Clodronate (Bonefos)
Not FDA approved; used in several other countries (Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, others).
General information
Class/mechanism: Bisphosphonate, inhibits osteoclast activity, dissolution of hydroxyapatite crystals, and bone resorption/turnover.[1][2]
Route: PO
Extravasation: n/a
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Disease-specific information
For now this will be a gathering point for RCTs examining the use of this agent, which does not have clear antineoplastic properties; in the future this information may be moved to separate page(s).
Breast cancer
- Diel IJ, Solomayer EF, Costa SD, Gollan C, Goerner R, Wallwiener D, Kaufmann M, Bastert G. Reduction in new metastases in breast cancer with adjuvant clodronate treatment. N Engl J Med. 1998 Aug 6;339(6):357-63. link to original article PubMed
Multiple myeloma
- Lahtinen R, Laakso M, Palva I, Virkkunen P, Elomaa I. Randomised, placebo-controlled multicentre trial of clodronate in multiple myeloma. Finnish Leukaemia Group. Lancet. 1992 Oct 31;340(8827):1049-52. Erratum in: Lancet 1992 Dec 5;340(8832):1420. link to original article PubMed
- MRC Myeloma IX: Morgan GJ, Davies FE, Gregory WM, Cocks K, Bell SE, Szubert AJ, Navarro-Coy N, Drayson MT, Owen RG, Feyler S, Ashcroft AJ, Ross F, Byrne J, Roddie H, Rudin C, Cook G, Jackson GH, Child JA; National Cancer Research Institute Haematological Oncology Clinical Study Group. First-line treatment with zoledronic acid as compared with clodronic acid in multiple myeloma (MRC Myeloma IX): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2010 Dec 11;376(9757):1989-99. Epub 2010 Dec 3. link to original article link to PMC article PubMed
Patient drug information
Also known as
- Generic names: clodronate disodium, clodronic acid disodium tetrahydrate
- Brand names: Bonefos, Clasteon, Clastoban, Climaclod, Clodeosten, Clodran, Clodron, Clody, Difosfonal, Disdual, Lodronat, Loron, Lytos, Mebonat, Moticlod, Niklod, Ossiten, Ostac, Osteonorm, Osteostab, Sindronat