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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Chu Bordeaux- Hopital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France
Clinique Victor Pauchet, Amiens, France
Chu Besancon, Besancon, France
Society Hill Reproductive Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Virginia Center for Research in Reproduction, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Childrens National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Dept. of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University Hospital, Ioannina, Epirus, Greece
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5, Place d'Arsonval, Pavillon V - Urologie et chirurgie de la transplantation, Lyon, France
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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