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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles W. Bishop, Madison, WI (US);
Joyce C. Knutson, Madison, WI (US);
Richard B. Mazess, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Bone Care International, Inc., Middleton, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/159 ; A01N 4/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/159 ; A01N 4/500 ;
Abstract
The invention provides therapeutic methods for inhibiting, ameliorating or alleviating the hyperproliferative cellular activity of diseases of the prostate, e.g., prostatic cancer and prostatic hyperplasia, which includes administering to a patient in need thereof an active vitamin D analogue. Cell differentiation is promoted, induced or enhanced without causing to the patient dose-limiting hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria.