Zoledronic acid, or CGP 42'446, is a third generation, nitrogen containing bisphosphonate similar to ibandronic acid, minodronic acid, and risedronic acid. Zoledronic acid is used to treat and prevent multiple forms of osteoporosis, hypercalcemia of malignancy, multiple myeloma, bone metastases from solid tumors, and Paget’s disease of bone. Zoledronic acid was first described in the literature in 1994.
Zoledronic acid was granted FDA approval on 20 August 2001.
Zoledronic acid is indicated to treat hypercalcemia of malignancy, multiple myeloma, bone metastases from solid tumors, osteoporosis in men and postmenopausal women, glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis, and Paget's disease of bone in men and women. Zoledronic acid is also indicated for the prevention of osteoporosis in post menopausal women and glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis.
University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
Research Site, Manchester, United Kingdom
Research Site, Uppsala, Sweden
Queen Elizabeth Hospital at University Hospital of Birmingham NHS Trust, Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Gloucestershire Oncology Centre at Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Christie Hospital, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, Shanghai, China
Wirral Hospitals Universirt NHS Trust, Upton, Wirral, Merseyside, United Kingdom
LKH-Univ. Klinikum Graz, Onkologie, Graz, Styria, Austria
LKH Salzburg, Uni.klinik f. Innere Med. III/Onkol. Amb., Salzburg, Austria
Frauenklinik Rheinfelden, Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States
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