Methods and compositions for treating mucositis
AssigneeTosk, Inc.
InventorsWilliam A. Garland, Brian D. Frenzel, Philip Liaw
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Abstract
Methods for treating a subject for mucositis are provided. Aspects of the methods include administering an effective amount of a cancer therapy toxicity-reducing adjuvant in combination with uridine or a prodrug thereof to the subject. In certain embodiments, the cancer therapy toxicity-reducing adjuvant is a 2,2′-anhydropyrimidine, or a derivative thereof. Also provided are compositions for use in practicing the subject methods. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of different cancer therapy applications.
Claims20
A method of treating a subject for mucositis, the method comprising:
- administering to a subject known to be suffering from mucositis an effective amount of a 2,2′-anhydropyrimidine or derivative thereof in combination with an effective amount of uridine to treat the subject for mucositis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.