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AUGUST 1, 2019

FDA Approves Nubeqa to Treat Prostate Cancer

By PPN News Staff

The FDA approved darolutamide (Nubeqa, Bayer), an androgen receptor inhibitor (ARi), for the treatment of patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (nmCRPC). 

Approval was based on ARAMIS, a multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial evaluating darolutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), in 1,509 patients with nmCRPC. Patients were randomly assigned to receive either 600 mg of darolutamide orally twice daily (n=955) or