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@northoftheborder My thinking is that if funding existed for a head-to-head comparison, that it might get done. Short of that, “pulling numbers from different studies…..” is all that we’ll have available.
As each 2nd generation androgen receptor pathway inhibitor therapy was developed, and side-effects, efficacy, etc, became more understood, the next ARPI was developed to reduce and (hopefully) resolve those known side/effects, then went through clinical trials, and eventually were FDA-approved over a number of years:
> Zytiga (abiraterone): 11/2012
> Xtandi (enzalutimide): 6/2013
> Erleada (apalutimide): 2/2018
> Nubeqa (darolutamide): 8/2022
Unfortunately, each new ARPI introduced its own side-effects, that now the choice of ARPIs - no different from the choice of surgery vs radiation for primary treatment - might primarily come down to which side/after-effect one wants to avoid.