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.
Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan, United States
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Wake Forest Baptist Health, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
University of Chicago Comprehensive Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois (Decatur) /Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Illinois, United States
NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, Illinois, United States
Indiana University Health Hospital, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Indiana University Health Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Investigational Drug Services, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
CHRU de Brest, Brest, France
Chesapeake Urology Research Associates, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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