Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a method of treatment, including prevention or reducing the likelihood of adverse effects of chemotherapy comprising reducing and/or inhibiting chemotherapy-induced adverse effects (CIAE), especially central nervous system adverse effects, such as cognitive effects (especially chemotherapy induced cognitive impairment or CICI, also referred to as reduced cognition, cognitive impairment or chemobrain) by administering to the patient in need, including co-administering to the subject in need a pharmaceutically effective amount of a protein kinase C (PKC, often, PKC α and/or β) inhibitor, alone or in combination with a lithium salt. Related pharmaceutical compositions are also provided by the present invention.