Provided is a crystalline polymorphic form A of 15 b-hydroxy-osaterone acetate having an improved stability (storage stability, pulverization stability, 5 and absorption characteristics). In a powder X-ray diffraction spectrum, characteristic diffraction peaks of the crystalline polymorphic form A of 15 b-hydroxy-osaterone acetate appear at diffraction angles 2q of 9.6° ± 0.2°, 17.1° ± 0.2°, and 20.2° ± 0.2°. 10 The crystalline polymorphic form A has a melting point of 280 to 283 °C and is a prism crystal.