Systematic Evaluation of Drug-Disease Relationships to Identify Leads for Novel Drug Uses

作者:Chiang A P; Butte A J*
来源:Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics, 2009, 86(5): 507-510.
DOI:10.1038/clpt.2009.103

摘要

Drug repositioning refers to the discovery of alternative uses for drugs-uses that are different from that for which the drugs were originally intended. One challenge in this effort lies in choosing the indication for which a drug of interest could be prospectively tested. We systematically evaluated a drug treatment-based view of diseases in order to address this challenge. Suggestions for novel drug uses were generated using a "guilt by association" approach. When compared with a control group of drug uses, the suggested novel drug uses generated by this approach were significantly enriched with respect to previous and ongoing clinical trials.

  • 出版日期2009-11