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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Martin E Kuehne, Burlington, VT (US);
Linda S Borman, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Assignee:
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514283 ;
Abstract
Sensitizing tumoral cells to anticancerous drugs and/or inhibiting the tumoral cells resistance to antitumoral drugs employing as a modulator agent a vinca alkaloid dimer, analog to vinblastine or vincristine, with a low cytotoxicity or devoid of cytotoxicity, comprising at least one stereoisomerism different from that of vinblastine or vincristine in the C-14', C-16' or C-20' position. Notably, the modulator agent may have the R absolute configuration in the C-16' position.