Computerized quantification of drugs synergism in animal studies or in clinical trials using only ten data points

This article presents two examples for drug combinations in vivo: (i) in animals (anticancer drug combination against human HCT-116 colon carcinoma xenografts in nude mice, Taxotere + T607) and (ii) in a clinical trial (anti-retroviral drug combinations against HIV/AIDS, AZT + INF). Only 36 patients respectively only 66 nude mice were required. Both examples require only ten data points (D1, D2 and [D1+D2], each with 3 doses plus one control) to quantitatively determine synergism or antagonism with the CompuSyn software.Graphical abstract
Source: Synergy - Category: Molecular Biology Source Type: research