Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Publication Date: December 1, 2018
Last Updated: March 14, 2022

Guideline Statements

Asymptomatic non-metastatic CRPC

1. Clinicians should offer apalutamide or enzalutamide with continued androgen deprivation to patients with non-metastatic CRPC at high risk for developing metastatic disease. (Standard, A)
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2. Clinicians may recommend observation with continued androgen deprivation to patients with non-metastatic CRPC at high risk for developing metastatic disease who do not want or cannot have one of the standard therapies. (Recommendation, C)
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3. Clinicians may offer treatment with a second-generation androgen synthesis inhibitor (i.e. abiraterone plus prednisone) to select patients with non-metastatic CRPC at high risk for developing metastatic disease who do not want or cannot have one of the standard therapies and are unwilling to accept observation. (Option, C)
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4. Clinicians should not offer systemic chemotherapy or immunotherapy to patients with non-metastatic CRPC outside the context of a clinical trial. (Recommendation, C)
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Overview

Title

Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer

Authoring Organization

American Urological Association