Apalutamide OK'd for Some Prostate Cancers.

The FDA approved the antiandrogen apalutamide for the treatment of men with nonmetastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer, the first drug for these patients greenlighted by the agency. Data from the definitive trial of apalutamide, presented at the 2018 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, showed that the drug prolonged metastasis-free survival by more than 2 years compared with placebo. Data on the related drug enzalutamide, also presented at the symposium, showed that that drug led to dramatic improvements in metastasis-free survival, too.