There was an update to the CARD trial that proved Jevtana was more effective than 2nd line hormonals (Zytiga or Xtandi) in its oncological effectiveness when used as the third treatment (after Taxotere and one of the 2nd-line hormonals). The new update shows that in terms of pain relief and quality of life (QOL), Jevtana was better.
Recall that even on a first treatment, the degree of side effects from docetaxel was no worse than Zytiga. The side effects were different in kind, but not in severity.
Here's the updated article, which includes both links to the CARD trial:
Thanks - I strive for easy to follow and understand. Between us (and anyone who reads this), I don't understand it when guys quote the entire body of an abstract as their post. To me, it makes it harder to follow - why don't they just provide the link? I guess in 20 years in business, it was drummed into my head to provide a short executive summary and provide back up as attachments. I wish this site allowed hyperlinks - I could make posts even shorter.
Does this study provide any guide to those who are still hormone sensitive? I started with zytiga and have had no chemo. 33 months <0.01. When I become castrate resistant is Jevtana a good next step? I have multiple bone metastasis.
I hope they get the appropriate sequencing down soon. I'm an outlier in that I started with Lupron & Zytiga, then added Provenge and SBRT for a few bone mets. My PSA has been undetectable for about 5 months, and now Dr. Scholz is recommending that I get 4 sessions of Jevtana. His philosophy is that it's better to attack now, before the bad guys have a chance to regroup.
I will add that, having been through 6 rounds of taxotere chemo and now on Zytiga plus Erleada for 8 months I’ll take the latter any day over chemotherapy’s side effects.
I never hesitate to send doctors links to peer-reviewed clinical studies in quality journals (that's why I always provide those links in my articles). I assume they've seen it, but sometimes not. I just add a note "I'd like to discuss this at our next meeting."
I'm not familiar with that particular AR mutation, but AR mutations are common as PC progresses. There are many experimental therapies targeting AR resistance including taxanes, BAT, phenelzine or clorgyline, niclosamine, ASC-J9, venetoclax, and indomethacin.
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