Pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of a guanylate cyclase C (GUCY2C) agonist and a short-chain fatty acid or prodrug thereof

Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition includes a combination of a guanylate cyclase C (GUCY2C) agonist and a short-chain C2 to C5 fatty acid and/or a salt and/or a prodrug thereof in a therapeutically effective amount and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients as well as to a method of preventing and/or treating colorectal tumorigenesis and/or carcinogenesis and/or chronic intestinal inflammation and/or cystic fibrosis related gastrointestinal manifestations by administering to a patient, who has developed or is at risk to develop colorectal tumorigenesis and/or carcinogenesis and/or chronic intestinal inflammation and/or cystic fibrosis related gastrointestinal manifestations, a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of a GUCY2C agonist and a short-chain C2 to C5 fatty acid or a salt or a prodrug thereof.

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