Treatment of lung cancer cell lines
with mebendazole caused mitotic arrest by depolymerization of tubulin, followed by apoptotic cell death.
Not exact matches
Janssen GPH will also prioritise work
with the International Partnership for Microbicides developing the investigational drug dapivirine for use as a monthly vaginal microbicidal ring designed to prevent sexual transmission of HIV and continue its pact
with Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative for the preclinical research of a reformulated form of flubendazole for lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis) and onchocerciasis (river blindness), Janssen GPH is also developing a new, chewable formulation of Vermox (
mebendazole) that will facilitate treatment of intestinal worms in younger children.
Dosing of
mebendazole of 30 - 87 mg / kg / day in humans resulted in plasma levels of 120 -218 nM (260 nM for continuous administration)
with coefficients of variation ranging from 27 to 72 %.
Furthermore, the host of different targets described seems to be linked to the capability of the benzimidazoles (
mebendazole), salicylanilides (niclosamine) and cyanine dye derivatives (pyrvinium) to interact
with DNA directly.
Oral administration of
mebendazole in mice elicited a strong antitumor effect in a subcutaneous model and reduced lesions in experimentally induced lung metastasis without any toxicity when compared
with paclitaxel - treated mice [9,20].
The repurposed anthelmintic
mebendazole in combination
with trametinib suppresses refractory NRASQ61K melanoma.
Treatment involves deworming
with one of several products:
mebendazole (Telmintic ®), fenbendazole (Panacur ®), pyrantel pamoate (Nemex ®, Drontal ®, or Strongid T ®).