PROVENGE shows sustained immune response Two Years after Treatment

"It is very encouraging to observe that PROVENGE provides an immune response in men with biochemical-recurrent prostate cancer long after the course of androgen deprivation therapy has ended," said Neal Shore, M.D., medical director at the Carolina Urologic Research Center. "This study may also provide guidance on the optimal sequencing of immunotherapy and ADT in biochemical-recurrent prostate cancer."
PROVENGE, the first personalized immunotherapy, stimulates a patient's own immune system to fight cancer. It is approved in the U.S. and the European Union as a treatment for asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer.
"These are very encouraging preliminary data and the longest duration of immune responses observed following PROVENGE completion in men with this particular type of prostate cancer," said Andrew S. Sandler, M.D., chief medical officer at Dendreon. "Dendreon and Valeant remains committed to exploring the use of PROVENGE in different prostate cancer treatment settings to provide important clinical information to practicing oncologists."