Use of calcitonin as combined treatment therapy for the management of inflammatory disease conditions

The use is provided of a calcitonin in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of an inflammatory disease or condition. The calcitonin may be selected from the group consisting of human, salmon, eel, porcine, bovine, or chicken calcitonin or a derivative, a fragment or a variant thereof. T...

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Main Authors PERRETTI MAURO, MANCINI LUCIA, MACINTYRE IAN
Format Patent
LanguageChinese
English
Published 14.05.2008
Subjects
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES
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Summary:The use is provided of a calcitonin in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of an inflammatory disease or condition. The calcitonin may be selected from the group consisting of human, salmon, eel, porcine, bovine, or chicken calcitonin or a derivative, a fragment or a variant thereof. The inflammatory disease or condition may be rheumatoid arthritis (RA), juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), osteoarthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis (AS), lupus erythamatosis, multiple sclerosis (MS), asthma, or immuno-suppressive therapy (e.g. post transplantation surgery). The treatment may also comprise administration of a glucocorticoid, an anti-rheumatic drug or an antibody.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN200680013766