Definition

A drug used under the brand name Vantas as palliative therapy for advanced prostate cancer. Histrelin acetate keeps the testicles from making the male hormone testosterone by blocking other hormones that are needed to make it. This may slow or stop the growth of cancer cells that need testosterone to grow. Histrelin acetate is also used under the brand name Supprelin LA to treat early puberty in males and females. It is a type of LHRH (or GnRH) agonist and a type of androgen deprivation therapy that is reversible.