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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis M Brown, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Richard E Jones, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Richard Maskiewicz, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shawnya K Michaels, Pacifica, CA (US);
Assignee:
Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424484 ; 424502 ; 514558 ; 514861 ; 514863 ; 514864 ; 514943 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of a host with a cellular proliferative disease, particularly a neoplasia. In the subject methods, a pharmaceutically acceptable, substantially anhydrous, injectable semi-solid composition which acts as a depot for a cytostatic agent, is administered to a lesion of the disease, particularly intralesionally. The subject compositions comprise a water immiscible, fatty acid ester matrix and a cytostatic agent.