Neal D. Shore, MD, presented “Phase III HERO Trial: Once-Daily, Oral Relugolix Results in 96.7% Testosterone Suppression in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer” for the Grand Rounds in Urology audience in November 2019.
How to cite: Shore, Neal D. “Phase III HERO Trial: Once-Daily, Oral Relugolix Results in 96.7% Testosterone Suppression in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer” November, 2019. Accessed Nov 2024. https://dev.grandroundsinurology.com/phase-iii-hero-trial/
Phase III HERO Trial: Once-Daily, Oral Relugolix Results in 96.7% Testosterone Suppression in Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer – Summary:
Neal D. Shore, MD, a HERO Program Steering Committee Member, discusses the results of his group’s global, prospective, randomized, phase III trial. This trial evaluated once-daily, oral relugolix, a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist, for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer against a control arm of patients receiving 3-month leuprolide injections. The primary endpoint of sustained testosterone suppression for 48 weeks was met, as well as 6 key secondary endpoints, and the reported major adverse cardiovascular events favored relugolix over the control arm.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Neal D. Shore, MD, FACS, is the Medical Director for the Carolina Urologic Research Center. He practices with Atlantic Urology Clinics in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Dr. Shore has conducted more than 350 clinical trials, focusing mainly on genitourinary oncology, and serves on the executive boards of the Society of Urologic Oncology and the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Network. He is Past President of the Large Urology Group Practice Association. He is a founder for both CUSP Clinical Trials Consortium and DASHKO, a national urology practice data registry. He serves as the National Urology Research Director for 21st Century Oncology. He has served on the AUA Male Health Committee and the AUA Data Committee, the SITC Task Force for Prostate Cancer, the Bladder Cancer Advocacy Think Tank, and the Editorial Boards of Review in Urology, Urology Times, Chemotherapy Advisor, OncLive, PLOS ONE, Urology Practice, and World Journal of Urology. He serves as Editor of Everyday Urology-Oncology. Dr. Shore has written more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and numerous book chapters. He performs peer review for Lancet Oncology, New England Journal of Medicine, European Urology, the Journal of Urology, Urology, BJUI, PCPD, and numerous other high-impact scientific journals.
A graduate of Duke University and Duke University Medical School, Dr. Shore completed a 6-month clinical research fellowship in Pretoria, South Africa, and then completed his General Surgery/Urology training at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center and at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
