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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2001
Rebecca Chinery, Nashville, TN (US);
R. Daniel Beauchamp, Nashville, TN (US);
Robert J. Coffey, Woodside, CA (US);
Russell M. Medford, Atlanta, GA (US);
Brian E. Wadzinski, Nashville, TN (US);
Rebecca Chinery, Nashville, TN (US);
R. Daniel Beauchamp, Nashville, TN (US);
Robert J. Coffey, Woodside, CA (US);
Russell M. Medford, Atlanta, GA (US);
Brian E. Wadzinski, Nashville, TN (US);
Atherogenics, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
A method to enhance the cytotoxic activity of an antineoplastic drug comprising administering an effective amount of the antineoplastic drug to a host exhibiting abnormal cell proliferation in combination with an effective cytotoxicity-increasing amount of an antioxidant. The invention also includes a method to decrease the toxicity to an antineoplastic agent or increase the therapeutic index of an antineoplastic agent administered for the treatment of a solid growth of abnormally proliferating cells, comprising administering an antioxidant prior to, with, or following the antineoplastic treatment.