METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISORDERS WITH MULTIVALENT FC COMPOUNDS

• Main Authors: David S. BLOCK, Henrik OLSEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 14.08.2019
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides methods for the identification of patients with an inflammatory or autoimmune disease that demonstrate an inadequate response to treatment with a multi-Fc therapeutic, and the determination of an optimal dose of a multi-Fc therapeutic for said patient based on the patient's circulating levels of inactivated C3b (iC3b) and/or additional complement components that may be employed as a surrogate for iC3b based on an analogous response to multi-Fc therapeutics. The present invention further provides for improvements in the use of such multi-Fc therapeutics in the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. La presente invención provee métodos para la identificación de pacientes con una enfermedad autoinmunitaria o inflamatoria que demuestran una respuesta inadecuada al tratamiento con un agente terapéutico multi-Fc y la determinación de una dosis óptima de un agente terapéutico multi-Fc para dicho paciente con base en los niveles en circulación del paciente de C3b inactivado (iC3b) y/o componentes del complemento adicionales que se pueden emplear como un sustituto para iC3b con base en una respuesta análoga a los agentes terapéuticos multi-Fc. La presente invención provee además mejoras en el uso de tales agentes terapéuticos multi-Fc en el tratamiento de enfermedades autoinmunitarias e inflamatorias.