TOKYO, JAPAN and SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 18, 2014 – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503) and Medivation Inc. (NASDAQ: MDVN) today announced the submission of a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval of XTANDI® (enzalutamide) capsules for the treatment of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who have not received chemotherapy. XTANDI is currently approved for the treatment of patients with mCRPC who have previously received docetaxel chemotherapy.
The sNDA application is based on the results from the Phase 3 PREVAIL trial evaluating XTANDI as compared to placebo in more than 1,700 chemotherapy-naïve mCRPC patients. The marketing authorization application is expected to be submitted to the European Medicines Agency later this year.
About the PREVAIL Trial
The Phase 3 PREVAIL trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-national trial that enrolled more than 1,700 patients at sites in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Russia, Israel and Asian countries including Japan. The trial enrolled patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic prostate cancer whose disease progressed on a luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone analogue or after bilateral orchiectomy. The co-primary endpoints of the trial were overall survival and radiographic progression-free survival. The trial was designed to evaluate enzalutamide at a dose of 160 mg taken orally once daily versus placebo.
