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Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO)-itraconazole as an anti-cancer agent.
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- From fungus fighter to cancer slayer: itraconazole as a multifaceted candidate for drug-resistant prostate cancer.Prostate cancer and prostatic diseases · 2026Review
- Evaluation of Itraconazole as a repurposed small molecule inhibitor of EMT in breast cancer: a molecular docking and dynamics study.Journal of molecular modeling · 2026Article
- Itraconazole as a repurposed anti-cancer agent: focusing on synthesis, mechanisms of action and therapeutic insights.RSC advances · 2026Review
- A Phase I Study of Hydroxychloroquine and Suba-Itraconazole in Men with Biochemical Relapse of Prostate Cancer (HITMAN-PC): Dose Escalation Results.Cancer research communications · 2026Article
- Repurposing Itraconazole in Combination with Chemotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor for Cancer.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Itraconazole induced ferroptosis in acute myeloid leukemia cells through TP53INP1.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2026Article
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- The association of azole antifungals with overall survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors.The oncologist · 2025Article
- Bilosomal Co-Encapsulated Tamoxifen and Propranolol for Potentiated Anti-Breast Cancer Efficacy: In Vitro and In Vivo Investigation.Pharmaceutics · 2025Article
- Role of Fungi in Tumorigenesis: Promises and Challenges.Annual review of pathology · 2025Review
- Interactions between hedgehog signaling pathway and the complex tumor microenvironment in breast cancer: current knowledge and therapeutic promises.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Review
- Revolutionizing ovarian cancer therapy by drug repositioning for accelerated and cost-effective treatments.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Review
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- Hormone Receptors and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Recent Advances in Biology and Treatment Options.Biomedicines · 2023Review
- The Antineoplastic Effect of Carboplatin Is Potentiated by Combination with Pitavastatin or Metformin in a Chemoresistant High-Grade Serous Carcinoma Cell Line.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Article
- Pitavastatin and Ivermectin Enhance the Efficacy of Paclitaxel in Chemoresistant High-Grade Serous Carcinoma.Cancers · 2022Article
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Abstract
Itraconazole, a common triazole anti-fungal drug in widespread clinical use, has evidence of clinical activity that is of interest in oncology. There is evidence that at the clinically relevant doses, itraconazole has potent anti-angiogenic activity, and that it can inhibit the Hedgehog signalling pathway and may also induce autophagic growth arrest. The evidence for these anticancer effects, in vitro, in vivo, and clinical are summarised, and the putative mechanisms of their action outlined. Clinical trials have shown that patients with prostate, lung, and basal cell carcinoma have benefited from treatment with itraconazole, and there are additional reports of activity in leukaemia, ovarian, breast, and pancreatic cancers. Given the evidence presented, a case is made that itraconazole warrants further clinical investigation as an anti- cancer agent. Additionally, based on the properties summarised previously, it is proposed that itraconazole may synergise with a range of other drugs to enhance the anti-cancer effect, and some of these possible combinations are presented in the supplementary materials accompanying this paper.
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