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US 6,713,463 B2Granted
Methods and compositions for treating and preventing mucositis
AssigneeMucosal Therapeutics LLC
InventorsStephen T. Sonis, Edward G. Fey
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Abstract
A method of reducing or inhibiting mucositis in a patient, which includes administering an inflammatory cytokine inhibitor or a mast cell inhibitor, or a combination thereof, is disclosed.
Claims7
A pharmaceutical composition for treating oral mucositis comprising
- (a) a first therapeutic agent comprising an NSAID, an inflammatory cytokine inhibitor, or a mast cell inhibitor;
- (b) a second, different therapeutic agent comprising an inflammatory cytokine inhibitor, a mast cell inhibitor, an MMP inhibitor, an NSAID, or an NO inhibitor;
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- (c) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein said first and second therapeutic agents are present in amounts sufficient to inhibit mucositis in a patient suffering from mucositis or at risk for mucositis due to chemotherapy or radiation.
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