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Title:
PHARMACEUTICAL USES OF BISPHOSPHONATES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005053709
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method of treating a patient suffering from a malignant disease comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a chemotherapeutica agent selected from the group consisting of: taxol, a derivative thereof and letrozole, followed sequentially by an effective amount of a bisphosphonate. The invention further provides a method of treating a patient suffering from a malignant disease comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a bisphosphonate followed sequentially by an effective amount of TRAIL.

Inventors:
COLEMAN ROBERT EDWARD (GB)
HOLEN INGUNN (GB)
NEVILLE-WEBBE HELEN (GB)
EVANS CATHERINE ALYSON (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2004/013728
Publication Date:
January 05, 2006
Filing Date:
December 02, 2004
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Assignee:
UNIV SHEFFIELD (GB)
COLEMAN ROBERT EDWARD (GB)
HOLEN INGUNN (GB)
NEVILLE-WEBBE HELEN (GB)
EVANS CATHERINE ALYSON (GB)
International Classes:
A61K31/337; A61K31/4196; A61K31/663; (IPC1-7): A61K31/663; A61K31/337; A61K31/4196; A61P35/00
Domestic Patent References:
WO2003035081A12003-05-01
WO2004012728A12004-02-12
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