Triptorelin is a synthetic decapeptide agonist analog of luteinizing hormone releasing hormone (LHRH). Possessing greater potency than endogenous LHRH, triptorelin reversibly represses gonadotropin secretion. After chronic, continuous administration, this agent effects sustained decreases in LH and FSH production and testicular and ovarian steroidogenesis. Serum testosterone concentrations may fall to levels typically observed in surgically castrated men.
Triptorelin is indicated for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer.
Center of Pediatric endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
ULB Erasme, Bruxelles, Belgium
Hôpital Claude Huriez, Lille, France
CHU Hôpital Salvator, Marseille, France
Istituto Nazionale per la ricerca Sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
Ospedale Santa Chiara, Trento, Italy
Ospedale Unico della Versilia, Lucca, Italy
Urology dep. of Kaunas University of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania
Ospedale Civile, Castelfranco - TV, Italy
Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
Ospedale Sant Anna, Como, Italy
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center/University of Washington Cancer Consortium, Seattle, Washington, United States
Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
Centre Hospital Regional Universitaire de Limoges, Limoges, France
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
Clinique De Rochebelle, Ales, France
MBCCOP - JHS Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois, United States
MBCCOP - Medical College of Georgia Cancer Center, Augusta, Georgia, United States
CCOP - Cancer Research for the Ozarks, Springfield, Missouri, United States
Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Letterkenny Hospital, Donnegal, Ireland
St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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