Johnson & Johnson announces ERLEADA® (apalutamide) treatment before and after surgery reduces risk of recurrence or death by 62% versus surgery alone in high-risk prostate cancer

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) today announced new results from the Phase 3 PROTEUS substudy that directly compared the investigational use of apalutamide plus androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), given for six months before and after surgery, with radical prostatectomy alone in patients with high-risk localized or locally advanced prostate cancer. The apalutamide plus ADT regimen reduced the risk of disease recurrence or death by 62 percent compared with surgery alone. The regimen also showed a n