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US 2004/0106155 A1Published application
Method for kidney disease treatment by drug intervention
AssigneeMonash University
InventorWayne D. Comper
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for diagnosing early stage of a disease in which an intact protein found in urine is an indicator of the disease, followed by early drug intervention to prevent and treat the disease are also disclosed. The drug treatment involves the use of a lysosome activating compound.
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A method for treating a person with a renal disease and/or renal complications of a disease, comprising:
- (a) administering a treatment agent to a person in need thereof;
- (b) obtaining a sample of body fluid from the person;
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- (c) assaying for a protein in the sample, wherein either presence of or lack of presence of the protein in the urine or decreasing amount of the protein over time in the urine indicates that the treatment agent is therapeutically effective for the renal disease and/or renal complications of a disease.
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A method for identifying a treatment agent for renal disease and/or renal complications of a disease, comprising:
- (a) administering to a person in need thereof an agent that is suspected of being able to treat the disease;
- (b) obtaining a urine sample from the person;
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- (c) assaying for a protein in the sample, wherein either presence of or lack of presence of the protein in the urine or decreasing amount of the protein over time in the urine indicates that the agent is a treatment agent for the renal disease and/or renal complications of a disease.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.