But the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of a new drug last year called docetaxel (marketed as Taxotere), for treating advanced prostate cancer. ❋ Unknown (2007)
For our Phase IIb trial we are combining bavituximab with docetaxel, which is supported by the positive data using the same combination in our signal seeking refractory breast cancer trial. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Jevtana presents an alternative treatment option for patients who have exhausted all treatments available and whose condition has deteriorated during or after treatment with the drug docetaxel, which is used to fight the tumors in the advanced stage. ❋ Unknown (2010)
It is an alternative treatment option for patients who have exhausted all treatments available and whose condition has deteriorated during or after treatment with the drug docetaxel, which is used to fight the tumors in the advanced stage. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The company said the combination of bavituximab and Taxotere, which is also called docetaxel, warrants further study. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The infusion time for eribulin mesylate is relatively short when compared to taxanes, such as docetaxel which has an infusion time of one hour (every three weeks). ❋ Editors (2010)
"Our approach to delivering taxanes such as docetaxel differs from most in that we make the drug more hydrophobic thereby allowing the nanoparticle-incorporated prodrug to circulate in the blood for days after injection," said Dr. Lawrence Mayer, president and head of research of Celator Pharmaceuticals. ❋ Unknown (2010)
"On October 21, the Company announced positive results from its phase II trial evaluating bavituximab in combination with Taxotere, also known as docetaxel, in patients with advanced breast cancer.
In the second study, which was done in Germany, 1,948 patients were randomized to receive epirubicin and cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) followed by docetaxel (Taxotere), with or without bevacizumab (Avastin). ❋ Susan M. Love (2012)
They were then randomized to receive additional treatment with the chemotherapy drug docetaxel and Zactima or docetaxel and a placebo, a fake pill. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The so-called Avado study, sponsored by Roche AG, which owns a majority of Genentech, had three parts: patients received either Avastin at 15 milligrams per kilogram, Avastin at 7.5 milligrams per kilogram, or a placebo along with chemotherapy, docetaxel. ❋ Unknown (2008)
The company said it has not seen evidence that the drug helped patients with advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancer, also referred to as castration-resistant prostate cancer, whether or not they previously were treated with a docetaxel-based chemotherapy. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Thailand's previous health minister, Mongkol na Songkhla, decided in early January to issue compulsory licenses (a policy that permits lower-cost generics) for four drugs: Novartis's imatinib, also known as Gleevec; Novartis's breast-cancer drug letrozole, whose brand name is Femara; Sanofi-Aventis's docetaxel, marketed as Taxotere and used to fight lung and breast cancer; and Roche's erlotinib, whose trade name is Tarceva. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Mr. Podvin added that Sanofi has "some concerns about the quality of the generic" version of docetaxel, which had world-wide sales of €1.87 billion ($2.87 billion) in 2007, that would be used to replace Sanofi's drug in Thailand. ❋ Unknown (2008)
