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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Hiromi Kazuno, Hanno, JP;
Katsuhisa Koizumi, Tokushima, JP;
Akira Mita, Chiyoda-ku, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/7068 (2006.01); C07H 19/067 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/7068 (2013.01); C07H 19/067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for administering ECyd to a patient that realizes a continuous therapy without expressing peripheral neurotoxicity caused by ECyd and that exhibits an excellent therapeutic effect and prolongs patient survival. An antitumor agent containing ECyd or a salt thereof and a method of administering it to a cancer patient through continuous intravenous administration at a dose of 1.30 to 8.56 mg/min terms of ECyd, for each administration period of 2 to 336 hours.