Leuprolide is a synthetic 9-residue peptide analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH). Unlike the endogenous decapeptide GnRH, leuprolide contains a single D-amino acid (D-leucyl) residue, which helps to increase its circulating half-life from three to four minutes to approximately three hours. As a GnRH mimic, leuprolide is capable of binding to the...
Leuprolide is indicated for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer and as palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer.
It is also used for the treatment of pediatric patients with central precocious puberty (CPP).
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Emory Proton Therapy Center, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Winship at Emory Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Emory University Hospital/Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena, Modena, Italy
Novartis Investigative Site, Gateshead, New South Wales, Australia
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Foxborough, Foxboro, Massachusetts, United States
Pfizer, Helsinki, Finland
First Affiliated Hospital of Xian Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
Groningen universitair medical center, Groningen, Netherlands
Radboudumc, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
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