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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VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, CA, Long Beach, California, United States
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles, CA, West Los Angeles, California, United States
Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Takeda Selected Site, Tokyo, Japan
Takeda selected site, Tokyo, Japan
Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center, Sacramento, California, United States
Henry Ford Health Saint John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
MyMichigan Medical Center Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Anaheim, California, United States
UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States
University of Louisville James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Site MY03002, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia
Site PH04001, Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Site PH04003, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Childrens Hospital of Hunan province, Changsha, Hunan, China
Jiangsu Province Hosptial, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Cheol Woo Ko, Daegu, Korea, Republic of
Ventura County Hematology and Oncology, Oxnard, California, United States
Mid Florida Hematology and Onc Ctr, Orange, Florida, United States
Hope Cancer Center of East Texas, Tyler, Texas, United States
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