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.
Department of Neurology, St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Japan, Tokyo and Other Japanese City, Japan
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, United States
UCSF, San Francisco, California, United States
University of Chicago Department of Pediatrics Hematology/Oncology, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Corewell Health Grand Rapids Hospitals - Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Corewell Health Children's, Royal Oak, Michigan, United States
Los Angeles General Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, United States
C S Mott Children's Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, United States
Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States
Lurie Children's Hospital-Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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