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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McGill University Health Centre- Cedars Cancer Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
McGill University Health Centre-Cedars Cancer Centre, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Department of Urology, Chonnam National University, School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea, Republic of
Department of Urology, Kyungpook National University, School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
Department of Urology, Eulji University, College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Cornell University, New York, New York, United States
Rinkan Clinic, Kanagawa, Japan
Shinsuma Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha, Chiba, Japan
Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Peng-Hui Wang, Taipei county, Taipei, Taiwan
The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui, China
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States
Takeda Selected Site, Tokyo, Japan
National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Korea, Republic of
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