Methods of treatment for ulcerative colitis
OwnerChyon-Hwa Yeh, Linda Mary Law +4inventors
InventorsChyon-Hwa Yeh, Linda Mary Law, Gino Regalli, Nora Lee Zorich, Joan Marie Meyer, Pamela Jean Schofield
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are new treatments for moderate ulcerative colitis in various subject subgroups. The various subject subgroups include Caucasians, non-smokers, subjects under the age of about 65 years, and subjects previously or currently being treated with steroids.
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A method of treating moderate ulcerative colitis in a mammalian subject comprising he step of administering to said mammalian subject an aminosalicylate in an amount to deliver to said subject more than about 2.4 g/day of 5-aminosalicylic acid, wherein said mammalian subject is selected from the group consisting of:
- human subjects under about 65 years of age,
- Caucasian human subjects,
- non-smoking human subjects;
- and,
- previous or current steroid-using mammalian subjects.
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