Orally active analog of cisplatin, q.v. Prepn: M. J. Abrams et al., EP 328274; eidem, US 5072011 (1989, 1991 both to Johnson Matthey). Clinical pharmacokinetics: S. Vouillamoz-Lorenz et al., Anticancer Res. 23, 2757 (2003). Clinical evaluation in small-cell lung cancer: E. Fokkema et al., J. Clin. Oncol. 17, 3822 (1999); in hormone-refractory prostate cancer: C. N. Sternberg et al., Oncology 68, 2 (2005). Review of clinical development: L. R. Kelland, Expert Opin. Invest. Drugs 9, 1373-1382 (2000).
Antineoplastic.
Antineoplastic; Platinum Complexes