Results from Phase III pivotal study of FIRMAGON presented

Dec 4 2009

Drs. Neal Shore and E. David Crawford presented results for prostate-specific antigen (PSA) recurrence from the additional analysis of secondary end points of biochemical recurrence rate in a Phase III pivotal study of FIRMAGON® (monthly degarelix for injection) or monthly leuprolide in prostate cancer patients during the first year of treatment. Prostate cancer patients who received FIRMAGON 240/80 mg/month had a recurrence rate of 7.7% during the first year of treatment compared with 12.9% of patients treated with leuprolide 7.5 mg/month>

Results of the PSA analysis were presented in a poster at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Society of Urologic Oncology, held in conjunction with the World Urological Oncology Federation, on December 3 in Bethesda, MD.

SOURCE Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc.