Treatment utilizing hydrophobic weak bases chemotherapeutic agents and illumination
US8630703B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N5/062
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Hydrophobic weak base compounds such as hydrophobic weak base chemotherapeutic agents (which are not an anthracycline) for use in the treatment of medical conditions such as proliferative disease or disorder in a subject, in combination with illumination of a region in a body of the subject which is characterized by the presence of proliferating cells, are disclosed. The hydrophobic weak base compound and a wavelength of illumination are selected such that the hydrophobic weak base compound acts as a therapeutically effective photosensitizer when exposed to the illumination.
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