Hydroxyurea

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Overview:

Hydroxyurea
(when available)

Pharmacology and use:
Hydroxyurea has dose-dependent synergistic activity with cisplatin in vitro. in vivo Hydroxyurea showed activity in combination with cisplatin against the LX-1 and CALU-6 human lung xenografts, but minimal activity was seen with the NCI-H460 or NCI-H520 xenografts. Hydroxyurea was synergistic with cisplatin in the Lewis lung murine xenograft. Sequential exposure to Hydroxyurea 4 hours before cisplatin produced the greatest interaction. For management of melanoma, resistant chronic myelocytic leukemia, and recurrent, metastatic, or inoperable carcinoma of the ovary and Sickle-cell anemia

Mechanism Of Action:
Hydroxyurea is converted to a free radical nitroxide (NO) in vivo, and transported by diffusion into cells where it quenches the tyrosyl free radical at the active site of the M2 protein subunit of ribonucleotide reductase, inactivating the enzyme. The entire replicase complex, including ribonucleotide reductase, is inactivated and DNA synthesis is selectively inhibited, producing cell death in S phase and synchronization of the fraction of cells that survive. Repair of DNA damaged by chemicals or irradiation is also inhibited by hydroxyurea, offering potential synergy between hydroxyurea and radiation or alkylating agents. Hydroxyurea also increases the level of fetal hemoglobin, leading to a reduction in the incidence of vasoocclusive crises in sickle cell anemia. Levels of fetal hemoglobin increase in response to activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) by hydroxyurea-derived NO.

News Articles on Hydroxyurea

Sickle Cell Innovation Encouraging, But Not Silver Bullet  -  ‎Dec 16, 2009‎
St. Jude and Diggs-Kraus have participated in trials of Hydroxyurea, a drug that increases the concentration of fetal hemoglobin. ... Memphis Daily News

New Technique May Expand Marrow Transplants to Adults with Sickle Cell  -  ‎Dec 11, 2009‎
While there are treatments to help relieve the symptoms of sickle cell, including antibiotics, blood transfusions, pain management and the drug hydroxyurea, ... HealthNews

Drug Kills Cells Through Novel Mechanism  -  ‎Dec 16, 2009‎
17, 2009) — MIT and Boston University researchers have discovered that the drug hydroxyurea kills bacteria by inducing them to produce molecules toxic to ... Science Daily (press release)

ASH: Sickle Cell Drug Often Underutilized  -  ‎Dec 10, 2009‎
NEW ORLEANS -- Hydroxyurea is often withheld from children with sickle cell disease who should receive it for ... MedPage Today

New type of antibiotic agent causes bacteria to commit suicide  -  ‎Dec 23, 2009‎
The researchers found that the drug hydroxyurea kills bacteria by inducing them to produce materials toxic to themselves. The drug is known for inhibiting ... SmartPlanet.com (blog)

A windfall year at NIH  -  ‎Dec 16, 2009‎
A trial is to compare two years of hydroxyurea therapy with standard transfusion therapy to prevent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia. Scientist (blog)

Monoketone analogs of curcumin, a new class of Fanconi anemia pathway inhibitors  -  ‎Dec 31, 2009‎
In HeLa cells, nanomolar concentrations of EF24 inhibited hydroxyurea (HU)-induced FANCD2-Ub and foci in a cell-cycle independent manner. ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Area association helps answer sickle cell carriers' questions about disorder  -  ‎Dec 13, 2009‎
Adults may be treated with hydroxyurea, which increases beneficial fetal hemoglobin that disrupts sickle cell crystallization, Brotherton said. ... GoDanRiver.com

Analysis of replication factories in human cells by super-resolution light ...  -  ‎Dec 16, 2009‎
The replication inhibitor hydroxyurea caused an approximately 40 % reduction in number and a 30 % increase in diameter of replication factories, ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

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Study Targets Stroke Prevention in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia  -  ‎Oct 28, 2009‎
The effort will be the fifth at St. Jude involving hydroxyurea to treat children with SCA. The focus will be on SCA patients who have not suffered strokes ... Reuters

Anesthesiologist sells condo in Fairmount  -  ‎Oct 29, 2009‎
She previously was a faculty adviser for hydroxyurea and sickle sell diseases in the department of anthropology at the University of Emory in Georgia. ... Blockshopper

Blood Cancer Meeting Abstracts Released: BioBuzz  -  ‎Nov 10, 2009‎
...s(INCY Quote) INCB018424 in patients with Advanced Polycythemia Vera (PV) and Essential Thrombocythemia (ET) Refractory to Hydroxyurea is being called ... TheStreet.com

Study aims at stroke deterrence in children with SCA  -  ‎Oct 31, 2009‎
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital launched a national study of the drug hydroxyurea to thwart first strokes in children and adolescents suffering from ... HealthJockey.com

Statins may be effective against cancer  -  ‎Oct 27, 2009‎
...the study found that chlorophyllin (water-soluble derivative of chlorophyll) was 10 times more effective in killing colon cancer cells than hydroxyurea, ... Gaea Times

Polycythemia vera as a presentation of renal angiomyolipoma: a case report  -  ‎Oct 31, 2009‎
Her clinical symptoms improved with regular phlebotomy and hydroxyurea treatment. Conclusion: Concurrent occurence of angiomyolipoma and polycythemia vera ... 7thSpace Interactive (press release)

Incyte Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results and Provides Update on ...  -  ‎Nov 5, 2009‎
...to hydroxyurea; and * an exploratory Investigator initiated Phase II trial in patients with relapsed or refractory hematological malignancies. ... Reuters

Sickle cell disease can be treated with resveratrol extract, according to ...  -  ‎Oct 23, 2009‎
Hydroxyurea, an anti-cancer agent and the only Food and Drug Administration-approved therapeutic drug for sickle cell disease, increases fetal hemoglobin. ... News-Medical.net

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العنب الأحمر.. يعالج خلايا الدم المنجلية  -  ‎Oct 31, 2009‎
ومن الأدوية المستخدمة حاليا مشتقات مادة «هيدروكسي يوريا» (Hydroxyurea)ØŒ وهو عنصر يستخدم Ù?ÙŠ العلاج الكيميائي للأورام والعقار الوحيد المعالج للمرض الذي تعتمده ... الشرق الاوسط

The Y-family DNA polymerase <img border="0" src="/__chars/kappa/ …  -  Jun 1, 2006
1b–e hydroxyurea was used to inhibit semi-conservative DNA replication. ... To exclude the possibility of any artificial effects from hydroxyurea treatment, ... Nature.com

Longtime Expert on ALS Now Knows It All Too Well  -  Feb 22, 2005
One, Ritonavir, is used to treat HIV patients; the other, hydroxyurea, is used in leukemia and sickle cell anemia. Since the drugs are available for other ... New York Times

Sickle cell drug underused, experts agree  -  Feb 27, 2008
Hydroxyurea, which is now available generically, was approved by the US Food and ... Hydroxyurea can stop the severe pain and prevent the need for blood ... Reuters UK

… alone or in combination versus hydroxyurea during pelvic irradiatio...  -  Sep 6, 2007
Rose PG et al. (2007) Long-term follow-up of a randomized trial comparing concurrent single agent cisplatin, cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy, ... Nature.com

Figure - Nature Cell Biology  -  Jan 23, 2005
...(a) Chk1 inhibitors and caffeine abrogate hydroxyurea-induced RAD51 foci in SPD8 ... After 23-h treatment with 0.2 mM hydroxyurea, cells were mock-treated, ... Nature.com

… resistance/intolerance to hydroxyurea in essential thrombocythemia:...  -  Nov 16, 2006
A widely accepted definition of resistance or intolerance to hydroxyurea (HU) in ... Hydroxyurea (hydroxycarbamide, HU) is a non-alchilating antineoplastic ... Nature.com

Guidelines Discuss Use of Hydroxyurea in Treatment of Sickle Cell …  -  May 9, 2008
May 9, 2008 — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued a conference consensus statement on the use of hydroxyurea in treatment of sickle cell ... Medscape

Hydroxyurea Therapy: Improving Lives of Patients With Sickle Cell …  -  Feb 22, 2007
Sickle cell disease anemia is an inherited blood disorder that affects many people of color in the US Patients with sickle cell disease make abnormal blood ... Medscape

Dying doctor's noble choice Stricken SF neurologist enters own 'placeb...  -  Jan 17, 2005
He expects to be given either the AIDS drug, a protease inhibitor called ritonavir; or the cancer drug, hydroxyurea; or a placebo, starting in about two ... San Francisco Chronicle

Hydroxyurea (Systemic).(Drug overview)  -  May 1, 2006
Hydroxyurea ( hye-DROX-ee-yoo-REE-ah)belongs to the group of medicines called antimetabolites. It is used to treat some kinds of cancer and to prevent ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News  -  Jun 23, 2008
On the negative side, studies in mice indicated hydroxyurea impairs sperm development and the researchers conclude that effect might also occur in humans. ... United Press International

Impaired DNA damage checkpoint response in MIF-deficient mice  -  Feb 8, 2007
...(D) p53-/- and DKO cells were treated with adriamycin or hydroxyurea for 2 h. Lysates were immunoprecipitated with Cul1-specific Abs, followed by probing ... Nature.com

Hydroxyurea Plus Low-Dose Aspirin May Be Better Than ...  -  Jul 7, 2005
July 7, 2005 — Hydroxyurea plus aspirin is better than anagrelide plus aspirin for the treatment of patients with essential thrombocythemia at high risk for ... Medscape

Figure - Nature Cell Biology  -  Mar 12, 2006
6b were arrested in G1 phase at 24 °C before release into S phase for 90 min at 24 °C, in the presence of hydroxyurea, to allow formation of RPCs. ... Nature.com

Figure 5 : The structure-specific endonuclease Mus81 contributes to …  -  Oct 14, 2007
Wild-type and Mus81 -/- ES cells were treated with 0.5 mM hydroxyurea for 6 or 24 h. After the treatment, the cells were incubated in CldU-containing medium ... Nature.com

Hydroxyurea (Systemic).  -  Oct 27, 2005
Hydroxyurea ( hye-DROX-ee-yoo-REE-ah)belongs to the group of medicines called antimetabolites. It is used to treat some kinds of cancer and to prevent ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Hydroxyurea therapy: improving the lives of patients with sickle cell...  -  Nov 1, 2006
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an autosomal recessive inherited blood disorder that most commonly affects over 90000 African-Americans in the United States, ... Free with registration - Pediatric Nursing - AccessMyLibrary.com

Figure 2 : Control of daughter centriole formation by the pericentriol...  -  Feb 24, 2008
...(a) Centrosomes in a typical CHO cell after 38 h in 2 mM hydroxyurea (also see Supplementary Information, Fig. S4), as shown by immunostaining. ... Nature.com

Oral Liquid Hydroxyurea Promising for Long-term Use in Babies with …  -  Jun 15, 2005
...(MEMPHIS, TENN—June 15, 2005) Treating babies who have sickle cell anemia (SCA) with oral liquid hydroxyurea appears to prevent the onset of long-term ... RedOrbit

Icagen stock up on clinical trials announcement  -  Sep 12, 2006
The committee allowed patients taking the concurrent hydroxyurea therapy to stay in the trial pending a review of the additional data supplied by Icagen. ... Bizjournals.com

NIH Hydroxyurea Treatment For Sickle Cell Disease Conference, Feb. 25...  -  Feb 20, 2008
For many patients, the pain and complications associated with sickle cell disease can have a profound impact on their quality of life, ability to work, ... Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)

Hydroxyurea And Sickle Cell Anemia: Effect On Quality Of Life  -  Jan 9, 2007
Background: The Multicenter Study of Hydroxyurea (HU) in Sickle Cell Anemia (MSH) previously showed that daily oral HU reduces painful sickle cell (SS) ... Medscape

Adult sickle cell drug good for youngsters  -  Sep 19, 2005
Patients treated with hydroxyurea weighed more and were taller than untreated ... "This study demonstrates that hydroxyurea is an efficient and safe ... United Press International

Learn about Hydroxyurea from Consumer Reports Health.  -  Jan 7, 2006
Hydroxyurea may cause severe, life-threatening side effects, including a low blood count (decrease ... Full Alert. Your doctor has ordered hydroxyurea to ... consumerreports.org

Long-term hydroxyurea reduced mortality, morbidity in adults with...  -  Dec 19, 2008
Long-term treatment with hydroxyurea reduced painful crises, the incidence of hospital admissions and transfusion requirements among adults with sickle cell ... HemOncToday

Tarnished hydroxyurea less toxic, more potent at lower doses,...  -  Apr 26, 2005
Lowering the dose of hydroxyurea to 600mg daily minimises its toxicity and maximises antiretroviral efficacy and CD4 cell count gain when taken alongside ... Aidsmap

Icagen shares plummet 74% Triangle Business Journal  -  Aug 4, 2006
Patients on concurrent hydroxyurea therapy make up roughly half of the current enrollees, company officials said in a written statement. ... Bizjournals.com

Figure 4 : Midbody ring disposal by autophagy is a post-abscission...  -  Dec 14, 2008
HeLa cells were either left untreated or were arrested in S-phase with hydroxyurea (HU, 5 mM). Cells were fixed and stained as indicated. ... Nature.com

Oral liquid hydroxyurea promising for long-term use in babies with...  -  Jun 20, 2005
Treating babies who have sickle cell anemia (SCA) with oral liquid hydroxyurea appears to prevent the onset of long-term complications triggered by this ... i-newswire.com

… - 72 FR 65970 NIH Consensus Development Conference: Hydroxyurea …  -  Nov 26, 2007
Hydroxyurea is in a class of anticancer drugs and it acts to increase the ... Hydroxyurea was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in adults ... Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2007 - Loislaw

How to take Hydroxyurea from Consumer Reports Health.  -  Jan 7, 2006
Hydroxyurea may cause severe, life-threatening side effects, including a low blood count (decrease ... Full Alert. tell your doctor and pharmacist if you ... consumerreports.org

How It Works  -  Nov 26, 2008
Research shows that interferon is better than busulfan or hydroxyurea in treating CML. But interferon also causes more side effects. 1 ... WebMD

Avoiding Admission for Afebrile Pediatric Sickle Cell Pain: Hydroxyure...  -  Apr 10, 2005
Hydroxyurea is a medication that has been shown to be effective in the prevention ... The NHLBI undertook a Multi-center Study of Hydroxyurea in Sickle Cell ... Medscape

Hydroxyurea in children with sickle cell disease: When, how should it...  -  Jul 7, 2008
Although few therapeutic interventions are available to decrease the severity and frequency of complications of sickle cell disease (SCD) in children, ... AAP News - AAP News (subscription)

Loss of bladder control sometimes follows prostate surgery .  -  Feb 23, 2007
...symptoms from it are treated with your drug - — or interferon or hydroxyurea. Having had a previous episode of an unwanted clot puts a per son at high risk ... Herald-Journal - Google News Archive

Hydroxyurea more effective than anagrelide (Agrylin).  -  Aug 1, 2005
The older drug hydroxyurea plus aspirin has shown to be more effective than the more expensive anagrelide (Agrylin) plus aspirin in treating patients with ... Free with registration - Drug Formulary Review - AccessMyLibrary.com

Double-strand breaks arising by replication through a nick are...  -  Aug 4, 2006
Quantification data are plotted at the bottom. For other details, see Fig 1. DSB, double-strand break; HU, hydroxyurea. Nature.com

DRUG TRIAL TARGETS FATAL NERVE ILLNESS  -  Sep 4, 2006
Her family enrolled Elizabeth in a trial designed to test the safety and effectiveness of the drug hydroxyurea against SMA. It is one of a few clinical ... Pay-Per-View - The Sun - ProQuest Archiver

Sickle cell disease patients may benefit from anticancer drugs  -  Dec 7, 2007
A treatment called hydroxyurea benefits some adults with moderate and severe SCD by by increasing fetal Hb (HbF) expression. However, it does not work for ... thecheers.org

… of KEMSTRO (Baclofen) and DROXIA (Hydroxyurea) for the Conduct of ...  -  Mar 29, 2005
SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the referral of KEMSTRO (baclofen) and DROXIA (hydroxyurea) to the Foundation for the National ... Pay-Per-View - Federal Register - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Icagen Reports Third Quarter 2006 Financial Results  -  Nov 13, 2006
Enrollment of patients in the hydroxyurea stratum has continued to track ... Given that hydroxyurea reduces these crises by only approximately forty percent ... Genetic Engineering News - Genetic Engineering News (press release)

Mono usually lasts 3-4 weeksbut fatigue can linger longer  -  Jan 19, 2007
I was put on hydroxyurea. What is this gene mutation? When did it happen? Have I always had it? ... Hydroxyurea reduces the number of platelets. ... SouthCoastToday.com - SouthCoastToday.com

Figure 3 : Small molecules that delay S phase suppress a zebrafish : ...  -  Nov 13, 2005
...(b–d) Aphidicolin (10 g ml -1 ) and hydroxyurea (HU; 50 mM) also suppressed crb. (e) Wild-type and crb embryos were pulsed with BrdU at 16 hpf; ... Nature.com

Exelixis Presents Clinical Data Supporting The Safety And Initial...  -  Jun 14, 2008
..."To date, all patients dosed at or above 3.6 mg/kg have experienced decreases in leukocytes, and/or decreased use of hydroxyurea resulting in prolonged ... Medical News Today - Medical News Today (press release)

Dr. Gott: Reader's options are limited for blood illness  -  Apr 21, 2007
Chemotherapy with hydroxyurea also has shown to be effective in other individuals. Other therapies include interferon-alpha (a natural body substance to ... Amarillo.com

Article: Hydroxyurea therapy: improving the lives of patients with...  -  Nov 1, 2006
Hydroxyurea therapy: improving the lives of patients with sickle cell disease. ... find Pediatric Nursing articles. Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an ... Pay-Per-View - Pediatric Nursing - HighBeam Research

DR. PAUL DONOHUE GOOD HEALTH  -  Sep 30, 2005
Dear Dr. Donohue: In your article on polycythemia, you failed to mention hydroxyurea. I cannot have blood drawn, and this medicine has controlled my illness ... Pay-Per-View - South Florida Sun - Sentinel - ProQuest Archiver

Changes proposed for hydroxyurea labels.(Skin Disorders)(Brief...  -  Apr 1, 2006
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing proposed label changes for Hydrea and Droxia (hydroxyurea capsules) that warn of cutaneous vasculitic ... Free with registration - Family Practice News - AccessMyLibrary.com

Federal Register 2008 - 73 FR 14251 National Toxicology Program (NTP)...  -  Mar 17, 2008
DATES: Written comments on the draft NTP Brief for Hydroxyurea should be received by ... SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background Hydroxyurea is used in the ... Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2008 - Loislaw

Spurious Hemoglobin Barts Caused by Bilirubin: Discussion  -  Mar 15, 2005
We found the unknown peak occurred mainly in patients with SS who were treated with the drug hydroxyurea. Although hydroxyurea is the standard treatment in ... Medscape

Article: Changes proposed for hydroxyurea labels.(Skin Disorders)(Brie...  -  Apr 1, 2006
Changes proposed for hydroxyurea labels.(Skin Disorders)(Brief article) ... find Family Practice News articles. The Food and Drug Administration is ... Pay-Per-View - Family Practice News - HighBeam Research

Press Release: Oral Liquid Hydroxyurea Promising for Long-Term Use in...  -  Jun 15, 2005
Oral Liquid Hydroxyurea Promising for Long-Term Use in Babies With Sickle Cell Disease. from PR Newswire. Highbeam Research – FREE Trial. Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research

Federal Register 2007 - 72 FR 8384 National Toxicology Program (NTP);...  -  Feb 26, 2007
SUMMARY: CERHR announces availability of the hydroxyurea expert panel report ... DATES: The final hydroxyurea expert panel report will be available by March ... Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2007 - Loislaw

Article: FDA considering changes in hydroxyurea labels.(News) - Skin...  -  Mar 1, 2006
FDA considering changes in hydroxyurea labels.(News) ... find Skin & Allergy News articles. The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing proposed label ... Pay-Per-View - Skin & Allergy News - HighBeam Research

Doubts about hydroxyurea.(12th Retrovirus Conference HIGHLIGHTS)( …  -  Apr 1, 2005
Hydroxyurea is a treatment that has sometimes been used with HIV meds (like Videx) for controlling HIV infection. However, it has several potentially ... $4.95 - HIV Treatment: ALERTS! - ECNext

Hydroxyurea vs Anagelide in Essential Thrombocythemia  -  Apr 3, 2006
Puts the "coffin nails" in the "lid" of Anagelide. This will drop it behind Hydrea and even Interferon for therapy of this not infrequent hematologic ... Gerson Lehrman Group

Bucks County Courier Times (Levittown, PA)  -  Apr 20, 2007
Chemotherapy with hydroxyurea is shown to be effective, as well as interferon-alpha, low-dose aspirin and radioactive phosphorus ... $3.50 - Bucks County Courier Times - NewsBank

Article: Doubts about hydroxyurea.(12th Retrovirus Conference …  -  Apr 1, 2005
Doubts about hydroxyurea.(12th Retrovirus Conference HIGHLIGHTS)(Hyroxyurea is an inhibitor of DNA synthesis (but not repair) )(Brief Article) ... find HIV ... Pay-Per-View - HIV Treatment: ALERTS! - HighBeam Research

Icagen's Phase III Clinical Trial of ICA-17043 on Course Following …  -  Jan 30, 2006
The protocol allows for the enrollment of up to 150 patients who are concurrently taking hydroxyurea and for equal distribution of patients taking ... RedOrbit

Acute Leukemia in Polycythemia Vera  -  Jul 1, 2005
Exposure to P32 and busulfan, but not to hydroxyurea had an independent ... Treatment of polycythemia vera: the use of hydroxyurea and pipobroman in 292 ... Pay-Per-View - Clinical Oncology Report - Factiva, from Dow Jones

… CONFIRM EFFECTIVENESS OF GLEEVEC PLUS HYDROXYUREA  -  Dec 27, 2005
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, Duke University, and Dulman, Germany, have reported that the combination of Gleevec (imatinib mesylate) plus ... Pay-Per-View - FDAnews Drug Pipeline Alert - Factiva, from Dow Jones

65 -- HYDROXYUREA CAPSULES  -  Aug 1, 2005
CLASSIFICATION CODE: 65 - Medical, dental & veterinary equipment & supplies SUBJECT: 65 -- Hydroxyurea Capsules SOLICITATION NUMBER: 797-NC-05-0051 ... Pay-Per-View - FedBizOpps - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Many Red Blood Cells Create Problems .  -  Sep 26, 2006
...maybe four times a year If blood removal doesn't keep the red blood cell count at normal levels, the medicine hydroxyurea often can. ... Victoria Advocate - Google News Archive

Risk stratification for survival and leukemic transformation in...  -  Dec 14, 2006
When employed, specific treatment agents included hydroxyurea, anagrelide, interferon alpha ... Two patients (10%) received both hydroxyurea and anagrelide. ... Nature.com

Opportunities to improve outcomes in sickle cell disease.(Disease/ …  -  Jul 15, 2006
Newer treatments include hydroxyurea therapy to decrease the frequency of painful episodes and associated comorbidities, and hematopoietic cell ... Free with registration - American Family Physician - AccessMyLibrary.com

Update to HIV treatment guidelines.(Treatment News)(Brief Article)  -  Apr 1, 2005
What not to use: Hydroxyurea has been removed from the list of reeds that can be ... While hydroxyurea is used by some HIV+ patients to supplement their HIV ... $4.95 - HIV Treatment: ALERTS! - ECNext

Virostatics Doses First Patient in Phase IIa Trial of VS411 for the …  -  May 12, 2008
The combination of didanosine and hydroxyurea has been studied in many HIV-1 ... "In the RIGHT 702 study it was shown that a lower hydroxyurea dose of 600 ... RedOrbit

Federal Register 2006 - 71 FR 60746 National Toxicology Program (NTP)...  -  Oct 16, 2006
DATES: The expert panel meeting for hydroxyurea will be held on January 24-26, ... Hydroxyurea may be used in the treatment of children and adults with ... Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2006 - Loislaw

Effective Treatment for Sickle Cell Underused by Doctors  -  Jun 17, 2008
The review could not conclude with any confidence that hydroxyurea increased or decreased ... "It's clear from our literature review that hydroxyurea works, ... newswise.com

Problems Hamper Sickle Cell Treatment  -  Mar 4, 2008
..._It can take up to six months for hydroxyurea to improve health, and some patients give up too soon. _And too often, teenagers who did well with the drug ... FOXNews

Selected drugs used in pediatric patients: pharmacology update.  -  Nov 1, 2006
The first article describes the use of hydroxyurea therapy for children ... Hydroxyurea therapy improving the lives of patients with sickle cell disease. ... $4.95 - Pediatric Nursing - ECNext

Hydrea, Droxia Linked to Cutaneous Vasculitic Toxicities  -  Jan 26, 2006
Hydroxyurea 500-mg capsules ( Hydrea) are indicated for use in combination ... Significant tumor response to hydroxyurea has been demonstrated in melanoma, ... Medscape

A CLOSER LOOK RESEARCH FINDINGS  -  Jul 11, 2005
Hydroxyurea, an anti-cancer drug, plus aspirin may be the best treatment for patients ... Is there any benefit to using anagrelide instead of hydroxyurea? ... $2.95 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - NewsBank

Federal Register 2005 - 70 FR 75827 National Toxicology Program (NTP)...  -  Dec 21, 2005
Hydroxyurea may be used in the treatment of children and adults with sickle cell disease ... Treatment with hydroxyurea may be associated with cytotoxic and ... Pay-Per-View - Federal Register 2005 - Loislaw

Sole drug for sickle cell anemia rarely used - More health news -...  -  Mar 3, 2008
It can take up to six months for hydroxyurea to improve health, and some patients give up too soon. And too often, teenagers who did well with the drug fall ... msnbc.com

Chronic myeloid leukaemia with BCR–ABL fusion genes located to both …  -  Feb 10, 2005
Apart from 3 months treatment with hydroxyurea, the patient was followed without ... Treatment with hydroxyurea is shown by the box marked H. Treatment with ... Nature.com

Figure - Nature Cell Biology  -  Jun 18, 2006
...(b) Induction of -H2AX after treatment with hydroxyurea. Cells were treated with 5 mM hydroxyurea for 1 h and the percentage of cells positive for -H2AX was ... Nature.com

Concerted mechanism of Swe1/Wee1 regulation by multiple kinases in …  -  May 26, 2005
The resulting transformants were treated with hydroxyurea for 2.5 h and then transferred to YEP-galactose containing hydroxyurea (t=0). ... Nature.com

Second hematopoietic SCT in patients with thalassemia recurrence …  -  Jun 23, 2008
The preconditioning phase includes administration of hydroxyurea, azathioprine from day -45 through day -12 and fludarabine from day -16 through day -12. ... Nature.com

National study: New ways to prevent stroke and reduce excess iron in ...  -  Aug 31, 2005
Clinical trial designed to determine if hydroxyurea can replace blood transfusions and ... Hydroxyurea will not completely eliminate the sickled red cells, ... eurekalert.org

New ways to prevent stroke and reduce excess iron in sickle cell...  -  Sep 5, 2005
Clinical trial designed to determine if hydroxyurea can replace blood transfusions and ... Hydroxyurea will not completely eliminate the sickled red cells, ... i-newswire.com

Article: Selected drugs used in pediatric patients: pharmacology...  -  Nov 1, 2006
The first article describes the use of hydroxyurea therapy for children with sickle cell ... Article: Multiple skin cancers associated with hydroxyurea ... ... Pay-Per-View - Pediatric Nursing - HighBeam Research

Ny metod mot hjärntumör  -  May 17, 2005
Det andra läkemedlet, hydroxyurea, visade sig i den tyska studien fungera som just en sådan "dörröppnare". Gregor Dresemann planerar nu ytterligare studier ... Sydsvenskan

National Study: New Ways To Prevent Stroke And Reduce Excess Iron In ...  -  Sep 1, 2005
The five-year study, called Stroke With Transfusions Changing to Hydroxyurea (SWiTCH), is supported by a grant of more than $18 million from the National ... sciencedaily.com

FINDINGS  -  Jul 7, 2005
The older generic drug hydroxyurea, if combined with a small dose of aspirin and given to ... Although hydroxyurea has been a mainstay treatment for years, ... Pay-Per-View - Washington Post - ProQuest Archiver

Strides Made in Red Blood Cell Disorders, but Substantial Barriers to...  -  Jan 30, 2008
It found that about 17% of the patients had at least one pharmacy claim for hydroxyurea. Of those patients eligible to receive hydroxyurea according to the ... Journal of American Medical Association - Journal of American Medical Association...

Icagen Falls 73 Percent After DMC Analysis Of ICA-17043  -  Aug 7, 2006
For patients not on hydroxyurea - about 50 percent of those enrolled so far - the DMC recommended the drug be discontinued and that patients proceed to the ... BioWorld Online - BioWorld Online

Superior macular sparing in central retinal artery occlusion due to...  -  Jul 1, 2008
The haematologists commenced prophylactic treatment with hydroxyurea, 2 g daily, ... Hydroxyurea is the only prophylactic drug studied for the prevention of ... Nature.com

Essential thrombocythemia in young individuals: frequency and risk …  -  Apr 12, 2007
Hydroxyurea for patients with essential thrombocythemia and a high risk of trombosis. ... Hydroxyurea compared with anagrelide in high-risk essential ... Nature.com

Unexpected occurrence of second malignancies in patients treated with...  -  Jul 14, 2005
All patients were given simultaneously hydroxyurea (HU) at a daily dose of 50 mg/kg ... Randomized comparison of interferon and hydroxyurea with hydroxyurea ... Nature.com

'She shouldn't even be here': Doctors said she wouldn't live 2 years,...  -  Aug 29, 2006
The 14 patients enrolled in the hydroxyurea trial come from all over the US, Wang said. A few have even relocated to Palo Alto--a move the Huettes briefly ... Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.com

Girl with a fatal genetic disease making progress in a clinical trial.  -  Sep 3, 2006
The 14 patients enrolled in the hydroxyurea trial come from all over the US, Wang said. A few have even relocated to Palo Alto _ a move the Huettes briefly ... Free with registration - Chicago Tribune - AccessMyLibrary.com

FibroGen Awarded Grant from National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute...  -  Aug 22, 2006
Hydroxyurea, a chemotherapeutic agent, is the only approved therapy and the standard ... Hydroxyurea increases fetal hemoglobin in cultured erythroid cells ... Free with registration - Business Wire - AccessMyLibrary.com

Leukemia - Chronic myeloproliferative diseases with concurrent BCR- …  -  Nov 1, 2007
Treatment was started with hydroxyurea and was continued with interferon-. At the time of BM biopsy mild leukocytosis, elevated lactate dehydrogenase and ... Nature.com

Press Release: National Study: New Ways to Prevent Stroke and Reduce ...  -  Aug 31, 2005
Clinical trial designed to determine if hydroxyurea can replace blood transfusions and ... Hydroxyurea will not completely eliminate the sickled red cells, ... Pay-Per-View - PR Newswire - HighBeam Research

Figure - Nature Cell Biology  -  Jun 11, 2006
...(c) Centrosome duplication assay in hydroxyurea-treated CHO cells. ... Cells were treated with 4 mM hydroxyurea for 40 h (except for the no hydroxyurea ... Nature.com

Hepatotoxicity profile of single agent arsenic trioxide in the...  -  Mar 9, 2006
8 Hydroxyurea was administered to 58 (76.3%) patients for high leukocyte count ... Hydroxyurea was administered in induction for a median period of 12 days ... Nature.com

On clonogenic tumour cells and metastasis-forming cells  -  Dec 1, 2008
For example, we showed that the proportion of clonogenic cells in S phase can be determined by in vitro incubation with hydroxyurea 2, 3, 4 . ... Nature.com

BONE MARROW DISORDER .  -  Jul 11, 2005
Hydroxyurea, an anti-cancer drug, plus aspirin may be the best treatment for patients with essential or elevated platelet count without a known cause . ... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Google News Archive

Figure - Nature Cell Biology  -  Jun 19, 2005
Lower panel: wild-type and Nbs1 /- B cells were harvested 45 min after 5 Gy of irradiation, 2 h after treatment with 2 mM hydroxyurea (HU) or no treatment ... Nature.com

Brand Names/Synonyms:
Hydroxyurea is also known by the following brand names and/or synonymsBiosupressin; CCRIS 958; Carbamohydroxamic Acid; Carbamohydroximic Acid; Carbamohydroxyamic Acid; Carbamoyl Oxime; Carbamyl Hydroxamate; DRG-0253; Droxia; HU; Hidrix; Hydrea; Hydreia; Hydroxicarbamidum; Hydroxycarbamide; Hydroxycarbamine; Hydroxylurea; Hydroxyurea; Hydura; Hydurea; Idrossicarbamide [Dcit]; Litaler; Litalir; N-Carbamoylhydroxylamine; N-Hydroxyurea; Onco-Carbide; Oxyurea; SQ 1089; Sterile Urea; Ureaphil

Drug Category:
Hydroxyurea is categorized under the following by the FDA: Antisickling Agents; Antineoplastic Agents; ATC:L01A

Dosage Forms:
CAPSULE

Absorption:
Well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.

Interactions:
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Chemical IUPAC Name:
hydroxyaminomethanamide





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