Zometa has been approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma and for patients with bone metastases from solid tumors. For prostate cancer, which is included in this approval, patients should have progressed after treatment with at least one hormonal therapy. The drug is indicated for use in conjunction with standard antineoplastic therapy.
Zometa is a bisphosphonate that works by inhibiting the breakdown of bone (resorption). The drug was originally approved in August 2001 for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy, a common life-threatening metabolic complication associated with cancer.
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