abiraterone-acetate and Stroke

Several abstracts presented at the 2015 European Association of Urology Meeting highlighted new developments in hormone therapy for prostate cancer management. One abstract described how the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH)/gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist leuprolide, but not the LHRH/GnRH antagonist degarelix, induced plaque instability in a mouse model. A second abstract showed that in patients with a history of severe cardiovascular disease, degarelix was associated with fewer cardiovascular events than treatment with an LHRH agonist. A third abstract showed how primary androgen-deprivation therapy was linked with increased all-cause mortality in a US registry. A fourth abstract showed that in the ANAMEN study, cognitive performance was not significantly affected by 6 months of treatment with GnRH agonists. Last, a fifth abstract showed that low-dose prednisone, with or without abiraterone, was associated with an overall low incidence of corticosteroid-associated adverse events.

Topics: Abiraterone Acetate; Animals; Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Cognition; Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; Humans; Leuprolide; Luteinizing Hormone; Male; Mice; Mortality; Myocardial Infarction; Oligopeptides; Prednisone; Prostatic Neoplasms; Risk Assessment; Stroke