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01.04.2007 | Leading Article
Satraplatin in Hormone-Refractory Prostate Cancer and Other Tumour Types
Pharmacological Properties and Clinical Evaluation
Erschienen in: Drugs | Ausgabe 6/2007
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Satraplatin is the first orally administered platinum drug to be evaluated in the clinic. Oral satraplatin plus prednisone improved progression free survival significantly relative to prednisone alone in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer in a randomised study. Furthermore, single-agent satraplatin has demonstrated activity in ovarian cancer and small cell lung cancer similar to that observed with single-agent cisplatin or carboplatin. In >600 treated patients, satraplatin was generally well tolerated and the most common adverse event was non-cumulative myelosuppression.