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Drug

Enzalutamide

Approved · FDA / EMA
ClassAndrogen Receptor antagonistEmerging researchLate-stage developmentRising momentum

Also known as Xtandi, Enzalutamida.

16
Research papers
74
Active clinical trials
Androgen receptor
Primary target
32
Regulatory events
Latest activity
beta

Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this drug.

Enzalutamide plus radium-223 in metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: results of the EORTC 1333/PEACE-3 trial.

Research2025-05-30Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology

Profile

Identifiers & mechanism

Canonical identifiers, marketed brand names and mechanism, resolved across RxNorm, ChEMBL and ATC.

Canonical name
Enzalutamide
Aliases & brands
XtandiEnzalutamida
RxNorm CUI
1307298
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL1082407
ATC codes
L02BB04
UNII
93T0T9GKNU
Primary mechanism
Androgen Receptor antagonist
Regulatory jurisdictions
emafda

Pharmacology & targets

1 target

Known molecular targets and mechanisms supported by curated pharmacology databases.

Androgen receptor
AR · P10275
ANTAGONISTAndrogen Receptor antagonist

Regulatory timeline

32 events

The complete regulatory record, grouped by authority — approvals, safety advisories and label changes. Each authority shows its most recent events; expand one to read its full history.

Approval / market entry confirmed across FDA and EMA (2012-08-312014-05-23)
Approval / market entry confirmed across FDA and EMA (2022-09-092024-08-22)
Earliest approval
2012-08-31
Latest approval
2026-07-24
Authorities
FDA · EMA
Total events
32
fdaU.S. Food and Drug Administration· 30 events
2026-07-24Indication expansion
Indication expansion: ENZALUTAMIDE (NDA213674)
Evidence ↗
2026-07-24Indication expansion
Indication expansion: ENZALUTAMIDE (NDA203415)
Evidence ↗
2025-12-11Label change
Label change: ENZALUTAMIDE (NDA213674)
Evidence ↗
emaEuropean Medicines Agency· 2 events
2024-08-22ApprovalMulti-authority
Approval: Enzalutamide Viatris (EMA)
Indication: Enzalutamide Viatris is indicated:• as monotherapy or in combination with androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of adult men with high-risk biochemical recurrent (BCR)Show full indication

Enzalutamide Viatris is indicated:• as monotherapy or in combination with androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of adult men with high-risk biochemical recurrent (BCR) non-metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (nmHSPC) who are unsuitable for salvage-radiotherapy (see section 5.1);• in combination with androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of adult men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) (see section 5.1); • for the treatment of adult men with high-risk non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) (see section 5.1);• for the treatment of adult men with metastatic CRPC who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after failure of androgen deprivation therapy in whom chemotherapy is not yet clinically indicated (see section 5.1);• for the treatment of adult men with metastatic CRPC whose disease has progressed on or after docetaxel therapy.

Evidence ↗
2013-06-21ApprovalMulti-authority
Approval: Xtandi (EMA)
Indication: Xtandi is indicated for: as monotherapy or in combination with androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of adult men with high risk biochemical recurrent (BCR)Show full indication

Xtandi is indicated for: as monotherapy or in combination with androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of adult men with high risk biochemical recurrent (BCR) non-metastatic hormone sensitive prostate cancer (nmHSPC) who are unsuitable for salvage radiotherapy (see section 5.1). the treatment of adult men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (see section 5.1). the treatment of adult men with high-risk non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) (see section 5.1). the treatment of adult men with metastatic CRPC who are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic after failure of androgen deprivation therapy in whom chemotherapy is not yet clinically indicated (see section 5.1). the treatment of adult men with metastatic CRPC whose disease has progressed on or after docetaxel therapy.

Evidence ↗

Data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), public domain (CC0).

Contains information from the European Medicines Agency (European Medicines Agency), © EMA, reused under CC BY 4.0.

Clinical trials

197 trials

The current development programme across all trial phases — status mix, phase distribution and the late-stage studies shaping the evidence base.

Development programme
CLINICALTRIALS.GOV · LIVE REGISTRY
197
registered trials across all phases
LATEST COMPLETION 2026
74
Active studies
49
Recruiting
37
Late-stage (III+)
84
Completed
39
Discontinued
PHASE DISTRIBUTIONn = 197
Early Phase 11Phase 140Phase 1 / 227Phase 292Phase 2 / 33Phase 327Phase 46Phase N / A1

Late-stage studies

Phase III+ trials still open or recently active — where late-stage evidence is being generated.

Recent completions

Trials that read out recently, adding to the completed evidence base.

Research activity

16 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this drug, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Publications over time
20122025
Most influential

Increased survival with enzalutamide in prostate cancer after chemotherapy.

The New England journal of medicine · 2012 · 3,415 cites

Enzalutamide in metastatic prostate cancer before chemotherapy.

The New England journal of medicine · 2014 · 2,173 cites

Olaparib for Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer.

The New England journal of medicine · 2020 · 1,688 cites

Genomic correlates of clinical outcome in advanced prostate cancer.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019 · 1,163 cites

ARCHES: A Randomized, Phase III Study of Androgen Deprivation Therapy With Enzalutamide or Placebo in Men With Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2019 · 850 cites

Cabazitaxel versus Abiraterone or Enzalutamide in Metastatic Prostate Cancer.

The New England journal of medicine · 2019 · 439 cites
Recent papers
Major research themes8
Prostatic Neoplasms, Castration-Resistant6Antineoplastic Agents3Phenylthiohydantoin3Benzamides2Circulating Tumor DNA2Androgen Receptor Antagonists1Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols1Biomarkers, Tumor1
Journals, researchers & institutions
Top journals
  • The New England journal of medicine5
  • The Lancet. Oncology2
  • Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology1
  • Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research1
  • European urology1
  • International journal of radiation oncology, biology, physics1
Leading researchers
  • Fizazi K8
  • Sternberg CN5
  • Tombal B5
  • Armstrong AJ4
  • de Bono JS4
  • Miller K4
  • Saad F4
  • Scher HI4
Leading institutions
free-text, unnormalised
  • Institut Gustave Roussy4
  • Carolina Urologic Research Center2
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute2
  • Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate and Urologic Cancers2
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center2
  • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College2

Related diseases

3 conditions

Regulator-approved indications and conditions co-mentioned with this drug across the research literature. Number shows shared papers.

Related drugs

8 matches

Drugs sharing diseases, protein targets and literature with this one. Ranked by graph evidence (shared targets + diseases weighted above co-mentions).

Acts on the same molecular target as Enzalutamide, with 4 overlapping disease areas.

Shared target4 shared diseases6 shared papers

Studied across 5 of the same disease areas as Enzalutamide in the shared literature.

5 shared diseases2 shared papers

Studied across 4 of the same disease areas as Enzalutamide in the shared literature.

4 shared diseases1 shared paper

Studied across 3 of the same disease areas as Enzalutamide in the shared literature.

3 shared diseases1 shared paper

Studied across 2 of the same disease areas as Enzalutamide in the shared literature.

2 shared diseases1 shared paper

Studied across 2 of the same disease areas as Enzalutamide in the shared literature.

2 shared diseases1 shared paper

Studied across 2 of the same disease areas as Enzalutamide in the shared literature.

2 shared diseases1 shared paper

Studied across the same disease area as Enzalutamide in the shared literature.

1 shared disease1 shared paper
References & data sources
  • RxNorm (U.S. National Library of Medicine) — drug identity
  • ChEMBL (EMBL-EBI) & UniProt — pharmacology and targets
  • Europe PMC — research literature
  • ClinicalTrials.gov — clinical trials
  • Regulatory event sources are credited in the Regulatory Timeline above.