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French multicentre trial comparing Casodex (ICI 176,334) monotherapy with castration plus nilutamide in metastatic prostate cancer: a preliminary report.

Author(s): Chatelain C, Rousseau V, Cosaert J

Affiliation(s): Service d'Urologie, Hopital de la Pitie, Paris, France.

Publication date & source: 1994, Eur Urol., 26 Suppl 1:10-4.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

This trial compares Casodex (ICI 176,334) monotherapy with the combination of castration (medical or surgical) plus nilutamide. The trial is now closed to entry, 270 patients having been recruited from 32 French centres. As it is too early to present efficacy data, only patient characteristics and interim tolerability data appear in this paper. In the combined treatment group, interstitial pneumonitis (4.5%) was observed, leading to withdrawal from the trial. Other adverse events leading to withdrawal included dyspnoea and ocular problems. There was also 1 case of hepatitis in this treatment group. In the Casodex treatment group, only 6 patients (as compared with 13 in the combined treatment group) withdrew from the trial because of adverse events. As expected with this group, the adverse events were mainly pharmacological effects of an anti-androgen as monotherapy. In the majority of patients, the effects of gynaecomastia and breast tenderness did not result in withdrawal.

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