Abstract:
The use of substances capable of inhibiting one or more enzymes of the histone deacetylase family (histone deacetylase inhibitors) for the therapeutic treatment of Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative syndromes (polycythemia vera, essential thrombocythemia or idiopathic myelofibrosis) is described. The dosage of the above-mentioned substances is significantly lower than that normally used for the care of other tumour syndromes and may be from 10 to 150 mg/day/patient.
Abstract:
Method of treating Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative syndromes in a patient suffering from such syndromes. The method is carried out by administering to the patient diethyl-[6-(4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenylcarbamoyloxymethyl)-naphthalen-2-yl -methyl]-ammonium chloride, or other pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates, in a daily dosage amount of from 10 to 150 mg per patient.