Patent ID: 6130210
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: A61K,A61P,C08B

Abstract:
A method for Inhibition of formation of metastases in a patient affected with neoplasias which comprises the step of administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a heparin derivative devoid of anti-angiogenic activity and having an average molecular weight ranging from about 1000 to about 30,000 daltons, N-acylated with residues from aliphatic monocarboxylic acids having 3 to 20 carbon atoms, or with residues from aliphatic dicarboxylic acids having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, and having an N-acylation degree ranging from about 10 to about 100, or salts thereof with alkali or alkaline-earth metal cations.