COMBINATION OF BLyS INHIBITION AND ANTI-CD 20 AGENTS FOR TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE
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    发明申请
    COMBINATION OF BLyS INHIBITION AND ANTI-CD 20 AGENTS FOR TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE 有权
    用于治疗自身免疫疾病的BLYS抑制剂和抗CD 20剂的组合

    公开(公告)号:US20090148442A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-11

    申请号:US12252955

    申请日:2008-10-16

    摘要: The invention relates to novel combination therapies involving BLyS or BLyS/APRIL inhibition and anti-CD20 agents for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. One preferred method is where the BLyS antagonist is a Fc-fusion protein which can be a TACI-Fc-fusion protein comprising the extracellular domain of TACI or a functional fragment thereof, a BAFF—R-Fc-fusion protein comprising the extracellular domain of BAFF—R or a functional fragment thereof, or a BCMA-Fc-fusion protein comprising the extracellular domain of BCMA or a functional fragment thereof. In the methods of the present invention some of anti-CD20 agents contemplated include RITUXAN®, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab (HuMax-CD20®), TRU-015, and DXL625, although any agent that binds to CD 20 may be suitable. The methods of the present invention reduce the levels of B cells in patients in need of such reduction, such as those suffering from autoimmune diseases.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及涉及BLyS或BLyS / APRIL抑制的新型联合疗法和用于治疗自身免疫性疾病的抗CD20剂。 一种优选的方法是其中BLyS拮抗剂是Fc-融合蛋白,其可以是包含TACI的胞外结构域或其功能片段的TACI-Fc-融合蛋白,包含细胞外结构域的BAFF-R-Fc-融合蛋白 BAFF-R或其功能片段,或包含BCMA细胞外结构域的BCMA-Fc-融合蛋白或其功能片段。 在本发明的方法中,考虑的一些抗CD20药物包括RITUXAN,ocrelizumab,奥美单抗(HuMax-CD20),TRU-015和DXL625,尽管与CD20结合的任何试剂可能是合适的 。 本发明的方法降低了需要这种还原的患者中的B细胞的水平,例如患有自身免疫性疾病的患者。