The treatment of renal cell carcinoma with human leukocyte
alpha-interferon.
Approval was based on a study of 1,219 adults with chronic hepatitis C infection who had not received
alpha-interferon.
He continued, "Investigations on the use of alternative medications such as topically applied
alpha-interferon, a known antiviral agent, have demonstrated some clinical benefit.
Starting cancer patients on an antidepressant before they begin receiving
alpha-interferon markedly reduces the therapy's side effects, Miller and his colleagues now report.
Nevertheless, sales of IL-2 and
alpha-interferon are currently around $1.
Phase II trial data demonstrates that "patients treated with Maxamine are living two to three times longer than the historical average for patients treated with IL-2 or
alpha-interferon alone.
