Mitotane

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Overview:

Mitotane
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Pharmacology and use:
Mitotane is an oral chemotherapeutic agent indicated in the treatment of inoperable adrenal cortical carcinoma of both functional and nonfunctional types. Mitotane can best be described as an adrenal cytotoxic agent, although it can cause adrenal inhibition, apparently without cellular destruction. The administration of Mitotane alters the extra-adrenal metabolism of cortisol in man; leading to a reduction in measurable 17-hydroxy corticosteroids, even though plasma levels of corticosteroids do not fall. The drug apparently causes increased formation of 6-B-hydroxyl cortisol. For treatment of inoperable adrenocortical tumours; Cushing's syndrome

Mechanism Of Action:
Its biochemical mechanism of action is unknown, although data are available to suggest that the drug modifies the peripheral metabolism of steroids as well as directly suppressing the adrenal cortex.

News Articles on Mitotane

OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript  -  ‎Oct 21, 2009‎
We are pleased to initiate a phase 3 trial in this underserved patient population with the only approved therapy is Mitotane, a cytotoxic derivative of the ... Seeking Alpha (blog)

Adjuvant Mitotane for Adrenocortical Cancer—A Recurring Controversy  -  Mar 20, 2008
Address all correspondence to: Hui Huang, Medical Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 12N226, ... Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...

Mitotane Following Resection of Adrenocortical Carcinoma May Prevent ...  -  Jun 6, 2007
NEW YORK JUN 06, 2007 (Reuters Health) - Recurrence-free survival is significantly prolonged when mitotane (Lysodren; Bristol-Myers Squibb) is used as ... Cancerpage.com

Adrenocortical Carcinoma  -  May 16, 2008
Adjuvant radiation or chemotherapy with mitotane has not been proven to be of value ... Impact of adjuvant mitotane on the clinical course of patients with ... WebMD

… ; Etoposide, doxorubicin and cisplatin plus mitotane used to treat ...  -  Dec 20, 2005
..."Concomitantly, patients were given up to 4 g/day of oral mitotane. ... The researchers concluded, "EDP plus mitotane is an active and manageable ... Pay-Per-View - Life Science Weekly - Factiva, from Dow Jones

Mitotane (Systemic).  -  May 1, 2006
Mitotane (MYE-toe-tane) is a medicine that acts on a part of the body called the adrenal cortex. It is used to treat some kinds of cancer that affect the ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma after Laparoscopic Resection: …  -  Nov 20, 2006
Mitotane therapy inhibits steroid synthesis by inhibiting the action of ... Serum levels of mitotane must be monitored and target levels are 14-20 µg/ml. ... Medscape

Learn about Mitotane from Consumer Reports Health.  -  Jan 11, 2008
Mitotane may cause a serious, life-threatening condition that can occur when not enough hormone ... Full Alert. Mitotane is used to treat cancer of the ... consumerreports.org

Adjuvant Mitotane Treatment for Adrenocortical Carcinoma - Abstract  -  Mar 24, 2008
Adrenocortical carcinoma is a rare neoplasm characterized by a high risk of recurrence after radical resection. Whether the use of mitotane is beneficial as ... UroToday International Journal

Mitotane has an Estrogenic Effect on Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin ( …  -  Mar 9, 2006
Design: Human hepatoma cell lines (HepG2), lacking estrogen receptor (ER), and Hep89, stably transfected by ER were used. Setting: The study was conducted ... Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...

Taking Mitotane from Consumer Reports Health.  -  Jan 11, 2008
Mitotane may cause a serious, life-threatening condition that can occur when not enough hormone ... Full Alert. Mitotane may cause side effects. ... consumerreports.org

Recurrent adrenocortical carcinoma after laparoscopic resection  -  Jul 17, 2006
Mitotane treatment was restarted at a low initial dose of 0.5 g twice daily that ... Mitotane therapy inhibits steroid synthesis by inhibiting the action of ... Nature.com

Mitotane Has an Estrogenic Effect on Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin and...  -  Dec 1, 2008
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Michel Pugeat, MD, Fédération d'Endocrinologie du Pôle Est, 59 bd Pinel, 69677 Bron Cedex, France. ... Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...

Drug Boosts Adrenal Cancer Survival  -  Jun 6, 2007
Mitotane, the drug used in the European trial, has been tried against those ... Mitotane is given by mouth, which is convenient, but the drug's major side ... Washington Post

Lotta al cancro con il Ddt  -  Jun 12, 2007
Il mitotane è sostanza nota da tempo, altamente tossica per il fegato e per il sistema nervoso. «Per questa ragione - prosegue Angeli - le pochissime ... La Stampa

MyFox Lubbock | Lysodren - Uses, Side Effects, Interactions, Warnings,...  -  Mar 12, 2007
Mitotane belongs to the group of cancer-fighting medications known as ... Mitotane reduces the amount of adrenocorticoid hormones produced by the adrenal ... myFOXlubbock.com

Recurrent Adrenocortical Carcinoma after Laparoscopic Resection  -  Mar 26, 2007
Mitotane treatment was restarted at a low initial dose of 0.5 g twice daily that slowly escalated to 4.0 g per day, which was well tolerated by the patient; ... Medscape

Long-Term (15 Years) Outcome in an Infant with Metastatic Adrenocortic...  -  Jun 1, 2008
After surgery he was treated with mitotane at a dose of 2 g/d. ... Mitotane was increased to 2.5 g/d, and the metastasis was removed surgically. ... Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...

Nebennierenkrebs: Wichtiger Fortschritt in der Therapie  -  Jun 8, 2007
Juni: Sie empfehlen das Medikament Mitotane, das aufgrund mangelnder Daten ... Noch dazu ist die Mitotane-Therapie mit zahlreichen Nebenwirkungen wie ... idw-online.de

Paradigms for Adrenal Cancer: Think Globally, Act Locally  -  Sep 5, 2006
For many years, the most hotly debated question regarding therapy for ACC was regarding the role of the adrenolytic agent mitotane, which was the most ... Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...

Wichtiger Fortschritt in der Nebennierenkrebs-Therapie  -  Jun 10, 2007
Juni: Sie empfehlen das Medikament Mitotane, das aufgrund mangelnder Daten ... Noch dazu ist die Mitotane-Therapie mit zahlreichen Nebenwirkungen wie ... Lifegen.de - Lifegen.de (Abonnement)

Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Single Institution Experience  -  Mar 1, 2005
Mitotane was used in two patients: one preoperatively and the other in the ... Chemotherapy based on cisplatinum, paclitaxel, and mitotane as the only ... RedOrbit

MyFox Wausau | Lysodren - Uses, Side Effects, Interactions, Warnings,...  -  Mar 12, 2007
Breast-feeding: It is not known if mitotane passes into breast milk. ... The following medications may affect the way mitotane works, be affected by ... MyFox Wausau

Image of the Month—Diagnosis  -  May 16, 2006
The management of stage IV disease involves temporary palliation with the chemotherapy agent mitotane. Prolonged treatment with mitotane, however, ... Archives of Surgery

Pharmacological management of secreting pituitary tumors.( …  -  Feb 1, 2007
Mitotane inhibits several steps in glucocorticoid synthesis. ... Mitotane used with pituitary irradiation appears more effective than mitotane or radiation ... Free with registration - Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - AccessMyLibrary.com

Adrenocortical Carcinoma  -  Jul 30, 2008
Mitotane may be used to treat adrenocortical carcinoma. Mitotane stops the adrenal cortex from making hormones and relieves symptoms caused by the hormones. ... WebMD

Unusual Cancers of Childhood  -  Dec 2, 2008
Recurrence-free survival was significantly prolonged by the use of adjuvant mitotane. Benefit was present with 1 to 3 grams per day of mitotane and was ... WebMD

Pharmacological management of secreting pituitary tumors.( …  -  Feb 1, 2007
Mitotane inhibits several steps in glucocorticoid synthesis. ... Mitotane used with pituitary irradiation appears more effective than mitotane or radiation ... $4.95 - Journal of Neuroscience Nursing - ECNext

Cushing's syndrome caused by an occult source: difficulties in...  -  Jan 1, 2007
Mitotane creates problems with measurement of cortisol levels, causes hypercholesterolemia, and is slow in onset. 14 Very rarely, if the hypercortisolemia ... Nature.com

Erstmals Standardtherapie bei Nebennierenkrebs  -  Jul 20, 2007
Sie basiert auf einer deutsch-italienischen Studie zur Wirksamkeit des Medikaments Mitotane. Patienten mit der Mitotane-Therapie schnitten dabei deutlich ... net-tribune.de

Ten years of marketing approvals of anticancer drugs in Europe: …  -  Aug 23, 2005
In one case only, approval was granted without empirical data, on the basis of a bibliographic review of nonclinical and clinical data (mitotane, ... Nature.com

Regione Piemonte - Sito Ufficiale  -  Jan 10, 2007
...un farmaco adrenolitico chiamato Mitotane (un derivato dell'insetticida DDT), mentre ai restanti non era stato praticato alcun trattamento adiuvante. ... Regione Piemonte

Adrenocortical Carcinoma  -  May 16, 2008
Epidemiology and treatment with mitotane and a review of the literature. Cancer 72 (11): 3145-55, 1993. Norton JA: Adrenal tumors. In: DeVita VT Jr, ... WebMD

Alabama Administrative Code - 540-X-4-.07 Emergency Prescription …  -  Aug 17, 2005
...(III) Hydroxyurea (IV) Procarbazine HCI (V) Dacarbazine (VI) Mitotane (VII) Asparaginase (viii) NCI Investigational Agents (d) The dispensing pharmacist ... Pay-Per-View - Alabama Administrative Code - Loislaw

Alabama Administrative Code - 680-X-2-.26 Emergency Prescription …  -  Aug 17, 2005
...(III) Hydroxyurea (IV) Procarbazine HCI (V) Dacarbazine (VI) Mitotane (VII) Asparaginase (vix) NCI Investigational Agents (d) The dispensing pharmacist ... Pay-Per-View - Alabama Administrative Code - Loislaw

Corticosteroids --Glucocorticoid Effects (Systemic).  -  Feb 1, 2006
...or Carbamazepine (e.g., Tegretol) or Griseofulvin (e.g., Fulvicin) or Mitotane (e.g., Lysodren) or Phenylbutazone (e.g., Butazolidin) or Phenytoin (e.g. ... Free with registration - USP DI-Volume II, Advice for the... - AccessMyLibrary.com

Treatments and drugs  -  Sep 12, 2008
Medications to control excessive production of cortisol include ketoconazole (Nizoral), mitotane (Lysodren) and metyrapone (Metopirone). ... MayoClinic.com

Newer tests shed light on causes, treatment of adrenal disorders  -  Jan 1, 2008
Steroid profiling also is aiding the understanding of drug effects on adrenal secretory activity (mitotane, trilostane and melatonin). ... DVM 360

Mission has deadly urgency  -  Sep 27, 2008
Treatment involves surgery and Mitotane, a medication derived from the insecticide DDT. Mr Reeves said: ''The Kolling Institute is researching this type of ... St George & Sutherland Shire Leader

ENDOCRINOLOGY: Detecting patients with adrenal disorders.  -  Jul 31, 2007
In patients with adrenal carcinoma, an adrenolytic, mitotane, is used to control symptoms of excess cortisol.10. Primary hyperaldosteronism results from ... Free with registration - The Practitioner - AccessMyLibrary.com

Cytochrome P450-Catalyzed Binding of 3-Methylsulfonyl-DDE and o,p'- …  -  Dec 1, 2008
...drug 2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1-dichlorethane; (o,p'-[ 14 C]DDD, Mitotane, Lysodren) in human adrenal tissue slice culture. ... Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and...

A real treat: don't undermine a terrific diet with chemical-laden,...  -  Nov 1, 2007
...treat their dog in the U.S. had to fill ... have been commonly used to treat the pituitary form of Cushing's disease in dogs: * Lysodren (mitotane ... ... Pay-Per-View - Whole Dog Journal - HighBeam Research

La maladie de Cushing  -  Mar 14, 2008
Il est possible, grâce à l'administration d'un médicament antinéoplasique, le mitotane, de réduire la quantité d'hormones corticoïdes synthétisées par les ... Réseau TVA

Regione Piemonte - Sito Ufficiale  -  Jun 13, 2007
La strategia in questione si avvale di un nuovo farmaco, il mitotane. Un grande risultato riconosciuto dall'Editoriale di commento della rivista, ... Regione Piemonte

Cushing-Syndrom (Hyperkortisolismus): Therapie  -  Jul 25, 2008
...sehr stark ausgeprägt sind, kann das Cushing-Syndrom mithilfe von Substanzen wie Metopiron, Ketoconazol oder Mitotane medikamentös behandelt werden. Onmeda

ΙατÏ?ική φÏ?οντίδα στην εγκυμοσÏ?νη του σκÏ?λου (ΜΕΡΟΣ Î’')  -  Aug 12, 2008
χλωÏ?αμφαινικόλη, metronidazole, griseofulvin, enolapril, theophyline, misoprostol, diethylstilbestrol, οÏ?γανοφωσφοÏ?οÏ?χα, omeprazole, mitotane. ... ΕλευθεÏ?οτυπία

Vétérinaire : forum E-santé  -  May 12, 2007
Mon petit chien de 11 ans a la maladie de cushing pour laquelle il est traitée par mitotane. En plus, il prend du forthyron faire remonter son hypothyroidie ... E-Santé.fr

Brand Names/Synonyms:
Mitotane is also known by the following brand names and/or synonymsChlodithane; Khlodithan; Lysodren; Chlodithan; Chloditan; Mitotan; Mitotanum [INN-Latin]; Lysodren

Drug Category:
Mitotane is categorized under the following by the FDA: Antineoplastic Agents; ATC:L01XX23

Dosage Forms:
TABLET

Absorption:
About 40% oral Lysodren is absorbed

Interactions:
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Chemical IUPAC Name:
1-chloro-2-[2,2-dichloro-1-(4-chlorophenyl)-ethyl]-benzene





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