217 results about "Pharmacological therapy" patented technology

This invention discloses methods for preparing compositions of cyclodextrin polymers for carrying drugs and other active agents. Methods are also disclosed for preparing cyclodextrin polymer carriers that release drugs under controlled conditions. The invention also discloses methods for preparing compositions of cyclodextrin polymer carriers that are coupled to biorecognition molecules for targeting the delivery of drugs to their site of action. The advantages of the water soluble (or colloidal) cyclodextrin polymer carrier are: (1) Drugs can be used that are designed for efficacy without conjugation requirements. (2) It will allow the use of drugs designed solely for efficacy without regard for solubility. (3) Unmodified drugs can be delivered as macromolecules and released within the cell. (4) Drugs can be targeted by coupling the carrier to biorecognition molecules. (5) Synthesis methods are independent of the drug to facilitate multiple drug therapies.

A drug-loaded microparticle is applied to a medical device for subsequent application to biological tissues. A method of formulating a drug-loaded microparticle and applying it to the surface of a medical device, such as a stent, is disclosed. The drug-loaded microparticle is formulated by combining a drug with various chemical solutions. Specified sizes of the microparticles and amounts of drug(s) contained within the microparticles may be varied by altering the proportions of the chemicals / solutions. In addition to various drugs, therapeutic substances and radioactive isotopes may also be loaded into the microparticles. The drug-loaded microparticle are suspended in a polymer solution forming a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix may be applied to the entire surface or only selected portions of the medical device via dipping, spraying or combinations thereof.

A method for measuring indices of brain activity includes non-invasively obtaining signals of central nervous system (CNS) activity, localizing signals to specific anatomical and functional CNS regions, correlating the signals from pain and reward brain regions, and interpreting the correlation results. The results of interpreting the correlation results can be used for objectively measuring, in individual humans or animals, their responses to motivationally salient stimuli including but not limited to stimuli which are internal or external, conscious or non-conscious, pharmacological or non-pharmacological therapies, and diseased based processes. This method for measuring brain activity in reward / aversive central nervous system regions, can further be used to determine the efficacy of compounds.

A therapeutic device and therapeutic method for delivering electrical energy or a medicament to a body tissue or organ utilizing ultrasonic vibration to cause a device implanted in the body tissue or organ to be treated to discharge an electrical current or medicament to the target area.

Process and device for directly medicinally treating interior tissue during or after intubation of a patient by passing medicinal radiant energy transversely through the intubation device to irradiate the internal patient tissue for promoting healing or for an antimicrobial effect. The invention is useful in conjunction with endoscopies and catherizations, such as urinary catherization, gastric and pulmonary endoscopies, and the like procedures. The process and device can also provide liquid flow and / or vision.

The invention relates to a body and mind health care system with musical and color light physical factors based on three networks and the internet of things, which combines body physical therapy by physiotherapy (a body treating function), psychotherapy by music therapy (a mind treating function) and traditional Chinese channel and point therapy (a root treating function), and adds chromophototherapy in the therapy of environmental parameters, thereby achieving treatment of body, mind and root, embodying a new biological, psychological and social medical mode, and realizing a brand-new non-pharmacotherapy mode. A positioning technology and an internet technology are combined for establishing a medical care network system conveniently; a biological information sensor is used so that the system can detect the therapy effect instantly; an environmental parameter sensor is used for building the activation environment of system users into a scientific environment; and multiple physical factors are collected into one physiotherapy function module, so that one or more physical factors can be selected simultaneously for therapy to ensure the therapeutic effect. A biological information detecting / environmental monitoring module, the internet technology and a multipath camera / microphone of the system can be used for realizing remote monitoring.

The invention provides a sustained-release temperature-sensitive blood vessel embolic gel used for treating tumor. The sustained-release blood vessel embolic gel is prepared by entrapping a medicine by using a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The medicine is an anti-tumor medicine, and the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier comprises a gel prepared from poloxamer polymer, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, and the like or a composition thereof. The polymer material accounts for 5-65% of a gel mass. The particle size of the gel is in a range of 10nm to 150mum. The embolic agent is liquid gel under normal temperature, and can be used for direct injection through catheter. After injection into body, with the increase of temperature, the liquid gel is rapidly solidified into gel. Also, according to requirements, different medicines can be entrapped, and embolism and medication dual effect can be achieved through local sustained-release. Therefore, the gel provided by the invention can be used as an embolic agent for endovascular treatment, and can be used in various benign and malignant tumor transcatheter arterial chemoembolizations. The preparation method provided by the invention is simple, and is suitable for industrialized productions.

Current treatment options for Overactive Bladder and Urinary Incontinence include exercise and behavioral modifications, pharmacological therapies, surgical intervention, and neuromodulation. Although each of these treatments is used in the treatment of individuals with these conditions, each has severe limitations. Building on the limitations of existing therapies, and with the distillation of lessons learned from the field of pulsed electric stimulation, the present invention employs Low Frequency Induction Therapy for the delivery of an effective, cost efficient, noninvasive alternative to available treatment options. The device of the present application allows for consistent, user-friendly modulation of the pudendal nerve and the sacral plexus, via pulsed electromagnetic stimulation of the posterior tibial nerve, on an outpatient basis. The device has two primary components: a programmable Logic Controller (LC), which generates the required current, and a Conductive Wrap (CW), through which the current is channeled in generating the pulsed electromagnetic fields.

Methods and systems are disclosed that characterize cardiac function using an acceleration sensor to acquire and analyze the frequency dynamics associated with the isovolumic contraction phase (“ICP”). This information can be used to characterize heart function; optimize therapy for cardiomyopathy, including CRT therapy (including pacing intervals and required pharmacologic therapy); and to optimize CCM therapy. In addition, this information can be used to identify target pacing regions for CRT lead placement. Further, analyzing the frequency dynamics can be used to characterize pathologic heart vibrational motion, such as mitral regurgitation and the third or fourth heart sound, and the response of this motion to therapy for cardiomyopathy.

Methods and systems are disclosed that characterize cardiac function using an acceleration sensor to acquire and analyze the frequency dynamics associated with the isovolumic contraction phase (“ICP”). This information can be used to characterize heart function; optimize therapy for cardiomyopathy, including CRT therapy (including pacing intervals and required pharmacologic therapy); and to optimize CCM therapy. In addition, this information can be used to identify target pacing regions for CRT lead placement. Further, analyzing the frequency dynamics can be used to characterize pathologic heart vibrational motion, such as mitral regurgitation and the third or fourth heart sound, and the response of this motion to therapy for cardiomyopathy.

Chemokine receptor CCR4 and its ligands CCL1 7 and CCL22 are used as markers for the identification and / or staging of cancer. The level of CCR4, CCL17 and CCL22 are found to increase during malignant tumour progression. CCR4, CCL17 and CCL22 are used as markers for the stratification of cancer patients according to their suitability for treatment with anti-cancer agents. Information of diagnostic character is provided by measuring the level of one or more of CCR4, CCL 17 and CCL22 present in a patient sample. Methods of treatment of cancer patients which agents that modulate the activity of CCR4, CCL17 and CCL22. Methods of screening for agents which modulate the biological activities of CCR4, CCL 17 and CCL22 provide anti-cancer agents.

The invention relates to applications of a 2,4-disubstituted thiazoles compound in pharmaceutical chemistry and pharmacotherapy. Specifically, the invention relates to applications of a compound shown in formula I (described in the specification) and a medicinal composition of the compound in preparation of medicines used for treating diseases related to DHODH (dihydroorotate dehydrogenase).

The invention relates generally to a pharmacological therapy for a human genetic diseases, specifically mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes, and more specifically, thymidine kinase 2 (TK2) deficiency. The pharmacological therapy involves the administration of at least one deoxyribonucleoside monophosphate, or mixtures thereof. For the treatment of TK2 deficiency, the pharmacological therapy involves the administration of either deoxythymidine monophosphate (dTMP) or deoxycytidine monophosphate (dCMP), or mixtures thereof. This molecular bypass approach is applicable to other disorders of unbalanced nucleotide pools, especially those found in mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome.

The invention relates to the field of medical chemistry and pharmacotherapeutics, specifically, the invention relates to an aniline quinazoline derivative, the preparation method and the use thereof shown in the following general formula I. The side chain of the aniline quinazoline derivative provided by the invention comprises various pyrrolidine rings; compared with Iressa, the derivative has stronger cytotoxic activity to tumor cell lines and is a promising antitumor medicine.

Methods using mass spectral data analysis and a classification algorithm provide an ability to determine whether a non-small-cell lung cancer patient, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma or colorectal cancer patient has likely developed a non-responsiveness to treatment with a drug targeting an epidermal growth factor receptor pathway. As the methods of this disclosure require only simple blood samples, the methods enable a fast and non-intrusive way of measuring when drugs targeting the EGFR pathway cease to be effective in certain patients. This discovery represents the first known example of true personalized selection of these types of cancer patients for treatment using these classes of drugs not only initially, but during the course of treatment.

An assay for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in a living patient is disclosed wherein an amount of α7nAChR or TLR4 in a FLNA-captured protein complex or α7nAChR in an Aβ-captured protein complex or α7nAChR-FLNA, or TLR4-FLNA and / or α7nAChR-Aβ42 complex present as a protein-protein complex in a sample is compared to the amount in a standard sample from a person free of AD pathology. An amount greater than in the standard sample indicates AD pathology. Also disclosed is an assay predictive of prognosis for treatment with a medicament in which the amount of an above protein or protein complex is compared to an amount in the presence of a medicament that binds to a FLNA pentapeptide and contains at least four pharmacophores of FIGS. 7-12. An amount of protein or protein complex determined in the presence of medicament that is less than the first amount indicates a favorable treatment prognosis.

The present invention features methods, devices, and kits for predicting the sensitivity of a patient to a compound or medical treatment. The invention also features methods for identifying biomarkers, the expression of which correlates to treatment sensitivity or resistance within a patient population or subpopulation.

A method for improving the pharmacokinetics of an orally administered drug that is directly metabolized by UGT1A1 comprises orally administering to a mammal in need of treatment with the drug a combination of the drug or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and atazanavir or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

A resorbable, biodegradable, drug delivery prosthesis (10) includes mechanical properties for maintaining the strength needed to acutely open and maintain a vessel, duct, tract, or organ, and precise chronicity for controlling the release and delivery of drugs or biologic agents. The drugs and biologic agents are capable of acting upon and altering the mechanisms of biologic systems in an manner providing a medicinal therapy. The method of the invention includes a one step process of extruding the admixture forming the prosthesis (10) into a geometry compatible with its use.

The present invention relates to HLA-E as a tumor escape mechanism in head and neck cancer. The invention relates to methods for the treatment of head and neck cancer, notably HLA-E expressing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, using antibodies that specifically bind and inhibit human NKG2A.

The invention discloses a relevant gene combination, a primer, a probe and application used for detecting a chemotherapeutic effect on acute myelogenous leukemia. The gene combination comprises four gene combinations closely relevant to pharmacotherapy of the acute myelogenous leukemia: medicament metabolism phase I enzyme gene CYP3A5, medicament metabolism phase II enzyme genes NAT2 and GSTO2, and medicament transport protein gene OATP1B1; and the gene combination comprises the following SNP loci: the locus rs776746 of the gene CYP3A5, the locus rs1799931 of the gene NAT2, the locus rs156697 of the gene GSTO2, and the locus rs4149056 of the gene OATP1B1. A method is performed by hybridizing a specific primer and probes which are subjected to fluorescence marks of different colors with target gene fragments in a nucleic acid sample after PCR amplification. The treatment effect of a leukemia medicament is detected and analyzed by mononucleotide extension technology so as to direct clinical medicament application, reduce a toxic or side effect of the medicament application for a patient, and increase a curative effect.

The invention belongs to the technical field of biology, and particularly relates to an oncolytic virus vaccine and a medicine for treating tumors by combining the oncolytic virus vaccine with immunecells. The invention provides a brand-new oncolytic virus attenuated strain by carrying out site-specific mutagenesis on the VSV wild type virus matrix protein M. The gene sequence of the matrix protein M is shown as SEQ ID NO 3. The attenuated strain can be independently used as a drug for treating tumors, and is superior to wild type viruses and other known attenuated strains in safety and curerate. On the basis of the oncolytic virus attenuated strain, NY-ESO-1 is inserted into the attenuated strain, and the invention further provides a vaccine capable of being applied to tumor treatment.The vaccine is high in cure rate and high in biological safety. On the basis of the vaccine, the vaccine and TCR-T cells are combined for application, and a medicine capable of efficiently treating various tumors is provided. On a mouse lung cancer model, the cure rate can reach the surprising rate of 95 percent.

The invention provides a multifunctional nano-drug combination and a preparation method thereof. The combination comprises a carrier and active ingredients loaded on the carrier, wherein the carrier is a polymer formed by mPEG-PLGA and / or PEG-PLGA and a porphyrin compound through covalent-bond connection, and the active ingredients include hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs. Preferentially, the carrier and the active ingredients loaded on the carrier form particles with the nano size of 50-1000 nm. The multifunctional nano-drug combination has photo-thermal effect so that the treatment efficiency can be improved based on traditional chemotherapy in combination with photo-thermal therapy, and the multifunctional nano-drug combination can be applied to cancer therapy drugs.

The present invention relates to the field of medicinal chemistry and pharmacotherapeutics, specifically to a compound which is used as a receptor tyrosine kinase MET inhibitor and is shown in the formula I, its enantiomer, diastereomer, racemate and their mixture or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound and an application thereof.

Disclosed are inhibitors of the USP1 / UAF1 deubiquitinase complex, for example. of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, and Q are as defined herein, which are useful in treating diseases such as cancer, and improving the efficacy of DNA damaging agents in cancer treatment. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the invention, a method of method of inhibiting a heterodimeric deubiquitinase complex in a cell, and a method of enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer in a mammal undergoing treatment with an anti cancer agent. Further disclosed is a method of preparing compounds of the invention.

The present disclosure relates to HLA-E as a tumor escape mechanism in head and neck cancer. The disclosure relates to methods for the treatment of head and neck cancer, notably HLA-E expressing head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, using antibodies that specifically bind and inhibit human NKG2A.

This invention provides methods to predict the degree of elevation of serum cholesterol levels in patients treated with immunosuppressive medication. This invention also provides treatment strategies based on these predictions and kits to carry out these methods.

The invention relates to a new mutant protein related to dilated cardiomyopathy, a new mutant gene and application thereof, discloses a mutant protein and a mutant TTN gene, has c.20292-20293 heterozygosis deletion variation compared with a human TTN gene, verifies that the mutation is related to dilated cardiomyopathy through research data, and protects the mutant protein and the gene based on arequest. And a kit for detecting dilated cardiomyopathy is disclosed. The mutant TTN gene provided by the invention can distinguish patients with dilated cardiomyopathy from normal people, and can beused as a biomarker for clinical auxiliary diagnosis of dilated cardiomyopathy. Carriers of the variation can be screened in the early stage, and prenatal and postnatal guidance and genetic counselingare provided for subjects. And a possible drug treatment target is provided for human to overcome the dilated cardiomyopathy.

An assay for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology in a living patient is disclosed wherein an amount of α7nAChR or TLR4 in a FLNA-captured protein complex or α7nAChR in an Aβ-captured protein complex or α7nAChR-FLNA, or TLR4-FLNA and / or α7nAChR-Aβ42 complex present as a protein-protein complex in a sample is compared to the amount in a standard sample from a person free of AD pathology. An amount greater than in the standard sample indicates AD pathology. Also disclosed is an assay predictive of prognosis for treatment with a medicament in which the amount of an above protein or protein complex is compared to an amount in the presence of a medicament that binds to a FLNA pentapeptide and contains at least four pharmacophores of FIGS. 7-12. An amount of protein or protein complex determined in the presence of medicament that is less than the first amount indicates a favorable treatment prognosis.