An antimitotic agent with immunosuppressive properties. Dexrazoxane, the (+)-enantiomorph of razoxane, provides cardioprotection against anthracycline toxicity. It appears to inhibit formation of a toxic iron-anthracycline complex. [PubChem]
The Food and Drug Administration has designated dexrazoxane as an orphan drug for use in the prevention or reduction in the incidence and severity of anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy.
For reducing the incidence and severity of cardiomyopathy associated with doxorubicin administration in women with metastatic breast cancer who have received a cumulative doxorubicin hydrochloride dose of 300 mg/m^2 and would benefit from continued doxorubicin therapy. Also approved for the treatment of extravasation from intravenous anthracyclines.
Phoenix Childrens Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Valley Children's Hospital, Madera, California, United States
Princess Máxima Center for pediatric oncology, Utrecht, Netherlands
NL-Breda-AMPHIA, Breda, Netherlands
NL-Almelo-ZGTALMELO, Almelo, Netherlands
NL-Amstelveen-AMSTELLAND, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Klinikum der Universität München (KUM) Campus Großhadern, Munich, Germany
Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States
University of California San Francisco-Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, Texas, United States
Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Banner Children's at Desert, Mesa, Arizona, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Starship Children's Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand
The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus Medizinische Klinik I Internistische Onkologie, Dresden, Germany
Helios Klinikum Bad Saarow, Bad Saarow, Germany
Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch Klinik für Onkologie und Palliativmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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