57 results about "Chronic viral hepatitis C" patented technology

The use of extracts from the plant Hypericum perforatum in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of hepatitis C, chronic hepatitis C and related viruses, said pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one extract of the plant Hypericum perforatum and optionally in addition, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable inactive components, selected from, carriers, coatings, diluents and adjuvants.

The invention relates generally to compositions comprising antioxidants useful for reducing oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, and treating chronic liver disease, chronic hepatitis C virus infection and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation and oral administration of compositions comprising glycyrrhizin, schisandra, ascorbic acid, L-glutathione, silymarin, lipoic acid, and d-alpha-tocopherol. The invention also relates to the preparation and parenteral administration of compositions comprising glycyrrhizin, ascorbic acid, L-glutathione, and vitamin B-complex, preferably by infusion or intravenous injection. The invention further relates to methods of using the antioxidants, oral compositions and parenteral compositions.

There is provided a drug for reducing side effects, anemia in particular, in combination therapy of chronic hepatitis C with ribavirin and interferon, which contains as the active ingredient at least one member selected from the group consisting of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof.

Disclosed are compositions, including vaccines, and methods for vaccinating an animal against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and for treating or preventing hepatitis C viral infection in an animal. The invention includes a variety of novel HCV fusion proteins that can be used directly as a vaccine or in conjunction with a yeast-based vaccine vehicle to elicit an immune response against HCV in an animal. The invention also includes the use of the HCV fusion gene and protein described herein in any diagnostic or therapeutic protocol for the detection and / or treatment or prevention of HCV infection.

Methods of treating patients having susceptible viral infections, especially chronic hepatitis C infection by administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a combination therapy of interferon-alfa and ribavirin for a time sufficient to lower HCV-RNA in association with a therapeutically effective amount of an antioxidant for a time sufficient to ameliorate ribavirin-related hemolysis are disclosed.

Disclosed are uses of immunotherapeutic compositions in combination with Standard of Care (SOC), or interferon therapy combined with anti-viral therapy, for the improved treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and related conditions, including liver function. The compositions, kits and uses of the invention, as compared to the use of SOC therapy alone: improves the rate of early response to therapy as measured by early virologic markers (e.g., RVR and EVR), enlarges the pool of patients who will have sustained responses to therapy over the long term, offers shortened courses of therapy for certain patients, enables “rescue” of patients who are non-responders or intolerant to SOC therapy, improves liver function and / or reduces liver damage in patients, and enables the personalization of HCV therapy for a patient, which can result in dose sparing, improved patient compliance, reduced side effects, and improved long term therapeutic outcomes.

The invention relates generally to compositions comprising antioxidants useful for reducing oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, and treating chronic liver disease, chronic hepatitis C virus infection and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. In particular, the invention relates to the preparation and oral administration of compositions comprising glycyrrhizin, schisandra, ascorbic acid, L-glutathione, silymarin, lipoic acid, and d-alpha-tocopherol. The invention also relates to the preparation and parenteral administration of compositions comprising glycyrrhizin, ascorbic acid, L-glutathione, and vitamin B-complex, preferably by infusion or intravenous injection. The invention further relates to methods of using the antioxidants, oral compositions and parenteral compositions.

The invention relates to novel polyalkylene glycol compounds and methods of using them. In particular, compounds comprising a novel polyethylene glycol conjugate are used alone, or in combination with antiviral agents to treat a viral infection, such as chronic hepatitis C.

Disclosed are compositions, including vaccines, and methods for vaccinating an animal against hepatitis C virus (HCV) and for treating or preventing hepatitis C viral infection in an animal. The invention includes a variety of novel HCV fusion proteins that can be used directly as a vaccine or in conjunction with a yeast-based vaccine vehicle to elicit an immune response against HCV in an animal. The invention also includes the use of the HCV fusion gene and protein described herein in any diagnostic or therapeutic protocol for the detection and / or treatment or prevention of HCV infection.

Ribavirin derivatives represented by the formula II, pharmaceutical compositions containing them as well as methods of using the ribavirin derivatives represented by the formula II for the treatment of susceptible viral infections, for example, chronic hepatitis C infections administrating, the ribavirin derivatives being represented by formula II are disclosed.

The use of extracts from the plant Hypericum perforatum in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of hepatitis C, chronic hepatitis C and related viruses, said pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one extract of the plant Hypericum perforatum and optionally in addition, one or more pharmaceutically acceptable inactive components, selected from, carriers, coatings, diluents and adjuvants.

The present disclosure concerns methods of administering and detecting a distinguishable agent in a sample from and assessing the condition of an organ in a subject. In a particular embodiment, the present invention concerns methods of detecting and comparing the cholate shunt, in a subject, preferably in a subject with chronic hepatitis C. In certain embodiments, the methods may comprise obtaining a sample from a subject such as a blood or saliva sample after administering an oral and intravenous dose of a distinguishable agent such as cholate and analyzing the sample clearance of the distinguishable agent from the subject and comparing the clearance levels in order to assess hepatic health. In another embodiment, the methods may comprise analyzing a sample from a subject for the presence of a distinguishable agent such as cholate and applying information obtained from analyzing the presence of the distinguishable agent to determine a treatment for a medical condition of the subject.

The invention relates to a 1-arylsulfonyl-1H-benzimidazole derivative and a preparation method and application thereof, belonging to the field of chemical medicine. The 1-arylsulfonyl-1H-benzimidazole derivative has a structure shown by formula I in the specification. According to the invention, the 1-arylsulfonyl-1H-benzimidazole derivative is obtained based on massive screening, and has anti-HCV activity; and a new option is provided for the development and application of a medicine for resisting chronic hepatitis C.

According to the present invention, it is found that a DNA methylation marker exists in the DNA of host T cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of cancer patients. The invention discloses CG IDs derived from PBMCs DNA, wherein the clinical progression staging of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and chronic hepatitis can be predicted through the methylation level of the CG IDs in the DNA of PBMCs or T cells. The present invention further discloses a kit for predicting HCC by using the identified CG IDs, and applications of a pyrosequencing DNA methylation experiment, a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) experiment, a penalized regression experiment and hierarchical clustering analysis in prediction of HCC. According to the present invention, any one of technicists in the field can obtain the DNA methylation marker for any cancers and the clinical progression staging of any cancers; and the DNA methylation marker (CG IDs) is used for diagnosing cancers, different clinical progression staging of cancers, the response of patients undergoing treatment to treatment, and chronic hepatitis B or chronic hepatitis C.

A method for estimating portal blood flow and hepatic function in a subject is provided. In one example, the STAT test is an in vitro simplified, convenient test intended for screening purposes that can reasonably estimate the portal blood flow from a single blood sample taken 60 minutes after orally administered deuterated-cholate. The test can be administered to a patient having, or suspected of having, Chronic Hepatitis C, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), or any chronic liver disease.

A method for estimating portal blood flow and hepatic function in a subject is provided. In one example, the STAT test is an in vitro simplified, convenient test intended for screening purposes that can reasonably estimate the portal blood flow from a single blood sample taken 60 minutes after orally administered deuterated-cholate. The test can be administered to a patient having, or suspected of having, Chronic Hepatitis C, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), or any chronic liver disease.

The present invention provides a method of treating apathy syndrome in a human subject. The human subject is first evaluated to determine whether one or more behavioral characteristics of apathy are observed. If such characteristics are observed, the subject is treated with a 2-oxopyrrolidine compound, such as nefiracetam, piracetam, aniracetam, pramiracetam, nebracetam, fasoracetam, levetiracetam, or oxiracetam, in an amount effective to produce an improvement in such apathy characteristics. The present invention is useful in treating apathy in a subject suffering from conditions associated with or characterized by frontal-subcortical dysfunction. The present invention is also useful in treating apathy in a subject suffering from a stroke, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, traumatic brain injury, depression, schizophrenia, chronic hepatitis C infection, or HIV infection.

The invention discloses an HCV (hepatitis C virus) poly-epitope peptide vaccine and application thereof. The HCV poly-epitope peptide vaccine comprises the following poly-epitope polypeptides: poly-epitope polypeptide of which the amino acid residue sequence is disclosed as SEQ.ID.NO.1, or poly-epitope polypeptide of which the amino acid residue sequence is disclosed as SEQ.ID.NO.2. The polypeptide VAL-44 HCV can induce the specific T cell immune response, including CD4 cells and CD8 cells; and the T cells can quickly generate IFN-gamma and IL-2 after being subjected to specific antigenic stimulation. The HCV polypeptide vaccine can stimulate 3 of 10 chronic HCV infected persons PBMC to secrete IFN-gamma. The HCV poly-epitope polypeptide can be an ideal HCV preventive / curative candidate vaccine.

The invention relates to novel polyalkylene glycol compounds and methods of using them. In particular, compounds comprising a novel polyethylene glycol conjugate are used alone, or in combination with antiviral agents to treat a viral infection, such as chronic hepatitis C.

A method comprising administering a PEG12000-IFN alpha conjugate to an individual afflicted with a viral infection susceptible of treatment with interferon alpha, preferably chronic hepatitis C, is disclosed.

By administering a composition comprising pumpkin seed, safflower, plantain and honeysuckle, subjective symptoms (for example, general malaise and abdominal swelling) of a patient with chronic hepatitis C can be eliminated and, moreover, objective symptoms diagnosed by a medical doctor (for example, liver enlargement and palm erythema) can be relieved or eliminated. From 1 to 3 months after the administration of the composition, a significant decrease in hepatitis C virus RNA level is gradually observed. Therefore, the above composition is useful at least as a composition for treating chronic hepatitis C. In particular, it is advantageous in treating a chronic hepatitis C patient showing a high chronic hepatitis C virus RNA level.

A method for predicting therapeutic effect of combination therapy with peginterferon and ribavirin in chronic hepatitis C therapy, comprising:a drug-sensitivity marker detection step of detecting a drug-sensitivity marker in a biological sample; anda drug-sensitivity evaluation step of evaluating drug sensitivity of the biological sample on the basis of an expression level of the drug-sensitivity marker, whereinthe biological sample is a cell or tissue derived from liver, andthe drug-sensitivity marker comprises at least one microRNA selected from the group consisting of microRNAs shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 37.

The invention relates to a gene chip for chronic hepatitis C outcome prediction in chronic hepatitis C interferon treatment. The gene chip comprises 12 gene fragments of ISG56, ISG20 and the like. Through the gene chip, in an early stage of chronic hepatitis C interferon treatment on patients or before the chronic hepatitis C interferon treatment on patients, interferon treatment long-term effects can be predicted. Therefore, the gene chip is conducive to optimization and selection of a chronic hepatitis C patient therapeutic schedule, reduces patient pain and treatment costs, and is convenient for detection and clinical application.

Methods and devices for treating patients having chronic hepatitis C infection so as to eradicate detectable HCV-RNA and / or inhibit the emergence of a drug resistant HCV variant are disclosed. Certain methods of the invention involve the use of a continuous infusion pump in a multiphasic combination therapy using a therapeutically effective amount of a small molecule inhibitor such as ribavirin and a therapeutically effective amount of interferon-α.

Disclosed is a method for promptly identifying a liver disease. A normal person (C) or a liver disease such as drug-induced liver injury (DI), asymptomatic hepatitis B carrier (AHB), chronic hepatitis B (CHB), hepatitis C with persistently normal ALT (CNALT), chronic hepatitis C (CHC), cirrhosis type C (CIR), hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), simple steatosis (SS), or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is identified by measuring the concentration of a gamma-Glu-X (wherein X represents an amino acid or an amine) peptide or the level of AST or ALT in blood and carrying out, for example, a multiple logistic regression (MLR) based on the measured value.

The present disclosure concerns methods of administering and detecting a distinguishable agent in a sample from and assessing the condition of an organ in a subject. In a particular embodiment, the present invention concerns methods of detecting and comparing the cholate shunt, in a subject, preferably in a subject with chronic hepatitis C. In certain embodiments, the methods may comprise obtaining a sample from a subject such as a blood or saliva sample after administering an oral and intravenous dose of a distinguishable agent such as cholate and analyzing the sample clearance of the distinguishable agent from the subject and comparing the clearance levels in order to assess hepatic health. In another embodiment, the methods may comprise analyzing a sample from a subject for the presence of a distinguishable agent such as cholate and applying information obtained from analyzing the presence of the distinguishable agent to determine a treatment for a medical condition of the subject.

Disclosed are uses of immunotherapeutic compositions in combination with Standard of Care (SOC), or interferon therapy combined with anti-viral therapy, for the improved treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and related conditions, including liver function. The compositions, kits and uses of the invention, as compared to the use of SOC therapy alone: improves the rate of early response to therapy as measured by early virologic markers (e.g., RVR and EVR), enlarges the pool of patients who will have sustained responses to therapy over the long term, offers shortened courses of therapy for certain patients, enables “rescue” of patients who are non-responders or intolerant to SOC therapy, improves liver function and / or reduces liver damage in patients, and enables the personalization of HCV therapy for a patient, which can result in dose sparing, improved patient compliance, reduced side effects, and improved long term therapeutic outcomes.

This invention is a novel pharmaceutical composition comprising sofosbuvir and ribavirin and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient for use in the treatment of hepatitis C virus infections, chronic hepatitis C (CHC), hepatocellular carcinoma or patients with end-stage liver disease awaiting liver transplantation.

The disclosed compounds have antiviral activity against C-type virus, an optical isomer thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient for preventing or treating liver disease caused by hepatitis C virus. The benzidine derivative according to the present invention has excellent antiviral activity against hepatitis C virus and exhibits excellent medicinal activity in the living body, and thus the pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient can be useful as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating liver disease, such as acute hepatitis C, chronic hepatitis C, cirrhosis, or hepatocellular carcinoma, caused by C-type virus.