Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for treating a human subject afflicted with multiple sclerosis or a single clinical attack consistent, with multiple sclerosis with a pharmaceutical composition comprising glatiramer acetate and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, comprising the steps of: (i) determining a genotype of the subject at a location corresponding to the location of one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) selected from the group consisting of: rs1894408, kgp7747883, kgp6599438, rs10162089, rs16886004, kgp8110667, kgp8817856, kgp24415534, kgp6214351 and rs759458, (ii) identifying the subject as a predicted responder to glatiramer acetate if the genotype of the subject contains one or more A alleles at the location of kgp8110667, rs10162089, rs759458 and kgp6214351, or one or more G alleles at the location of kgp24415534, kgp6599438, kgp7747883, kgp8817856, rs16886004 and rs1894408; and iii) administering the pharmaceutical composition comprising glatiramer acetate and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier to the subject only if the subject is identified as a predicted responder to glatiramer acetate.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for treating a human subject afflicted with multiple sclerosis or a single clinical attack consistent with multiple sclerosis with a pharmaceutical composition comprising glatiramer acetate and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, comprising the steps of: (i) determining a genotype corresponding to the nucleotide polymorphisms consisting of: Group 1, of the subject at a location location of one or more single (SNPs) selected from the group.