I'm in https://connect.mayoclinic.org/member/00-5f1d090c7f9cb13c363032/ camp...
High risk PCa generally necessitates aggressive approaches to treatment, mono-therapy is not in that category!
From the clinical data you describe, doublet therapy, perhaps triplet therapy may be a topic to discuss with your medical team. They can also go over the which ADT and which ARI choices, their reasons why and considerations. As others have said, Orgovyx has advantages over Lupron - lower CV side effect profile, no flare, faster and higher sustained castration rates, quicker recovery of T, the hot flashes and fatigue may be less severe. Same with the ARIs, which ones you take with prednisone, crossing the brain blood barrier, interactions with other medications...
Here's one article, you can find others https://dailynews.ascopubs.org/do/would-you-use-doublet-therapy-and-not-triplet-therapy-patient-newly-diagnosed-mhspc
In my case, I chose triplet therapy given my clinical data - GS 8, GG 4, 18 months to BCR, PSADT and PSAV
Also, read through the NCCN guidelines - https://www.nccn.org/patients/guidelines/content/pdf/prostate-advanced-patient.pdf, they can also guide your discussion with your medical team, which, if not already, should include a radiation oncologist and medical oncologist, with expertise and experience in treating Advanced PCa.
When you say "apparently contained..." by what criteria do you say that, have you had imaging, conventional or PSMA? I ask because conventional imaging is not very sensitive and even PSMA imaging has its limitations given micro-metastatic PCa.
Kevin
All great information. I'll just add that the second generation ARSIs (the so-called "-lutamides") have had stunning results for situations where they're tested and approved, both for delaying castrate resistance and for delaying progression after castrate resistance.
In my layperson's opinion, the main reason still to take a first-generation 30+-year-old ARSI like Zytiga would be either that you live outside the U.S. and there's no -lutamide approved yet for your cancer situation, or you live in the U.S. and your insurance will pay only for the older stuff (which is out of patent, and thus much less expensive).
Here in Canada, at least Apalutamide, Enzalutamide, and Flutamide (maybe more) have Health Canada approval, though Enzalutamide's approval was just last year, so it might not be in the provincial formularies yet.
I've been on ADT + Apalutamide (Erleada) for mCSPC since 2021, and consider it my miracle drug. 🙂