title: Satraplatin in hormone-refractory prostate cancer and other tumour types: pharmacological properties and clinical evaluation.
abstract: Satraplatin is the first orally administered platinum drug to be evaluated in the clinic. Oral satraplatin plus prednisone improved progression free survival significantly relative to prednisone alone in patients with hormone-refractory prostate cancer in a randomised study. Furthermore, single-agent satraplatin has demonstrated activity in ovarian cancer and small cell lung cancer similar to that observed with single-agent cisplatin or carboplatin. In >600 treated patients, satraplatin was generally well tolerated and the most common adverse event was non-cumulative myelosuppression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. m.mckeage@auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McKeage
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D019008:Drug Resistance, Neoplasm; D005260:Female; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; C081294:satraplatin; D011241:Prednisone