John Patrick McCook;Niven Rajin Narain;Joaquin Jimenez
发明人:
Joaquin Jimenez,Niven Rajin Narain,John Patrick McCook
申请号:
US12853431
公开号:
US09901637B2
申请日:
2010.08.10
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
The invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating alopecia, such as chemotherapy-induced alopecia (CIA). The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention comprises an effective amount of a vitamin D compound in a formulation that topically delivers the vitamin D compound to the epidermis layer but substantially avoids the dermis layer. In chemotherapy patients, the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention can be administered either before or concurrent with the chemotherapy medication.