Radiolabelled antibody cytotoxic therapy of infectious or autoimmune disease
First Claim
1. In a method of therapy of an infectious or autoimmune disease, wherein a human patient suffering from an infectious or autoimmune disease susceptible to treatment with a cytotoxic agent is treated with a therapeutic amount of a cytotoxic agent which also produces hematopoietic or myeloid toxicity,the improvement which comprises administering to said patient an amount effective for substantially preventing, mitigating or reversing such hematopoietic or myeloid toxicity, of interleukin-1 (IL-1) alone or in combination with one or more additional differentiation/maturation-inducing cytokines other than interleukin-2, prior to, simultaneously with or subsequent to exposure to said cytotoxic agent;
- wherein said cytotoxic agent is a radioisotope, drug or toxin conjugated to an antibody or antibody fragment which specifically binds to an antigen which is produced by or associated with an infectious agent or a non-cancerous lymphocyte, provided that said cytotoxic agent is not tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
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Abstract
Anticancer, antimicrobial and autoimmune disease, and anti-organ rejection therapy using cytotoxic agents is improved using cytokines to prevent, mitigate or reverse adverse radiation-induced or drug-induced toxicity, especially to hematopoietic cells. Cytotoxic agents can include radioisotopes, drugs, toxins and even unconjugated cytotoxic antibodies. A preferred cytokine is IL-1. Higher doses of cytotoxic agents can be administered and tolerated by the patient and dose-limiting marrow toxicity can be prevented, palliated or reversed using adjunct cytokine therapy.
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34 Claims
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1. In a method of therapy of an infectious or autoimmune disease, wherein a human patient suffering from an infectious or autoimmune disease susceptible to treatment with a cytotoxic agent is treated with a therapeutic amount of a cytotoxic agent which also produces hematopoietic or myeloid toxicity,
the improvement which comprises administering to said patient an amount effective for substantially preventing, mitigating or reversing such hematopoietic or myeloid toxicity, of interleukin-1 (IL-1) alone or in combination with one or more additional differentiation/maturation-inducing cytokines other than interleukin-2, prior to, simultaneously with or subsequent to exposure to said cytotoxic agent; - wherein said cytotoxic agent is a radioisotope, drug or toxin conjugated to an antibody or antibody fragment which specifically binds to an antigen which is produced by or associated with an infectious agent or a non-cancerous lymphocyte, provided that said cytotoxic agent is not tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
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