Response of radiochemotherapy-associated cerebral edema to a phytotherapeutic agent, H15

Neurology. 2001 May 8;56(9):1219-21. doi: 10.1212/wnl.56.9.1219.

Abstract

Twelve patients with brain tumors and progressive edema caused by tumor progression or radiochemotherapy-related leukoencephalopathy were treated with H15, a phytotherapeutic anti-inflammatory agent. Edema was reduced in two of seven patients with glioblastoma with tumor progression and in three of five patients with treatment-related leukoencephalopathy. All patients with leukoencephalopathy improved clinically for several months.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Brain Edema / drug therapy*
  • Brain Edema / pathology
  • Brain Edema / radiotherapy*
  • Brain Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / radiotherapy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plant Extracts / therapeutic use*
  • Triterpenes / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Plant Extracts
  • Triterpenes
  • boswellic acid