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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
C Wayne Bardin, New York, NY (US);
Carl Monder, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Assignee:
The Population Council, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514178 ; 514179 ;
Abstract
A particular group of androgens is not metabolized to their 5.alpha.-reduced form in the prostate and other tissues. Thus, administration of these compounds--testosterone derivatives with a non-hydrogen substituent in the 6.alpha. or 7.alpha. position--allows one to provide androgen supplementation therapy without stimulating abnormal prostate growth. A preferred compound for use in the invention is 7.alpha.-methyl-19-nortestosterone.