Anti-il-1beta (interleukin-1beta) antibody-based prophylactic therapy to prevent complications leading to vaso-occlusion in sickle cell disease

Abstract

This invention generally relates to a novel use of IL-1β-ligand/IL-1 receptor disrupting compounds (herein referred to also as “IL-1beta Compounds”) in a therapy preventing manifestations and especially complications leading to subsequent damages, such as vaso-occlusion, in individuals being threatened by sickle cell disease (that is, especially homozygous HbS gene carriers, heterozygotes with sickle-beta-thalassemia with an SCD supporting combination of HbS gene and beta-thal gene, an individual with one sickle cell gene and one null alleleor an individual with hemoglobin SC disease).

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