Method of treating osteoporosis
AssigneeNiiki Pharma Inc.
InventorHooshmand Sheshbaradaran
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Abstract
A method for treating osteoporosis and related methods are disclosed. The methods generally comprise administering to a patient in need of treatment an effective amount of tris(8-quinolinolato)gallium(III) or an analog thereof.
Claims3
A method of reducing osteoclastic bone resorption in a patient, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a compound according to Formula (I)
- wherein R1 represents hydrogen, a halogen or a sulfono group SO3M, in which M is a metal ion, and R2 represents hydrogen, or R1 is Cl and R2 is I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method for preventing, or delaying the onset of, bone metastasis of cancer in a patient, comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I)
- wherein R1 represents hydrogen, a halogen or a sulfono group SO3M, in which M is a metal ion, and R2 represents hydrogen, or R1 is Cl and R2 is I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A method of treating a cancer metastasized to bone, comprising administering to a patient having a cancer with bone metastasis an effective amount of a compound of Formula (I)
- wherein R1 represents hydrogen, a halogen or a sulfono group SO3M, in which M is a metal ion, and R2 represents hydrogen, or R1 is Cl and R2 is I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.