How do you treat a patient who develops metastatic prostate CA while on enzalutamide or apalutamide for originally M0 CRPC?
How do you treat a patient who develops metastatic disease while on enzalutamide for M0 CRPC?
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Most patients in this setting actually have mCRPC but very low volume disease. Occasionally this can be local/regional only but most PET imaging studies suggest that M0 CRPC is comprised of metastatic disease below the limits of detection of conventional CT and bone scan imaging. Thus I manage these patients post AR therapy similarly to M1 patients by performing imaging (PET if available such as Axumin or PSMA or NaF), I offer clinical trials where available, and progress through standard options including sipuleucel T, consideration of AR-V7 testing for abiraterone subsequent use, or a trial of abiraterone with close follow up. Docetaxel and radium are generally reserved for clear and more rapid/aggressive mCRPC progression. Cross resistance between AR inhibitors in this setting is the major unmet medical need.