mitoxantrone
- noun
- /ˌmaɪtəˈzæntrən/
- Specialized
- The doctor prescribed mitoxantrone to help treat her aggressive cancer.
- mitoxantrone 12 mg
- mitoxantrone therapy
- trial of mitoxantrone
Examples
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The benefits of mitoxantrone therapy were observed without evidence of short-term toxic effects, and treatment was generally well tolerated.
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We do not start mitoxantrone therapy in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction less than 50%.
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Several pilot trials of mitoxantrone were effective and showed no adverse events.
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Our observations with single-agent mitoxantrone are consistent with reports by other investigators.
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Mitoxantrone is the only approved therapy in the USA for all these clinical forms of multiple sclerosis.
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Encouraging results in open-label studies prompted this randomized trial of mitoxantrone in such patients.
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We believe mitoxantrone provides a new therapeutic option for patients with worsening relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
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Although decreases in left-ventricular ejection fraction were detected more frequently in mitoxantrone than in placebo groups, this difference was not significant.
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The primary efficacy assessment was based on experience from the pilot trial with 12 mg/m² mitoxantrone.
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The time to first treated relapse differed significantly between the placebo and 12 mg/m² mitoxantrone groups (p=0.0004, log-rank test).
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mitoxantrone is a modern drug name made of parts: mito-, which you can remember as 'mitosis' or 'cell division', and -xantrone, a chemical-like ending found in some cancer medicines. A helpful way to remember it is that mitoxantrone is a chemical that acts on cells, which is why it is used in chemotherapy and to treat multiple sclerosis.