125 results about "Ocular inflammation" patented technology

Provided herein are methods of evaluating efficacy of a treatment in a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome) and selecting a subject for participation in a clinical study. Also provided are methods of treating a subject having eye inflammation (e.g., a subject having dry eye syndrome).

The present invention relates to novel ophthalmic pharmaceutical compositions comprising an inflammation-treating amount of a 4-aminoquinoline compound, derivative, isomers, or chemical salts, and methods for using these compositions for the treatment of ocular inflammatory conditions by topical administration directly to the eye.

The invention provides compositions and methods of treating an ocular condition by administering to an eye of a patient having an ocular condition an effective amount of a catechin or polyphenol. The compositions and methods can be used to treat ocular conditions such as ocular infection, ocular inflammation, ocular cancer or benign eye tumors.

The invention provides apparatuses and methods for detecting ocular surface defects. The methods and/or an apparatus of the invention can be used to detect ocular surface diseases, such as dry eye, uveitis, conjunctivitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis, vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC), atopic keratoconjunctivitis (AKC), autoimmune disorders of the ocular surface, meibomianitis, conjunctival hyperemia, eyelid hyperemia, ocular rosacea, ocular inflammation, or eye lid swelling.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing age related macular degeneration and other conditions involving macular degeneration, ocular neovascularization, or ocular inflammation. The methods comprise administering a composition comprising a compound that is an antagonist of a G protein coupled receptor, e.g., the C5a receptor, to a subject in need of treatment or prevention of age-related macular degeneration or another condition involving macular degeneration or ocular neovascularization. The invention provides compositions comprising a compound that is an antagonist of a G protein coupled receptor linked either directly or indirectly to a moiety that binds to a component present on or at the surface of cell or noncellular molecular entity, e.g., a component present in the eye of a subject at risk of or suffering from age related macular degeneration or a related condition or choroidal neovascularization.

The present invention relates to the use of lacritin, and fragments, derivatives, and homologs thereof, and nucleic acid sequences encoding that protein. The invention relates to the use of lacritin as a growth factor human corneal epithelial cells and other select epithelial cells. The invention also relates to the use of lacritin in promoting ocular cell survival in response to an insult or injury, in protecting against ocular inflammation, and in promoting ocular wound repair.

The invention relates to a cyclodextrin inclusion drug composition for ocular inflammation resistance, which consists of vitamin C or a derivative thereof as an active ingredient, glucocorticoid, cyclodextrin and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable pharmaceutical excipients capable of acting on eyes, wherein the glucocorticoid and/or the derivative of the vitamin C are included by the cyclodextrin.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions useful for the regulation of lacritin, syndecan, and lacritin-syndecan interactions and the signaling pathway downstream of lacritin-syndecan interactions. The invention also relates to regulating lacritin-syndecan interaction to regulate ocular cell survival in response to an insult or injury, in protecting against ocular inflammation, and in promoting ocular wound repair.

The present invention provides methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing age related macular degeneration and other conditions involving macular degeneration, ocular neovascularization, or inflammation, including ocular inflammation. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering an expression vector that delivers a secretable and cell penetrating Nrf2 to a subject in need thereof.

In various aspects, the invention provides methods for treating ocular inflammation using copper chelating compounds, such as compounds other than D-penicillamine. In some embodiments, such compounds may be polyamines, such as triethylenetetramine or tetraethylenepentamine. For example, the present invention provides methods for treating inflammation secondary to ocular laser therapy.

Disclosed is a method for treating an ocular inflammatory disease (OID), e.g., uveitis or conjunctivitis, comprising periodic administration of a therapeutically effective amount of laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in treating a subject suffering from an OID, uveitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, viral conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the orbital tissue, the lacrimal apparatus, the eyelid, the cornea, the retina or the optic pathway. This application also provides a method for treating a subject suffering from an autoimmune disease-associated ocular inflammation comprising periodic ocular administration to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and an ocular pharmaceutical composition comprising laquinimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for use in treating an autoimmune disease-associated ocular inflammation.

The present invention is directed to novel products, variants, pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, and medical use of such compounds for the treatment and/or management of sepsis, septicemia, septic shock, ocular infection, ocular inflammation, ocular angiogenesis, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), atherosclerosis, inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, fever syndromes, cachexia, psoriasis, autoimmune diseases, cardiac diseases, retinoblastoma, cancer and/or any disorder associated with inflammation, immunomodulation and microbial infection.

The invention provides a method of reducing ocular inflammation in an individual susceptible to ocular inflammation. The method involves administering to the individual an effective amount of a neutralizing agent specific for CXCL10. Also provided is a method for reducing spread of viral infection within ocular tissues of an individual susceptible to ocular viral infection, which involves administering to the individual an effective amount of a neutralizing agent specific for CXCL10. Further provided is a method of extending corneal graft survival following corneal transplantation in an individual, which involves administering to said individual an effective amount of a neutralizing agent specific for CXCL10. Additionally, the invention provides a method for identifying a compound for reducing ocular inflammation in an animal.

The present invention relates to a composition for treating an ocular inflammatory disease, comprising hydrophilic sulfasalazine and hyaluronic acid, and a preparation method therefor. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for treating an ocular inflammatory disease, which comprises administering, to an individual, a therapeutically effective amount of hydrophilic sulfasalazine and hyaluronic acid.

The invention relates to the field of medical technology, and relates to the effective monomer component of lycopodium alkaloids isolated from Chinese folk herbal medicine Huperzia Serrata - huperzine A ((-)-huperzineA) in the preparation of treatment of glaucoma and/or Or use in medicine for ischemia-induced optic nerve damage. The structural formula of the compound huperzine A involved in the present invention is as follows. Experiments have confirmed that huperzine A has significant miotic effect and intraocular pressure-lowering effect on glaucoma animal models, and has obvious protective effects on retinopathy and apoptosis inflammatory protein expression in animals induced by ischemia or high intraocular pressure. Developed as a new drug for the treatment of glaucoma and/or ischemia-induced optic nerve damage. Huperzine A (-)-Huperzine A.

The present invention provides a RNA interferencefor inhibition of tumor necrosis factor a (TNFa) by silencing TNFa cell surface receptor TNF receptor-1 (TNFR1) mRNA expression, or by silencing TNFa converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM17) mRNA expression. Silencing such TNFa targets, in particular, is useful for treating patients having a TNFa-related condition or at risk of developing a TNFa-related condition such as the ocular conditions dry eye, allergic conjunctivitis, or ocular inflammation, or such as dermatitis, rhinitis, or asthma, for example.

A composition for treating or controlling an ocular disease or condition comprises a dissociated glucocorticoid receptor agonist (“DIGRA”), which disease or condition has an etiology, or results, in inflammation. The composition can optionally include an anti-inflammatory agent, an anti-infective agent, or both. The composition can be formulated for topical application, injection, or implantation in an affected eye to treat or control the ocular inflammatory disease or condition.

The present invention provides a preventive and therapeutic drug for ophthalmic diseases, especially ocular inflammatory diseases and corneal ulcers, which contains a compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof as an active ingredient.

The invention belongs to the technical field of eye masks and in particular relates to an eye protecting patch and a preparation method thereof. The eye protecting patch is composed of a black patch and a white patch, the black patch is prepared from water, glycerol, sodium polyacrylate, medicinal powder A, tartaric acid, amino acetic acid dihydroxyaluminum salt, phenoxyethanol, disodium EDTA, methyl hydroxybenzoate, ethyl hydroxybenzoate and borneol, and the white patch is prepared from water, glycerol, sodium polyacrylate, propanediol, medicinal powder B, tartaric acid, amino acetic acid dihydroxyaluminum salt, phenoxyethanol, disodium EDTA, methyl hydroxybenzoate, ethyl hydroxybenzoate and borneol. The eye protecting patch provided by the invention has the advantages that eye skin is promoted to deeply absorb moisture and essence, metabolism and blood circulation of the eye skin are improved, and various discomforts such as eye fatigue are relieved, formation of eye fine veins is delayed, ocular inflammation and infection are prevented, and eye health is promoted.