74 results about "Statin therapy" patented technology

The present invention concerns the application of lipidomics to statin treatment for disorders such as cardiovascular disorders. Hence, the invention provides, among other things, a method of correlating a lipid profile with a positive or negative response to a statin treatment regimen by obtaining a lipid profile of a sample from a mammalian subject following commencement of the treatment regimen; and correlating the lipid profile in the sample with a positive or negative response to the treatment regimen. The invention further provides a method of correlating a lipid profile with a positive or negative response to a statin treatment regimen by obtaining a lipid profile of a sample from a mammalian subject before commencement of the treatment regimen; and correlating the lipid profile in the sample with a positive or negative response to the treatment regimen.

The present invention relates generally to treatment of muscle pain and / or fatigue and to methods for treatment of side effects of statin therapy. In particular, the invention relates to the use of certain substituted benzoquinones, e.g. Coenzymes Q, particularly Coenzyme Q10 (Q10), in therapy. The invention also relates to the use of Q10 in combinative therapy with other agents such as uridine, its biological precursors or salts, esters, tautomers or analogues thereof ("uridine related compounds"). The invention is also directed to compositions, uses and combination packs or kits related to the treatment methods. In a preferred aspect the invention relates to a method of treatment of one or more side effects of statin therapy comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of uridine, one of its biological precursors or a salt, ester, tautomer or analogue thereof either simultaneously, sequentially or separately to administration of an effective amount of at least one compound of Formula (I).

The present invention provides methods for treating hypercholesterolemia. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating patients with hypercholesterolemia that is not adequately controlled by moderate-dose statin therapy.

The present invention provides methods for treating hyperlipidemia in patients who are not on statin therapy. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P.

Statin therapy has revolutionized the treatment of cardiovascular disease, but not all patients can take the appropriate level of statins because of their side effects. The present invention provides compositions that provide potent cholesterol lowering while minimizing the damaging side effects to liver, muscles, and neurons, and has the added benefit of reducing chronic systemic inflammation, which is an independent determinant of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. The current invention presents pharmaceutical compositions for reducing cholesterol and chronic systemic inflammation comprising therapeutically effective amounts of: at least one lipid-lowering agent chosen from HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, high-dose controlled-release niacin, red yeast rice, or policosanol; and at least one antiinflammatory natural product chosen from alpha-lipoic acid and corosolic acid. To those in need of such treatment, the current invention also provides safe methods for reducing high serum cholesterol or chronic inflammation, or for simultaneously reducing both cholesterol and chronic inflammation via treatment with therapeutically effective daily doses of pharmaceutical compositions as described herein. The present invention provides mammals with compositions and methods for concurrently reducing cholesterol and inflammation as a prevention or treatment for many age-related diseases and disorders.

The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with response to statin treatment, particularly for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease, especially coronary heart disease (such as myocardial infarction) and stroke. For example, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, reagents and kits for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and variant proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins as well as methods of using reagents and kits for their detection.

Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms sensitively predicting Advserse Drug Reactions (ADR) and Drug Efficacy Abs tract. The invention provides diagnostic methods and kits including oligo and / or polynucleotides or derivatives, including as well antibodies determining whether a human subject is at risk of getting adverse drug reaction after statin therapy or whether the human subject is a high or low responder or a good a or bad metabolizer of statins. The invention provides further diagnostic methods and kits including antibodies determining whether a human subject is at risk for a cardiovascular disease. Still further the invention provides polymorphic sequences and other genes. The present invention further relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding a phenotype associated (PA) gene polypeptide useful in methods to identify therapeutic agents and useful for preparation of a medicament to treat cardiovascular disease or influence drug response, the polynucleotide is selected from the group comprising: SEQ ID 1-168 with allelic variation as indicated in the sequences section contained in a functional surrounding like full length cDNA for PA gene polypeptide and with or without the PA gene promoter sequence.

The present invention provides methods for treating diseases and disorders that are associated with elevated levels of lipids and lipoproteins. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a high cardiovascular risk patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P or alirocumab. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating high cardiovascular risk patients with hypercholesterolemia and elevated levels of other atherogenic lipoproteins that are not adequately controlled by maximum tolerated dose statin therapy. In particular, the methods of the present invention are useful for reducing cardiovascular risk and lowering atherogenic lipoproteins in high cardiovascular risk patients within 12 months following an acute coronary syndrome event despite a maximum tolerated dose statin therapy.

The present invention provides methods for treating diseases and disorders that are associated with elevated levels of lipids and lipoproteins. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a high cardiovascular risk patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P or alirocumab. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating high cardiovascular risk patients with hypercholesterolemia and elevated levels of other atherogenic lipoproteins that are not adequately controlled by maximum tolerated dose statin therapy. In particular, the methods of the present invention are useful for reducing cardiovascular risk and lowering atherogenic lipoproteins in high cardiovascular risk patients within 12 months following an acute coronary syndrome event despite a maximum tolerated dose statin therapy.

Described herein are materials and methods for predicting and monitoring a heart failure patient's physiological response to treatment with a statin. More specifically, the present invention relates to the endogenous protein galectin-3 and its use as a predictor of response to treatment with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme-A reductase inhibitors, or statins.

The invention proposes the sure of reduced glutathione in a liposome (liposomal reduced glutathione) for the oral administration of a therapeutically effective amount to ameliorate the progression of vascular disease, including atherosclerosis, diabetes, hypertension, narrowing of arteries leading to decreased blood flow, ischemic events, and the formation of blood clots, abnormal platelet aggregation, and thrombotic events, by reducing the amount and effect of oxidized cholesterol, oxidized HDL and oxidized LDL. The invention also proposes combining liposomal encapsulated glutathione with statin drugs to improve the effect of lowering not only cholesterol but also the oxidized cholesterol as well as oxidized HDL and oxidized LDL. The invention also proposes combining liposomal encapsulated glutathione with CoQ10 as a therapy for vascular disease and management of side effects of statin therapy.

The present disclosure describes methods for treating or preventing Type 1 diabetes mellitus in juveniles, particularly in juveniles newly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. This prevention or treatment of Type 1 diabetes is achieved by administering one or more therapeutic agents to a juvenile in need, wherein the therapeutic agent is, for example, a competitive inhibitor of mevalonate synthesis, a competitive inhibitor of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, or an inducer of AMP protein kinase (AMPK) activity. In certain embodiments, juveniles with Type 1 diabetes are treated with an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor such as a statin, thereby decreasing the destruction of islet cells, or maintaining endogenous insulin production, in the juvenile.

The present invention provides a novel nanotechnology-based strategy for therapeutic neovascularization. Said statin-loaded nanoparticle allows local delivery of statin and thus improves therapeutic efficacy of several kind of diseases which may treated by statin such as ischemic neovascularization.

The present invention relates to the use of genetic variants of associated marker genes to predict an individual's susceptibility to muscular injury and muscular side effects in response to statin therapy. The present invention further relates to analytical assays and computational methods using the novel marker gene set. The present invention has utility for personalized medical treatment, drug safety, statin compliance, and prophylaxis of muscle side effect.

The present invention provides methods for treating hypercholesterolemia. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a high cardiovascular risk patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating high cardiovascular risk patients with hypercholesterolemia and established CHD or CHD risk equivalents that are not adequately controlled by maximum tolerated dose statin therapy.

Novel combinations comprising HMG CoA reductase inhibitors, or statins, with partial fatty acid oxidation inhibitors (pFOXi), and methods for their use, are disclosed. These combinations are useful in preventing or reducing the risk of developing diabetes which results from therapy with a statin.

The present invention relates to a method for determining variable response to statin therapy in patients afflicted with or susceptible to develop cardiovascular diseases, hypercholesterolemia, Diabetes and metabolic disorders involving high baseline plasma lipid level such as high LDL-C level, comprising detecting the presence or absence of the Pro 155T hr (C463A) variant in the Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide-C(OATP-C) gene, wherein the presence of said variant is indicative of superior response to statin therapy. It also concerns tailored treatment of different populations of patients according to the Pro155Thr (C463A) variant genotype.

The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with response to statin treatment (particularly for reducing the risk of venous thrombosis). For example, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and variant proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.

The present invention provides methods for treating hypercholesterolemia. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P. The methods of the present invention are useful for treating patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia who are not adequately controlled by maximum tolerated dose statin therapy with or without other lipid lowering therapy.

The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with coronary heart disease (particularly myocardial infarction), aneurysm / dissection, and / or response to drug treatment, particularly statin treatment. For example, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and variant proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.

The present invention provides methods for treating hyperlipidemia in patients who are not on statin therapy. The methods of the present invention comprise administering to a patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a PCSK9 inhibitor. In certain embodiments, the PCSK9 inhibitor is an anti-PCSK9 antibody such as the exemplary antibody referred to herein as mAb316P.

Embodiments of the present invention relate generally the use of certain compositions, e.g., compositions comprising a glutathione precursor and a selenium source, in the therapy of subjects suffering from diseases associated with hyperiipidemia and / or hypercholesterolemia. Related embodiments of the present invention relate to treatment and / or reducing the incidence of the side effects of statin therapy comprising administering to a subject in need, a composition comprising a glutathione precursor and a selenium source. Embodiments of the invention also relate to the use of the compositions in combination therapy with other agents such as statins, cholesterol absorption inhibitors, bile acid binding resins, or fibrates. In other embodiments, the invention relates to the use of such compositions comprising the glutathione precursor and the selenium source in the therapy of subjects suffering from erectile dysfunction and / or viral diseases such as Ebola virus disease (EVD) or Ebola hemorrhagic fever (EHF).

The invention provides methods and compositions for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and / or reversing) calciphylaxis in a subject in need thereof and, more particularly, the invention relates to methods of using menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and / or menaquinol-7 (MKH2-7) for preventing or treating calciphylaxis in a subject with one or more of the following: diabetes, chronic kidney disease, end stage renal failure, and COPD or a subject undergoing hemodialysis and / or receiving anticoagulant therapy and / or statin therapy.

The present invention provides compositions and methods based on genetic polymorphisms that are associated with coronary heart disease (particularly myocardial infarction), aneurysm / dissection, and / or response to drug treatment, particularly statin treatment. For example, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and variant proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.

Provided are diagnostic methods and kits including oligo and / or polynucleotides or derivatives, including as well antibodies determining whether a human subject is at risk of getting adverse drug reaction after statin therapy or whether the human subject is a high or low responder or a good a or bad metabolizer of statins. The diagnostic methods and kits including antibodies determining whether a human subject is at risk for a cardiovascular disease. Also provided are polymorphic sequences and other genes and isolated polynucleotides encoding a phenotype associated (PA) gene polypeptide useful in methods to identify therapeutic agents and useful for preparation of a medicament to treat cardiovascular disease or influence drug response.

The invention concerns a method for monitoring the development of a disease in a patient, and for assessing the efficacy of a therapy influencing on the CD73 level or activity in the patient, in particular a cytokine therapy or a statin therapy. CD73 in a tissue fluid drawn from the patient is used as a biomarker. The invention concerns also methods for determining of CD73 protein in a sample drawn from an individual's tissue fluid.

The invention concerns a method for monitoring the development of a disease in a patient, or for assessing the efficacy of a cytokine therapy or a statin therapy in a patient, in which methods CD73 in a tissue fluid drawn from said patient is used as a biomarker. The invention concerns also methods for determining of CD73 protein in a sample drawn from an individual's tissue fluid.

The invention provides methods and compositions for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and / or reversing) calciphylaxis in a subject in need thereof and, more particularly, the invention relates to methods of using menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and / or menaquinol-7 (MKH2-7) for preventing or treating calciphylaxis in a subject with one or more of the following: diabetes, chronic kidney disease, end stage renal failure, and COPD or a subject undergoing hemodialysis and / or receiving anticoagulant therapy and / or statin therapy.

The invention provides methods and compositions for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and / or reversing) calciphylaxis in a subject in need thereof and, more particularly, the invention relates to methods of using menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and / or menaquinol-7 (MKH2-7) for preventing or treating calciphylaxis in a subject with one or more of the following: diabetes, chronic kidney disease, end stage renal failure, and COPD or a subject undergoing hemodialysis and / or receiving anticoagulant therapy and / or statin therapy.