Introduction: Enzalutamide significantly improved clinical outcomes compared with placebo in patients with chemotherapy-naïve metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) with disease progression despite androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in the PREVAIL study. However, few patients from Asia were enrolled. Our study (NCT02294461) aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of enzalutamide in this disease setting in patients in mainland China, Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRecombinant human interleukin-11 (rHuIL-11) and recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rHuBMP-2) have been shown to act synergistically in the induction of osteoblast differentiation. To determine whether these two proteins can be used clinically in fracture healing and reconstructive surgery, we investigated whether rHuIL-11 and rHuBMP-2 act synergistically to heal segmental bone defects in a rabbit model. A 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe previously demonstrated that recombinant human interleukin-11 (rHuIL-11) induced osteoblast differentiation of C3H10T1/2 progenitor cells and also acted synergistically with recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rHuBMP-2) in performing the same function. In this study, we investigated the effect of rHuIL-11 and rHuBMP-2 on bone formation in a rat ectopic model. When placed in rats, implants consisting of polymer-coated gelatin sponges containing various concentrations of rHuBMP-2 showed a dose-dependent increase in calcium content.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a stromal cell derived multifunctional cytokine, which plays important roles in the hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic systems. Recombinant human IL-11 (rhIL-11) is used in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia. We have investigated the effects of rhIL-11 on the antitumor activity of chemotherapeutic agents and on thrombocytopenia in myelosuppressed mice bearing tumor cells.
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