Emerging Drugs for the Treatment of Cancer Pain: A Review of Patent Literature in 2014.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Pain in oncology patients may be related to underlying disease process, as well as a side effect of chemotherapy and radiation. More than half of all patients with a diagnosis of cancer experience pain, which is often poorly controlled. As such, the treatment of pain in oncology patients demonstrates a significant need to develop new treatment options.

OBJECTIVE:

This review summarizes 35 patents on the treatment of pain among cancer patients.

METHOD:

A thorough literature review of all patents filed in 2014 was conducted using PubMed and http://ep.espacenet.com/ as sources identify new treatment options for cancer pain.

RESULTS:

Our literature search returned 35 patents filed in 2014 related to the treatment of pain in cancer patients.

CONCLUSION:

In 2014, a number of patents were filed for the treatment of pain among oncology patients. The great variety of chemical compounds presented indicates that there is a great variety in current research for cancer-related pain. The development of novel treatment options will hopefully lead to more effective therapies in the treatment of cancer-related pain.

• Authors: Brooke Anderson, Samuel Lee, Alaa Abd-Elsayed
• Journal: Recent patents on anti-cancer drug discovery (Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov) Vol. 12 Issue 2 Pg. 169-173 ( 2017) ISSN: 2212-3970 [Electronic] United Arab Emirates
• PMID: 28393711 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: Copyright© Bentham Science Publishers; For any queries, please email at [email protected].

Chemical References

• Analgesics

Topics

• Analgesics (therapeutic use)
• Cancer Pain (drug therapy, epidemiology, physiopathology)
• Drug Design
• Humans
• Neoplasms (complications, therapy)
• Patents as Topic