Immunomodulatory drug; analog of thalidomide, q.v. Prepn: G. W. Muller et al., US 5635517 (1997 to Celgene); and in vitro TNF-α inhibition: eidem, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 9, 1625 (1999). LC-MS determn in plasma: T. M. Tohnya et al., J. Chromatogr. B 811, 135 (2004). Clinical evaluation in multiple myeloma: P. G. Richardson et al., Blood 100, 3063 (2002); in myelodysplastic syndromes: A. List et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 352, 549 (2005). Review of development, pharmacology and therapeutic potential: C. S. Mitsiades, N. Mitsiades, Curr. Opin. Investig. Drugs 5, 635-647 (2004); of clinical experience in multiple myeloma: T. Hideshima et al., Expert Opin. Invest. Drugs 15, 171-179 (2006).
Immunomodulator.
Immunomodulator