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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2002
Kuo-Hsiung Lee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Junko Ishida, Tokyo, JP;
Hironari Ohtsu, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Hui-Kang Wang, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Hideji Itokawa, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Chawnshang Chang, Pittsford, NY (US);
Charles C-Y. Shih, Solana Beach, CA (US);
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to compounds capable of acting as androgen receptor antagonists, pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, and methods of use thereof. Such uses include, but are not limited to, use as antitumor agents, particularly for the treatment of cancers such as colon, skin and prostate cancer and to induce androgen receptor antagonist activity in a subject afflicted with an androgen-related affliction. Examples of androgen-related afflictions include, but are not limited to, baldness, hirsutism, behavioral disorders, acne, and uninhibited spermatogenesis wherein inhibition of spermatogenesis is so desired.