Method of treating inflammatory arthritis

• US 7,855,223 B2
• Filed: 07/26/2006
• Issued: 12/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Natrogen Therapeutics International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Natrogen Therapeutics International, Inc.
• Inventors: Tsao, Allen, Liu, Xiao Mei, Mencher, Simon K., Wang, Longgui, Chen, Ruihuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Eyler; Yvonne L
• Assistant Examiner(s): JAGOE, DONNA A
• Application Number:
  US11/494,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20070027203A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,609 Days
• Field of Search: 514/414, 514/825, 514/254.09, 514/415, 514/416, 514/171, 514/570, 514/159
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Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method for treating inflammatory arthritis in a mammal. The method typically comprises administering to an animal a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound selected from indigo, isoindigo, indirubin or derivatives thereof, such as NATURA-α or NATURA. The present invention is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions that include a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention, an anti-inflammatory arthritis agent and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Claims

1. A method of treating rheumatoid arthritis comprising administering to an animal suffering from rheumatoid arthritis a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of:

formulas (IV), (V), and (VI) respectively;

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is the compound of formula (IV):

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is administered during the induction phase of the rheumatoid arthritis.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the animal is a human and the compound is administered orally, mucosally, parenterally, topically, or transdermally.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein administration of the compound is in an amount of 5 to 100 mg/day.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the animal is diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and the compound is administered in conjunction with an agent selected from the group consisting of:

an analgesic, a COX-2 inhibitor, a corticosteroid, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID);

a disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD); and

a biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (biologic DMARD).

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the agent is an analgesic selected from the group consisting of:

acetaminophen, aspirin, codeine, propoxyphene, fentanyl, hydromorphone, morphine, morphine sulfate, oxycodone, pentazocine, tramadol, hydrocodone, naproxen, indomethacin, ibuprofen, fenoprofen, ketorolac tromethamine, choline magnesium trisalicylate, and combinations thereof.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the agent is selected from the group consisting of:

rofecoxib, valdecoxib, parecoxib, etoricoxib, celecoxib, betamethasone, cortisone, dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, prednisolone, prednisone, triamcinolone, salicylate, arylalkanoic acid, 2-arylpropionic acid, N-arylanthranilic acid, oxiam, coxib, sulphonanilide, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, leflunomide, methotrexate, sulfasalazine, gold, gold thiomalate, aurothioglucose, auranofin, azathioprine, cyclophosphamide, anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF), etanercept, infliximab, and adalimumab, anti-IL-1, anti-CD20, anakinra, or combinations thereof.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein administration of the compound is in an oral formulation and is administered for a period of at least 45 days.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least two compounds are administered concurrently or sequentially in an extended release formulation.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the compound is administered in a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein the compound is administered at a concentration sufficient to inhibit at least one cytokine selected from the group consisting of IL-1α

, β

, IL-2, IL-3, IL-6, IL-7, IL-9, IL-12, IL-17, IL-18, TNF-α

, LT, LIF, Oncostatin, or IFNc1α

, β

, γ

; and

/or stimulate expression of at least one cytokine selected from the group consisting of IL-4, IL-10, IL-11, W-13 or TGFβ

.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is administered in an amount sufficient to modulate cytokines TNF-α

, IL-1β

, IL-6, and IL-10.