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Combination chemotherapy

US5633016A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 1, 1995
Grant dateMay 27, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 1, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61P35/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the camptothecin analog class and a platinum coordination compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent; a method of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells in a human afflicted therewith which comprises administering to such human an effective tumor cell growth inhibiting amount of such pharmaceutical composition; and a method of inhibiting the growth of tumor cells in a human afflicated therewith which comprises administering to such human an effective tumor cell growth inhibiting amount of the combination of a compound of the camptothecin analog class and a platinum coordination compound.

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