Belinostat: Clinical applications in solid tumors and lymphoma

Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1723-1732

  Molife, L Rhoda ^a   De Bono, Johann S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belinostat; Clinical trials; HDAC inhibitor; Lymphoma; Solid tumors

Indexed keywords

AZACITIDINE; BELINOSTAT; CARBOPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN; PACLITAXEL;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSTIPATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERCREATININEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PROSTATE CANCER; PSYCHOSIS; QT PROLONGATION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLID TUMOR; STOMATITIS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THYMOMA; VOMITING;

CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE II AS TOPIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; HYDROXAMIC ACIDS; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, PERIPHERAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81555228390     PISSN: 13543784     EISSN: 17447658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543784.2011.629604     Document Type: Article

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