Strategies to improve plasma half life time of peptide and protein drugs

M Werle, A Bernkop-Schnürch - Amino acids, 2006 - Springer
Due to the obvious advantages of long-acting peptide and protein drugs, strategies to
prolong plasma half life time of such compounds are highly on demand. Short plasma half …

One-and three-month release injectable microspheres of the LH-RH superagonist leuprorelin acetate

H Okada - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 1997 - Elsevier
The biodegradable polymers poly (lactic/glycolic acid)(PLGA) and poly (lactic acid)(PLA)
were used as wall materials in the preparation of microspheres (msp) containing the LH-RH …

Natural history of progression after PSA elevation following radical prostatectomy

CR Pound, AW Partin, MA Eisenberger, DW Chan… - Jama, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
Context In men who develop an elevated serum prostate-specific antigen level (PSA) after
having undergone a radical prostatectomy, the natural history of progression to distant …

Preparation of three-month depot injectable microspheres of leuprorelin acetate using biodegradable polymers

H Okada, Y Doken, Y Ogawa, H Toguchi - Pharmaceutical research, 1994 - Springer
To obtain a three-month release injection of leuprorelin acetate, microspheres were
prepared with copoly (DL-lactic/glycolic acid) or poly (DL-lactic acid)(PLA) using an in-water …

Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogs: their impact on the control of tumorigenesis☆

AV Schally - Peptides, 1999 - Elsevier
The development of the luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) agonists and
antagonists and the principles of their clinical use were reviewed. In the 28 years that have …

Goserelin versus orchiectomy in the treatment of advanced prostate cancer: final results of a randomized trial

NJ Vogelzang, GW Chodak, MS Soloway, NL Block… - Urology, 1995 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of goserelin and orchiectomy in patients
with Stage D2 prostate cancer. METHODS: A randomized, open, multicenter study was …

A phase 3, multicenter, open label, randomized study of abarelix versus leuprolide plus daily antiandrogen in men with prostate cancer

Abarelix Study Group, J Trachtenberg… - The Journal of …, 2002 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We compared the endocrinological and biochemical efficacy of abarelix depot, a
gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist, with that of a widely used combination of …

Clinical pharmacokinetics of depot leuprorelin

P Periti, T Mazzei, E Mini - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2002 - Springer
Leuprorelin acetate is a synthetic agonist analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
Continued leuprorelin administration results in suppression of gonadal steroid synthesis …

Long-acting injectable PLGA/PLA depots for leuprolide acetate: successful translation from bench to clinic

SR Abulateefeh - Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2023 - Springer
The excellent properties of polyesters combined with their ease of synthesis and
modification enabled their wide use in the pharmaceutical industry. This has been translated …

High incidence of receptors for luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) and LHRH receptor gene expression in human prostate cancers

G Halmos, JM Arencibia, AV Schally, R Davis… - The Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Agonistic analogs of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) are widely
used for therapy of advanced prostate cancer based upon their ability to suppress …