Urogenital medical device formulation based on suitable biochemical compositions for the stabilization of the acidity and the redox state of the vaginal fluid
AssigneeProbioswiss AG
InventorFEDERICO GRAF
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Abstract
The invention relates to compositions for vaginal or, alternatively, oral administration and to the use of such compositions for stabilizing the vaginal, or, alternatively, the intestinal acidity and establishing favorable conditions for the inhibition of pathogens and the growth of lactobacilli in the urogenital, or, alternatively, gastro-intestinal tract.
Claims24
-40. (canceled)
A method for treating or preventing urogenital infections caused by pathogenic microorganisms in a female subject, comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a composition having a pH from 4.3 to 4.6 comprising the following ingredients per single dosage:
- i) calcium-lactate pentahydrate:
- 30-90 mg,
- ii) dibasic magnesium citrate:
- 15-45 mg,
- iii) prebiotic fiber:
- 15-150 mg,
- iv) glutamic acid:
- 20-60 mg,
- v) cystine or thiosulfate:
- 10-50 mg, and
- vi) excipients to 400-1100 mg;
- and
- (b) administering the composition intravaginally to the subject in need of treatment for stabilizing the acidity of the vaginal fluid of the subject at the physiological value around pH 4.5 or lower.
The method according to claim 1, wherein the composition comprises:
- i) calcium-lactate pentahydrate:
- 60 mg;
- ii) dibasic magnesium citrate:
- 30 mg;
- iii) prebiotic fiber:
- 100 mg;
- iv) glutamic acid:
- 40 mg;
- v) cystine or thiosulfate:
- 30 mg;
- and
- vi) excipients to 400-1100 mg.
A formulation suitable for oral administration having a pH ranging from 4.3 to 4.6 comprising effective amount of a composition comprising Ca-lactate pentahydrate, dibasic magnesium citrate, prebiotic fiber, glutamic acid, cysteine or thiosulfate, and an excipient.
A prebiotic vaginal lubricant comprising:
- i) lactic acid:
- 50 mg;
- ii) citric acid:
- 30 mg;
- iii) glycerol:
- 80 mg;
- iv) carbomer:
- 5 mg;
- v) short-chain fructo-oligosaccharides:
- 50 mg;
- vi) thiosulfate:
- 10 mg;
- vii) glutamic acid:
- 10 mg;
- and
- viii) NaOH 0.1 M or HCl 0.1 M to pH 4.5 of the lubricant.
A method of treating or preventing bacterial vaginosis in a subject, comprising the following steps:
- (a) providing a vaginal capsule comprising:
- i) lyophilisates of vaginal strains L. gasseri 120.1 deposited by Medinova AG at Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) on Jun. 4, 2004 with accession number CNCM I-3218 and L. gasseri 124.3 deposited by Medinova AG at Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes (CNCM) on Jun. 4, 2004 with accession number CNCM I-3220 at concentrations of 1011 c.f.u./g:
- 100 mg each;
- ii) calcium-lactate pentahydrate:
- 60 mg;
- iii) dibasic magnesium citrate:
- 30 mg;
- iv) alanine:
- 40 mg;
- v) arabinogalactan:
- 100 mg;
- vi) dimethyl sulfone (MSM):
- 30 mg;
- vii) excipients:
- 140 mg;
- and
- (b) administering the vaginal capsule to the subject in need of treatment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.