CONTINUOUS SUBCUTANEOUS ADMINISTRATION OF INTERFERON-a TO HEPATITIS C INFECTED PATIENTS

• Main Authors: GROVENDER, ERIC A, DE KNEGT, ROBERT, J, VAN ANTWERP, WILLIAM, P, JANSSEN, HARRY, L., A
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.02.2011
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PHYSICS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; TESTING

Methods and systems for treating Hepatitis C infections are provided. Typically the method comprises administering interferon-a to the patient subcutaneously using a continuous infusion apparatus, wherein this therapeutic regimen is sufficient to maintain circulating levels of interferon-a in the serum of the patient above a target concentration for a certain period of time. La présente invention concerne des méthodes et des systèmes permettant de traiter des infections par le virus de l'hépatite C. La méthode comprend, généralement, une étape consistant à administrer de l'interféron-a au patient par voie sous-cutanée au moyen d'un appareil de perfusion en continu, le schéma thérapeutique devant être suffisant pour maintenir le niveau d'interféron-a en circulation dans le sérum du patient au-dessus d'une concentration cible pendant un certain laps de temps.