Anti-infective methods, compositions, and devices
AssigneeBausch Health Ireland Limited
InventorsRadhakrishnan Pillai, Gordon Dow
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for treating onychomycosis. In certain embodiments, the methods comprise comprising applying a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation containing 10% efinaconazole once a day for a treatment period of at least 36 weeks to the treatment area of an onychomycosis patient (a) without debriding the nail or nail-associated tissue initially or during the treatment period and/or (b) without removing the formulation from the treatment area during the treatment period. In certain embodiments, the formulation also comprises, water, cyclomethicone, diisopropyl adipate, alcohol, C12-15 alkyl lactate, butylated hydroxytoluene, citric acid anhydrous, and disodium edetate.
Claims19
A method for treating onychomycosis comprising:
- (a) providing a container that is suitable for storing an efinaconazole formulation for pharmaceutical use that comprises an applicator that is capable of dispensing a pharmaceutically effective dose of the efinaconazole formulation and spreading an approximately uniform amount of the efinaconazole formulation to a treatment area of a toenail to be treated by manual action after loading,
- (b) loading the applicator with the dose of the efinaconazole formulation, wherein the formulation comprises 10% w/w efinaconazole, alcohol, cyclomethicone, diisopropyl adipate, either or both of C12-15 alkyl lactate and isopropyl myristate, an antioxidant, butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), and a salt of disodium edetate ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and
- (c) administering the dose of the efinaconazole formulation to the treatment area of the toenail to be treated by uniform manual spreading.
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