Selective elimination of malignant cells from bone marrow by bis (acyloxy) propylphosphoramidates

Abstract

A method for purging tumor cells from bone marrow of a host, the method comprising extracting bone marrow cells from the host; treating extracted bone marrow cells with a therapeutic level of a compound having the structure: ##STR1## wherein R is CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, C.sub.3 H.sub.7, t-C.sub.4 H.sub.9 or C.sub.6 H.sub.5 ; R.sup.1 is NH.sub.2, NHCH.sub.3, NHC.sub.2 H.sub.5, NHC.sub.3 H.sub.7, NHC.sub.4 H.sub.9, NHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Cl, NHC.sub.6 H.sub.5, N(CH.sub.3).sub.2, N(C.sub.2 H.sub.5).sub.2, N(C.sub.3 H.sub.7).sub.2, NCH.sub.3 (C.sub.2 H.sub.5), NCH.sub.3 (C.sub.3 H.sub.7), N(CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Cl).sub.2, NHOH, NHNHCO.sub.2 CH.sub.2 C.sub.6 H.sub.5, NHNHCO.sub.2 C(CH.sub.3).sub.3, OCH.sub.3, OC.sub.2 H.sub.5, OC.sub.3 H.sub.7, OC.sub.4 H.sub.9, OC.sub.6 H.sub.5, OCH.sub.2 C.sub.6 H.sub.5, CH.sub.3, C.sub.2 H.sub.5, C.sub.3 H.sub.7, C.sub.4 H.sub.9, CH.sub.2 NO.sub.2 or CH.sub.2 NH.sub.2 ; and R.sup.2 is NHCH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 Cl or N(CH.sub.2 Ch.sub.2 Cl).sub.2. Intravascularly infusion of the treated bone marrow cells into the host then serves to reimplant tumor-free marrow cells.

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