Patent ID: 6787132
Filing Date: 2004-09-07
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method for antitumor therapy, comprisingadministering to a subject in need of such treatment, a therapeutically effective amount of a non-encapsulated chemotherapy drug and an immunostimulating cytokine, wherein the cytokine is encapsulated in multilamellar liposomes (MLV), said treatment being characterized in that the subject is administered on non-consecutive days with two or more DOSES of said liposome encapsulated cytokine, a first dose being administered at least 3 days following administration of said chemotherapeutic drug, wherein the time between administrations is such that the therapeutic effect of the combined administrations is greater than the sum of the therapeutic effects produced by administration of said chemotherapeutic drug alone and by administration of said immunostimulating cytokine alone.