Pharmaceutical compositions to tetrac and methods of use thereof

• US 6,740,680 B1
• Filed: 05/09/2002
• Issued: 05/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Beartownpharma, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Becton Pharma Incorporated
• Inventors: Burger, Albert, Danforth, Elliot Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reamer, James H
• Application Number:
  US10/019,623
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• Field of Search: 514/570
• US Class Current: 514/570
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2300/00 Mixtures or combinations of active ingredients, wherein at least one active ingredient is fully defined in groups A61K31/00 - A61K41/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/192 having aromatic groups, e.g. sulindac, 2-aryl-propionic acids, ethacrynic acid cannabinoids A61K31/658
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/195 having an amino group

Abstract

The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that utilize or comprise tetrac and/or another thyromimetic compound. The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are capable of suppressing TSH secretion without inhibiting the pituitary specific monodeiodinase type II and while reducing or avoiding the thyromimetic stimulation of peripheral tissues compared to equivalent TSH-suppressive doses of L-thyroxine (T4). The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are particularly useful for treating patients suffering from malignancy or abnormal growth of the thyroid and for preventing growth of residual thyroid tissue post thyroidectomy.

Claims

1. A method for suppressing TSH secretion while reducing or avoiding the thyromimetic stimulation of peripheral tissues induced by a dose of L-thyroxine which produces an equivalent TSH-suppressive effect comprising administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising tetrac, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, admixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

2. The method of claim 1 for treatment of a patient suffering from malignancy or other abnormal growth of the thyroid.

3. The method of claim 1 for treatment of a patient suffering from hypothyroidism.

4. A method for suppressing TSH secretion while reducing or avoiding the thyromimetic stimulation of the tissues of the heart, liver, kidneys, muscle or bone as compared to the stimulation of said tissues induced by a dose of L-thyroxine which produces an equivalent TSH-suppressive effect, comprising administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising tetrac, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, admixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

5. A method for suppressing TSH secretion while reducing or avoiding the thyromimetic stimulation of the tissues of the heart as compared to the stimulation of said tissues induced by a dose of L-thyroxine which produces an equivalent TSH-suppressive effect, comprising administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising tetrac, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, admixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

6. A method for long-term treatment of patients with malignancies or abnormal growths of the thyroid gland, comprising administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising tetrac, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, admixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

7. A method for suppressing growth of residual thyroid tissue in a patient post thyroidectomy comprising administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising tetrac, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, admixed with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.