Use of cyclodextrins as an active ingredient for treating dry AMD and solubilizing drusen
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1. A method for shrinking the size of drusen in the eye of a patient suffering from dry age-related macular degeneration by solubilizing the lipid component of said drusen, said method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a composition comprising from 20% to 80% by weight of at least one cyclodextrin selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl β
- -cyclodextrin, sulfonyletherbutyl β
-cyclodextrin, and a polymer of β
-cyclodextrin, wherein the composition is administered via intravitreal injection, and wherein the lipid component of said drusen is solubilized within the cyclodextrin thereby shrinking the size of said drusen.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to the treatment of disorders involving the accumulation of drusen, such as dry age-related macular degeneration and geographic atrophy via administration of therapeutically effective amounts of at least one monomeric or polymeric cyclodextrin.
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1. A method for shrinking the size of drusen in the eye of a patient suffering from dry age-related macular degeneration by solubilizing the lipid component of said drusen, said method comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a composition comprising from 20% to 80% by weight of at least one cyclodextrin selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl β
- -cyclodextrin, sulfonyletherbutyl β
-cyclodextrin, and a polymer of β
-cyclodextrin, wherein the composition is administered via intravitreal injection, and wherein the lipid component of said drusen is solubilized within the cyclodextrin thereby shrinking the size of said drusen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- -cyclodextrin, sulfonyletherbutyl β
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4. A method for solubilizing the lipid component of drusen in the eye of a patient suffering from dry age-related macular degeneration, said method comprising administering to said patient, a composition comprising from 20% to 80% by weight of at least one cyclodextrin selected from the group consisting of hydroxypropyl β
- -cyclodextrin, sulfonyletherbutyl β
-cyclodextrin, and a polymer of β
-cyclodextrin, wherein the composition is administered via intravitreal injection.
- -cyclodextrin, sulfonyletherbutyl β
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