Mednet Logo

How do you decide between abiraterone or docetaxel for first line treatment of newly diagnosed metastatic prostate cancer?

Given that ADT + abiraterone and ADT + docetaxel have not been directly compared.
2 Answers
Mednet Member
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Medical Oncology · University of Washington School of Medicine
Answered on

Abiraterone (LATITUDE and STAMPEDE trials) and docetaxel (CHAARTED and STAMPEDE trials) both have level 1 evidence supporting their use in men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer. However, a pre-planned subset analysis from the CHAARTED study demonstrated that docetaxel only appeared t...

Join for free or sign in to see the full answer

Mednet Member
Mednet MemberInvited Expert
Medical Oncology · Duke University School of Medicine
Answered on

I agree and would only point out that a recent analysis of docetaxel/ADT outcomes in STAMPEDE by disease volume, have identified improved overall survival regardless of disease volume. In this 2019 ESMO late-breaking abstract, which is still not published to my knowledge, the HR for OS in high volum...

Join for free or sign in to see the full answer