36 results about "Clinically isolated syndrome" patented technology

This invention provides a method of treating a subject afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome comprising administering to the subject laquinimod as an add-on therapy to or in combination with fingolimod. This invention also provides a package and a pharmaceutical composition comprising laquinimod and fingolimod for treating a subject afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome. This invention also provides laquinimod for use as an add-on therapy or in combination with fingolimod in treating a subject afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome. This invention further provides use of laquinimod and fingolimod in the preparation of a combination for treating a subject afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome.

The subject invention provides a method for treating a subject afflicted with a form of multiple sclerosis (MS) or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) comprising periodically administering to the subject an amount of laquinimod and an amount of a compound of formula (I):as described herein. The subject invention also provides packages and pharmaceutical compositions comprising laquinimod and a compound of formula (I) as described herein. The subject invention further provides uses of said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and packages in treating a subject afflicted with a form of MS or presenting a CIS.

Disclosed herein are methods of treating a human patient afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome, methods for treating a human subject by providing neuroprotection to the human subject, and methods of treating a human patient afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome by increasing the time to confirmed disease progression, increasing the time to confirmed relapse or reducing brain atrophy in the human patient, comprising orally administering to the human patient or subject a daily dose of about 1.2 mg laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The subject invention also provides a pharmaceutical oral unit dosage form of about 1.2 mg laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for use in treating a human patient afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome, for use in treating a human subject by providing neuroprotection to the human subject, or for use treating a human patient afflicted with multiple sclerosis or presenting a clinically isolated syndrome by increasing the time to confirmed disease progression, increasing the time to confirmed relapse or reducing brain atrophy in the human patient.