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A new drug combination for men with advanced prostate cancer has shown sustained increase in survival rates.

The results from the clinical trial of ENZAMET, co-chaired by Professor Christopher Sweeney, Director of the South 最新糖心Vlogn immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI) that operates within the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide, have been published today in .

For people with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, the addition of an androgen receptor blocker with enzalutamide to standard therapy 鈥� suppression of testosterone, with or without chemotherapy - led to a 67 per cent survival rate after five years.

This compares to 57 per cent of people who were alive after five years after receiving the standard best practice treatment.

ENZAMET (ANZUP 1304) is a global collaborative investigator-initiated trial led by the 最新糖心Vlogn and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP).

鈥淭he longer-term analysis showed that the benefit of adding enzalutamide was evident in all patient subgroups, regardless of when the cancer was found to have spread, or how much was present, or whether people also received docetaxel chemotherapy,鈥� Professor Sweeney said.

鈥淭hese high level findings indicate that the addition of enzalutamide should be considered as a treatment option for any patient able to receive it.

鈥淭he exploratory findings indicate it might not be necessary to add other treatments like chemotherapy.鈥�

The side effects of the addition of enzalutamide to standard of care were overall similar to what has been experienced with enzalutamide in previous clinical trials.

Metastatic prostate cancer is cancer that has spread from the prostate to other parts of the body which can be seen on conventional CT and/or bone scans.

Patients with metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer are patients who are starting treatment for metastatic disease and will most likely respond to suppression of the male sex hormone testosterone.

鈥淓NZAMET was the first trial to show a survival benefit from addition of enzalutamide, and the first to include patients receiving docetaxel chemotherapy at the same time,鈥� Professor Sweeney said.

鈥淭hese high level findings indicate that the addition of enzalutamide should be considered as a treatment option for any patient able to receive it."Professor Christopher Sweeney

鈥淓NZAMET has the flexibility to allow physicians and patients to decide whether concurrent docetaxel was an appropriate option for each unique patient and this has helped provide insights as to which patients benefit from which combination therapy in the longer term.

鈥淭his was only possible because of the patients鈥� and research teams鈥� commitment to the clinical research process.鈥�

SAiGENCI is a cancer-focused medical research institute that operates within the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide鈥檚 Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, supported by an alliance with the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN).