Long-term response to combination therapy with estramustine and somatostatin analogue in a patient with androgen ablation-refractory prostate cancer

Urology. 2004 Dec;64(6):1231.e1-3. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.06.066.

Abstract

We report on a patient with androgen ablation-refractory prostate adenocarcinoma who had an objective response for longer than 24 months using a combination of estramustine and lanreotide. At baseline from our combination therapy, his prostate-specific antigen level was 21.30 ng/mL and serum chromogranin A level was 816 ng/mL. The patient discontinued complete androgen deprivation therapy and underwent combination therapy with oral estramustine 420 mg/day plus lanreotide acetate 73.9 mg intramuscularly every 4 weeks. After 33 months of follow-up, the patient was alive without clinical disease progression, and his prostate-specific antigen and chromogranin A level was 0.10 and 12 ng/mL, respectively.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / blood
  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Bone Neoplasms / blood
  • Bone Neoplasms / secondary
  • Chromogranin A
  • Chromogranins / blood
  • Estramustine / administration & dosage*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Peptides, Cyclic / administration & dosage*
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / blood
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Somatostatin / administration & dosage*
  • Somatostatin / analogs & derivatives*

Substances

  • Chromogranin A
  • Chromogranins
  • Peptides, Cyclic
  • lanreotide
  • Estramustine
  • Somatostatin
  • Prostate-Specific Antigen