader marketing approval for its cancer pill, Zytiga which is used to treat men with castrate resistant prostate cancer. Zytiga was approved in 2011 for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer in men who have received chemotherapy and who [...]
I have had a number of recent conversations with men with advanced prostate cancer who have been taking Abiraterone Acetate (Zytiga). The question that comes up in regular conversation is about knowing when Zytiga has stopped working or when Zytiga should be discontinued. All the real guidance we have to answer this question comes from [...]
