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Title:
PARICALCITOL AS A CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC AGENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004062620
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention provides methods of reducing the severity of a proliferative disorder. One method involves administering to an individual having the proliferative disorder an effective amount of paricalcitol, wherein the paricalcitol reduces cellular proliferation, with the proviso that the cancer is not prostate cancer or head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. Another method of reducing the severity of a proliferative disorder provided by the invention involves administering to an individual having the proliferative disorder an effective amount of paricalcitol and an anti- cancer agent, wherein the combination of paricalcitol and the anti-cancer agent reduces cell proliferation, with the proviso that the proliferative disorder is not prostate cancer or head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

Inventors:
KOEFFLER PHILLIP H (US)
KUMAGAI TAKASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/000754
Publication Date:
November 25, 2004
Filing Date:
January 13, 2004
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Assignee:
CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER (US)
KOEFFLER PHILLIP H (US)
KUMAGAI TAKASHI (JP)
International Classes:
A61K31/59; A61K; (IPC1-7): A61K31/59
Foreign References:
US6624138B12003-09-23
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