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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2003
J. Vernon Knight, Houston, TX (US);
Nadezhda Koshkina, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Gilbert, Houston, TX (US);
Claire F. Verschraegen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
J. Vernon Knight, Houston, TX (US);
Nadezhda Koshkina, Houston, TX (US);
Brian Gilbert, Houston, TX (US);
Claire F. Verschraegen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Research Development Foundation, Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
Provided herein is a method of treating primary lung cancer or metastatic cancer to the lung in an individual by delivering at least once to the respiratory tract of the individual via inhalation a nebulized liposomal aerosol comprising a dilauroylphosphatidylcholine liposome containing camptothecin or a derivative thereof in an amount sufficient to deliver a pharmacologically effective dose of the camptothecin or its derivative to treat the cancer. Also provided is a nebulized liposomal aerosol comprising the DLPC containing the camptothecin or its derivative and a method of making the liposome-drug comprising the aerosol.