Bleomycin
Sign in to saveAlso known as BLM, Bleocin, Bleomicin
Bleomycin is a medication primarily used to treat cancer. This includes Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, testicular cancer, ovarian cancer, and cervical cancer among others. Typically used with other cancer medications, it can be given intravenously, by injection into a muscle or under the skin. It may also be administered inside the chest to help prevent the recurrence of a pleural effusion due to cancer; however, talc is better for this. It may sometimes be used to treat other difficult-to-treat skin lesions such as plantar warts in immunocompromised patients.
Medication
- Drug class
- Other cytotoxic antibiotics
- Active ingredients
- bleomycin
- Dosage form
- Injection
Sources: openFDA · RxNorm (NLM). Not medical advice.
Research
25,090 papers- Bleomycin.Cancer chemotherapy and biological response modifiers · 1994
- Bleomycin.Cancer chemotherapy and biological response modifiers · 1997
- Bleomycin.Cancer chemotherapy and biological response modifiers · 1999
- Bleomycin-induced pulmonary toxicity in chemotherapy for testicular cancer.Expert opinion on drug safety · 2003
- A systematic review of bleomycin-induced gonadotoxicity: Mechanistic implications for male reproductive health and fertility.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2024
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Clinical Trials
91 registered- PHASE3RECRUITINGTC or BEP in Treating Patients With Ovarian Malignant Sex Cord-Stromal TumorsBeihua Kong · NCT02429700
- PHASE2NOT_YET_RECRUITINGInjection Sclerotherapy With Bleomycin VS Doxycycline in Patients With Lymphatic MalformationsBasharat Hussain · NCT07320001
- NAENROLLING_BY_INVITATIONTACE Treats Nodular GoiterPeking Union Medical College Hospital · NCT07258199
- PHASE4COMPLETEDThoracoscopic Talc Pleurodesis Versus Bleomycin -Tranxemic Acid Mixture Injection in Chest Tube in Malignant Pleural EffusionMohamed Sabry · NCT06744946
- PHASE4WITHDRAWNPharmacokinetic Study of Aprepitant in BEP Treatment of Patients With Testis Carcinoma (A-BEP)Radboud University Medical Center · NCT00429754
- PHASE2COMPLETEDIntralesional Bleomycin Versus Cryotherapy for Treatment of Cutaneous WartsJinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre · NCT05023408
Wikidata facts
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- World Health Organisation international non-proprietary name
- bleomycin
- medical condition treated
- melanoma
- Commons category
- Bleomycins
- subject has role
- antibiotic
- chemical formula
- C₅₅H₈₄N₁₇O₂₁S₃⁺
- legal status (medicine)
- boxed warning
- significant drug interaction
- brentuximab vedotin
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