Incrocci Luca
Department of Radiation Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands.
Asian J Androl. 2014 Sep-Oct;16(5):664-5. doi: 10.4103/1008-682X.133324.
A recently published paper addressed the interesting topic of prevention of erectile dysfunction (ED) with tadalafil, a phosphodiesterase-type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i) in patients undergoing radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer. Tadalafil 5 mg or placebo was administered once-daily for 24 weeks in patients undergoing external-beam radiotherapy (EBRT) or brachytherapy (BT) for prostate cancer. This randomized trial did not show superior efficacy of the active drug compared with placebo 4-6 weeks after stopping the study drug. Furthermore, patients younger than 65 years did not respond significantly better than older patients.
在接受局限性前列腺癌放射治疗的患者中,使用磷酸二酯酶5型抑制剂(PDE5i)他达拉非预防勃起功能障碍(ED)。对于接受前列腺癌外照射放疗(EBRT)或近距离放疗(BT)的患者,每天服用一次5毫克他达拉非或安慰剂,持续24周。这项随机试验显示,在停止研究药物4至6周后,与安慰剂相比,活性药物并无更高的疗效。此外,65岁以下的患者与老年患者相比,反应并没有明显更好。