Concomitant treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with anti-TNF-α antibodies and methotrexate
AssigneeThe Mathilda and Terence Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Trust
InventorsMarc Feldmann, Ravinder N. Maini
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Abstract
Methods for treating and/or preventing a TNF-mediated disease in an individual are disclosed. Also disclosed is a composition comprising methotrexate and an anti-tumor necrosis factor antibody. TNF-mediated diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, and acute and chronic immune diseases associated with transplantation.
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A method of treating an individual suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who still has active disease despite prior therapy with methotrexate comprising concomitantly administering with methotrexate therapy a different composition comprising an anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody or a tumor necrosis factor-α binding fragment thereof to the individual, wherein the anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody or fragment thereof (a) binds to tumor necrosis factor-α and (b) inhibits binding of tumor necrosis factor-α to tumor necrosis factor-α cell surface receptors, wherein such administration reduces or eliminates signs and symptoms associated with rheumatoid arthritis.
A method for concomitant treatment of an individual suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who still has active disease despite prior therapy with methotrexate and who is already being treated with methotrexate comprising administering a different composition comprising an anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody or a tumor necrosis factor-α binding fragment thereof to the individual, wherein the anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody or fragment thereof is administered to the individual multiple times, each such administration being separated by an interval of a week or weeks from the prior administration, wherein such administration reduces or eliminates signs and symptoms associated with the rheumatoid arthritis.
A method of treating an individual suffering from rheumatoid arthritis who still has active disease despite prior therapy with metotrexate comprising administering to the individual a different composition comprising an anti-human tumor necrosis factor antibody, wherein the anti-human tumor necrosis factor-α antibody is cA2 and is administered repeatedly as concomitant therapy to methotrexate therapy and wherein such administration reduces or eliminates signs and symptoms associated with the rheumatoid arthritis.
A method of treating an individual suffering from active rheumatoid arthritis despite already receiving methotrexate comprising administering an anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody to the individual, wherein the anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody binds specifically to tumor necrosis factor-α, and is administered in a different composition, in single or multiple doses, as concomitant therapy to methotrexate therapy, wherein the methotrexate is administered in multiple doses and wherein such administration reduces or eliminates signs and symptoms associated with the arthritis.
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