Conditions: Prostate Cancer
Keywords: Prostate Cancer Androgen ablation therapy
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 278
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The purpose of this extension study was to collect long-term safety and tolerability information to support a marketing authorisation application for a three-month dosage regimen of degarelix.

Detailed description:
The data include data from the participants who participated in both the main study FE200486 CS15 (NCT00113753) and the extension study FE200486 CS15A.

Arms:
arm 1: Participants in this arm who completed the main study continued with the same dose (240 mg (40 mg/mL) starting dose and 240 mg (40 mg/mL) at months 1, 3, 6, and 9) in the extension study (240 mg (40 mg/mL) every three months). A protocol amendment in June 2006 changed the dosage to 360 mg or 480 mg (60 mg/mL). arm 2: Participants in this arm who completed the main study continued with the same dose (240 mg (40 mg/mL) starting dose and 240 mg (60 mg/mL) at months 1, 3, 6, and 9) in the extension study (240 mg (60 mg/mL) every three months). A protocol amendment in June 2006 changed the dosage to 360 mg or 480 mg (60 mg/mL). arm 3: Participants in this arm who completed the main study continued with the same dose (240 mg (40 mg/mL) starting dose and 240 mg (60 mg/mL) at months 1, 4, 7, 10) in the extension study (240 mg (60 mg/mL) every three months). A protocol amendment in June 2006 changed the dosage to 360 mg or 480 mg (60 mg/mL).

Interventions: intervention 1: Degarelix intervention 2: Degarelix intervention 3: Degarelix
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Participants who completed the main study initially continued with the same dose in the FE200486 CS15A extension study. A protocol amendment changed the dosage to 360 mg (60 mg/mL) or 480 mg (60 mg/mL).

Drug supplied as a powder to be dissolved in the solvent for solution for injection. Degarelix given by subcutaneous injection every 3 months until the end of the study. intervention 2: Participants who completed the main study initially continued with the same dose in the FE200486 CS15A extension study. A protocol amendment changed the dosage to 360 mg (60 mg/mL) or 480 mg (60 mg/mL).

Drug supplied as a powder to be dissolved in the solvent for solution for injection. Degarelix given by subcutaneous injection every 3 months until the end of the study. intervention 3: Participants who completed the main study initially continued with the same dose in the FE200486 CS15A extension study. A protocol amendment changed the dosage to 360 mg (60 mg/mL) or 480 mg (60 mg/mL).

Drug supplied as a powder to be dissolved in the solvent for solution for injection. Degarelix given by subcutaneous injection every 3 months until the end of the study.

Protocol document: