Patent ID: 11918770
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 21:
22. A method of treating prostate cancer in a subject, the method comprising:
implanting a depot in a prostate in said subject, wherein said depot comprises, prior to said implanting:
a polymer matrix having a plurality of surface areas which face different directions and having substantially uniform physical and material properties;
a hormone-modulating active agent distributed within said polymer matrix, wherein said polymer matrix is permeable to said hormone-modulating active agent,
the depot having a first, second and third orthogonal dimension, and wherein a length (h) of the polymeric matrix is longer than the longest dimension of the first, second and third orthogonal dimension; and
the polymer matrix directly delivering said hormone-modulating active agent to said prostate in said subject as said hormone-modulating active agent diffuses through said plurality of surface areas of said polymer matrix when implanted in said prostate in said subject.