Platinum-based chemotherapy combination
This page covers all Platinum-based chemotherapy combination drugs tracked by Drug Landscape: marketed products and active clinical-stage compounds, targeting DNA (oxaliplatin); thymidylate synthase (capecitabine/5-FU).
Targets
DNA (oxaliplatin); thymidylate synthase (capecitabine/5-FU)
Marketed (1)
- oxaliplatin plus capecitabine · LiNing · Oncology
Oxaliplatin and capecitabine work together as a chemotherapy combination where oxaliplatin cross-links DNA to prevent replication while capecitabine is converted to fluorouracil to inhibit thymidylate synthase and disrupt nucleotide synthesis.
Phase 3 pipeline (1)
- platinum-based dual-agent chemotherapy · Suzhou Suncadia Biopharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. · Oncology
Platinum-based dual-agent chemotherapy uses two platinum compounds or a platinum compound combined with another cytotoxic agent to create synergistic DNA damage and cell death in cancer cells.