Experiment 838634
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ROUTE NOT GIVEN |
| Organism | Empty organism |
| Citation | CHANDLER,RF: PHILLIPSON,JD: ANDERSON,LA:. (1984). CONTROVERSIAL LAETRILE.. 232(6269) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE DID A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY OF PATIENTS TREATED WITH LAETRILE. OF THE 67 RECORDS RECEIVED WITH SUFFICIENT DATA, ONLY 6 PATIENTS WERE JUDGED TO HAVE SHOWN OBJECTIVE IMPROVEMENT. SUBSEQUENT PHASE I CLINICAL TRIALS ON PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER SHOWED NO SUBSTANSIVE BENEFITS. CYANIDE TOXICITY WAS EVIDENT. FURTHER STUDIES SHOWED THAT LAETRILE DECREASED THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF CANCER PATIENTS BY ONE HALF. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |