Angiogenesis and gene therapy in man: dream or reality?

abstract：:Alemtuzumab (Lemtrada®) is an anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody approved in the EU for the treatment of highly active relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS). In phase 3 trials in patients with active RRMS, intravenous alemtuzumab was more effective than subcutaneous interferon β-1a in terms of decreasing relapse ra...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Syed YY

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anidulafungin is an antifungal drug belonging to the echinocandin class with a potent in vitro fungicidal activity against a wide range of Candida species, including C. glabrata and C. krusei. Anidulafungin is also active in vitro against moulds belonging to the genus Aspergillus and some dematiaceous genera. Furtherm...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Morace G,Borghi E,Iatta R,Montagna MT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapy for Gram-negative sepsis remains unsatisfactory despite a concerted effort to develop new treatments for this common, life-threatening syndrome. Current research continues on several fronts to improve the treatment options available to clinicians in the management of these critically ill patients. Recently, a ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Opal SM,Yu RL Jr

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis, the most common rheumatic disease, presents the clinician with a major therapeutic and management task. The chronic and progressive course of the disease is punctuated by pain, declining function and escalating disability. This article attempts to deal with the pharmacological therapeutic options avail...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： al Arfag A,Davis P

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelial dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness occur early in the pathogenesis of diabetic vasculopathy. They are both powerful independent predictors of cardiovascular risk. Advances in non-invasive methodologies have led to widespread clinical investigation of these abnormalities in diabetes mellitus, gene...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Woodman RJ,Chew GT,Watts GF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances over the past 2 decades in our understanding of the biology of panic disorder have paralleled a remarkable increase in the development of new pharmacological agents with antipanic effects. Although we can not presently use biological tests to help with our choice of therapeutic agent for individual patients, ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Johnson MR,Lydiard RB,Ballenger JC

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, practical diagnostic scheme is the key to selecting proper candidates for treatment with bromocriptine. The evaluation centres around assays for prolactin and follicle stimulating hormone, polytomography and computerised axial tomography of the sella turcica and parasellar regions, and the ergot alkaloid, bro...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： March CM

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The corticosteroid mometasone and the long-acting β(2)-selective adrenoreceptor agonist formoterol have been combined in a single pressurized metered-dose inhaler for use in patients aged ≥12 years with asthma. In a 26-week well designed trial in patients with persistent asthma uncontrolled on medium-dose inhaled cort...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Frampton JE

更新日期：2012-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Clascoterone (Winlevi®) is an androgen receptor inhibitor being developed as a topical cream and solution by Cassiopea (a spin-out company of Cosmo Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of androgen-dependent skin disorders, including androgenetic alopecia and acne vulgaris. Although the exact mechanism of action of clasc...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dhillon S

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are glucose-lowering drugs that reduce plasma glucose levels by inhibiting glucose and sodium reabsorption in the kidneys, thus resulting in glucosuria. Their effects consequently include reductions in HbA1c, blood glucose levels, and blood pressure, but also reductio...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Pereira MJ,Eriksson JW

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transdermal nicotine delivery systems are a cigarette smoking cessation aid designed to deliver nicotine into the systemic circulation via the skin. The partial replacement of plasma nicotine, which would have otherwise been obtained from cigarettes, reduces the severity of nicotine withdrawal symptoms, and so allows ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Palmer KJ,Buckley MM,Faulds D

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug treatment for various anorectal conditions has been known since ancient times. Today, modern as well as traditional drugs are being increasingly used in all grades of symptomatic haemorrhoids. These drugs (oral and local) are used as a part of conservative management or as an adjuvant to invasive outpatient proce...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Misra MC,Imlitemsu

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of drugs are available that act fairly specifically as "mild" analgesics, although this description by no means implies that their clinical effectiveness is limited to the relief of slight pain and trivial disability. They are effective by mouth and their action is mediated peripherally. Among the possible me...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Parkhouse J

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The original article has been corrected. ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lamb YN

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral deoxyguanosine nucleoside analogue entecavir (Baraclude®) has potent activity against hepatitis B virus (HBV) and a high genetic barrier to resistance. This article reviews the clinical efficacy and tolerability of entecavir in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B in patients with decompensated liver disease,...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Keating GM

更新日期：2011-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Slowing of nerve conduction, a hallmark of both experimental and human diabetic neuropathy, is improved or corrected by aldose reductase inhibitors such as sorbinil. Animal experiments suggest that a myo-inositol-related defect in nerve sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) is responsible for the acute re...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Greene DA

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:86 patients with a first myocardial infarction presenting within 6 hours of the onset of symptoms were randomly allocated to treatment with intravenous streptokinase or anisoylated plasminogen streptokinase activator complex (APSAC). Plasma concentrations of fibrinogen, plasminogen, alpha 2-antiplasmin and fibrinogen ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Monassier JP,Hanssen M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is thought to be a chronic inflammatory disorder of the CNS. The past decade has seen the introduction of the new immunomodulatory drugs, interferon (IFN)-beta and glatiramer acetate, that have considerably improved the therapeutic options for this often disabling disease. The efficacy of these...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Flachenecker P,Rieckmann P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Authorization of orphan medicinal products (OMPs) is often based on studies with several methodological shortcomings. Hence, data are difficult to interpret and efficacy does not always correspond to real-world effectiveness. We investigated to what extent an efficacy-effectiveness gap exists for OMPs for ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Schuller Y,Hollak CEM,Gispen-de Wied CC,Stoyanova-Beninska V,Biegstraaten M

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV causes chronic infection and is associated with persistent viral replication and a high viral mutation rate. It is an illusion to think that monotherapy with any antiretroviral agent will have a major and lasting impact on this disease. Monotherapy with antitubercular agents led to dramatic improvements in treatme...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Lange J

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oesophageal cancer is the eighth most common cancer diagnosed worldwide, with almost half a million new cases diagnosed each year. Despite improvements in surgical and radiotherapy techniques and refinements of chemotherapeutic regimens, long-term survival, even from localized oesophageal cancer, remains poor. Surgica...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Bystricky B,Okines AF,Cunningham D

更新日期：2011-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Trifluridine/tipiracil (Lonsurf(®)) is a novel, orally active, antimetabolite agent comprised of trifluridine, a thymidine-based nucleoside analogue, and tipiracil, a potent thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor. Trifluridine is incorporated into DNA via phosphorylation, ultimately inhibiting cell proliferation. Tipiracil...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Burness CB,Duggan ST

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health behaviors such as retention in HIV medical care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) pose major challenges to reducing new HIV infections, addressing health disparities, and improving health outcomes. Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Service Use provides a conceptual framework for understanding ho...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Holtzman CW,Brady KA,Yehia BR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sensitivity to cefotaxime and amikacin of 14,272 Gram-negative bacilli (Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli) isolated from clinical samples was studied during the period 1980 to 1985. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was determined by means of diffusion in agar. Strains were consi...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Dámaso D,Sánchez-Moreno MP,Martínez-Martínez L,Mesa E,Portero F,Mendaza P,Daza RM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cefdinir (Omnicef) is an oral third-generation cephalosporin with good in vitro activity against many pathogens commonly causative in community-acquired infections. The drug provides good coverage against Haemophilus influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis and penicillin-susceptible Streptococcus pneumoniae, the most common...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Perry CM,Scott LJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral fidaxomicin (Dificid(®); Dificlir(®)) is a first-in-class macrocyclic antibacterial that is approved in several countries for the treatment of adult patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea. Fidaxomicin 200 mg twice daily for 10 days was an effective and generally well tolerated treatment in adult...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Scott LJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damoctocog alfa pegol (Jivi®) is approved in the USA, EU, Japan and Canada for the treatment and prophylaxis of previously treated patients aged ≥ 12 years with haemophilia A. Formulated with a 60 kDa polyethylene glycol (PEG) moiety, damoctocog alfa pegol is an intravenously (IV) administered recombinant factor VIII ...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Paik J,Deeks ED

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since their introduction 15 years ago, retinoids have been increasingly used for topical and systemic treatment of psoriasis and other hyperkeratotic and parakeratotic skin disorders, keratotic genodermatoses, severe acne and acne-related dermatoses, and also for therapy and/or chemoprevention of skin cancer and other...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Orfanos CE,Zouboulis CC,Almond-Roesler B,Geilen CC

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene rearrangements involving the neurotrophic receptor kinase genes NTRK1, NTRK2, and NTRK3 (referred to as TRK, encoding TRKA, TRKB, and TRKC, respectively) result in highly oncogenic fusions. TRK fusions are rare, with a prevalence of < 1% in solid tumors. Detection of TRK fusions can be based on fluorescence in-si...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Rohrberg KS,Lassen U

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently available quinolones are either inactive or marginally active against anaerobic bacteria. This review summarises the in vitro activity of currently available as well as experimental quinolones against clinically significant anaerobic bacteria. Quinolones with low activity against anaerobes include ciprofloxa...

journal_title：Drugs

authors： Appelbaum PC

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00