The effects of chlorotrianisene (Tace) of kinetics of 3H-testosterone metabolism in patients with carcinoma of the prostate.

Abstract

Alterations in the metabolism of testosterone and plasma levels of testosterone, luteinising hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin and oestradiol were studied in 6 patients with newly diagnosed prostatic carcinoma before and during treatment with chlorotrianisene at a daily dosage of 48 mg for 14 days. Parameters of plasma kinetics were determined according to the single injection technique and the 2-compartment model, and the plasma hormones by radioimmunoassay. Chlorotrianisene altered neither plasma levels of testosterone, gonadotrophins, prolactin and oestradiol, nor metabolic clearance rate, production rate and other kinetic parameters of testosterone. Thus the beneficial effects which have been reported previously cannot be explained by suppression of peripheral testosterone metabolism.

• Authors: S Baba, G Janetschek, K Pollow, K Hahn, G H Jacobi
• Journal: British journal of urology (Br J Urol) Vol. 54 Issue 4 Pg. 393-8 (Aug 1982) ISSN: 0007-1331 [Print] England
• PMID: 6810984 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Testosterone
• Estradiol
• Chlorotrianisene
• Prolactin
• Luteinizing Hormone
• Follicle Stimulating Hormone

Topics

• Aged
• Chlorotrianisene (therapeutic use)
• Estradiol (blood)
• Follicle Stimulating Hormone (blood)
• Humans
• Kinetics
• Luteinizing Hormone (blood)
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Prolactin (blood)
• Prostatic Neoplasms (blood, drug therapy, metabolism)
• Testosterone (blood, metabolism)