Enzalutamide is an androgen receptor (AR) inhibitor for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), both metastatic and non-metastatic. It is a second-generation antiandrogen agent that the FDA approved on August 31, 2012. Although androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the first-line treatment of prostate cancer and remission can be achieved, arising resistance is inevitable, becoming castration-resistant prostate cancer. Until recently, docetaxel is the only treatment available for metastatic CRPC; however, AR inhibitors have been developed for more targeted therapy, although first-generation AR inhibitors like bicalutamide did not substantially increase the survival rate. Second-generation such as enzalutamide is more efficacious due to a higher affinity to AR and no partial agonist activity compared to bicalutamide.
Due to a favorable pharmacological profile, a phase 1 study of enzalutamide was initiated in July 2007. Compared to the average time of 10 to 15 years for a drug to go from pre-clinical to clinical studies, enzalutamide was developed relatively rapidly.
Enzalutamide is indicated for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer and metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (mCRPC). It is also used in combination with talazoparib for the treatment of adult patients with HRR gene-mutated mCRPC.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Thomas Jefferson University, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, United States
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, United States
University of Illinois Hospital and Health Systems, Chicago, Illinois, United States
John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Urological Associates of Southern Arizona, P.C ., Tucson, Arizona, United States
Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, Tucson, Arizona, United States
The University of Arizona Cancer Center-North Campus, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States
USC / Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Local Institution - 0037, Miami, Florida, United States
Local Institution - 0009, Marietta, Georgia, United States
Local Institution - 0012, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Site SE46001, Malmo, Sweden
Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, Val De Marne, France
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