119 results about "Systemic inflammatory response syndrome" patented technology

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for symptom-based differential diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects. In particular, the invention relates to methods and compositions selected to rule in or out SIRS, or for differentiating sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock and/or MODS from each other and/or from non-infectious SIRS.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for symptom-based differential diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects. In particular, the invention relates to methods and compositions selected to rule in or out SIRS, or for differentiating sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock and/or MODS from each other and/or from non-infectious SIRS.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for prognosis in severe immune response syndrome. Values calculated from CCL23, CRP, and NGAL assay measurements are used to indicate the risk of sepsis progression and/or to identify patients at high risk from infections.

The present invention relates to 5-thia-omega-substituted phenylprostaglandin E derivatives of the formula (I)(wherein, all the symbols are as defined in the specification), process for producing them and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them as active ingredient.The compounds of the formula (I) can bind to PGE2 receptors (especially, subtype EP4) strongly, so they are expected to be useful for prevention and/or treatment of immunological diseases (autoimmune diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), multiple sclerosis, Sjoegren's syndrome, chronic rheumarthrosis and systemic lupus erythematosus etc., and rejection after organ transplantation etc.), asthma, abnormal bone formation, neuronal cell death, lung failure, liver damage, acute hepatitis, nephritis, renal insufficiency, hypertension, myocardiac ischemia, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, ambustion pain, sepsis, hemophagous syndrome, macrophage activation syndrome, Still's disease, Kawasaki disease, burn, systemic granulomatosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, hypercytokinemia at dialysis, multiple organ failure, and shock etc. Further, it is thought that EP4 subtype receptor relates to sleeping disorder and blood platelet aggregation, so the compounds of the present invention are expected to be useful for the prevention and/or treatment of such diseases.

The present invention relates to binding moieties that specifically bind to a conformational epitope of C5a, in particular human C5a. Preferred binding moieties are anti-C5a antibodies that bind to this conformational epitope. The binding moieties described herein are useful as active agents in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment and prevention of various acute and chronic diseases, in particular acute inflammatory diseases, such as the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and different degrees of sepsis including sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for diagnosing SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, or MODS in a subject, or assigning a prognostic risk for one or more clinical outcomes for a subject suffering from SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, or MODS, the method comprising performing an immunoassay for CCL23 splice variant.

The invention provides micelles, pharmaceutical formulations comprising micells, solutions comprising micells, methods for preparing micells, methods for delivering micells to patients, and methods for treating sepsis, endotoxemia, septic shock and systemic inflamatory response syndrome in patients by adiministering micelles. The micelles comprises compounds of Forumala (A):

wherein the substituents are as defined herein.

Diagnostic methods, systems, and kits for identifying patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome who are likely to progress to sepsis.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for measuring latent protein C in test samples, particularly patient samples. The methods and compositions described are sensitive for latent protein C, relative to activated protein C.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for diagnosing SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, or MODS in a subject, or assigning a prognostic risk for one or more clinical outcomes for a subject suffering from SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, or MODS, the method comprising performing an immunoassay for CCL23 splice variant.

The invention discloses a neutrophilic granulocyte elastase inhibitor of which the active ingredient is a compound with a pentacyclic triterpene structure. The inhibitor can be used for preparing a medicament or health-care food for treating or preventing diseases with neutrophilic granulocyte elastase as an action way. The diseases with the neutrophilic granulocyte elastase as an action way include acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, systemic inflammatory response syndrome and cystic fibrosis diseases. As the active ingredient of the neutrophilic granulocyte elastase inhibitor disclosed by the invention, the compound with the pentacyclic triterpene structure can be extracted and separated from a natural product or can be prepared from a natural product through chemical synthesis, and has the advantages of being wide in sources, safe and effective.

A compound represented by formula (1):

Q¹-Q²-T⁰-N(R¹)-Q³-N(R²)-T¹-Q⁴  (1)

[wherein R¹ and R² are hydrogen atoms or the like; Q¹ is a saturated or unsaturated, 5- or 6-membered cyclic hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or the like; Q² is a single bond or the like; Q³ represents the following group:

(wherein Q⁵ is an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or the like); and T⁰ and T¹ are carbonyl groups or the like], a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or an N-oxide thereof.

The compound is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating cerebral infarction, cerebral embolism, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, pulmonary infarction, pulmonary embolism, Buerger's disease, deep venous thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome, thrombus formation after artificial valve or joint replacement, thrombus formation and reocclusion after angioplasty, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), thrombus formation during extracorporeal circulation, or blood clotting upon blood drawing.

Described herein are peptides from secretory phospholipase A₂-IB and antibodies that can be used to reduce the contribution of the gastrointestinal tract to inflammatory processes including systemic inflammatory responses. Specifically, antibodies that bind specifically a peptide from secretory phospholipase A₂-IB prevent death in a mouse model of LPS-induced endotoxemia. The antibodies described herein are particularly useful to treat systemic inflammatory response syndromes, including sepsis.

The present invention relates to a use of a pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of medicament for treating related diseases caused by endotoxemia. The pharmaceutical composition comprises 3-methyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrazolin-5-one or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and borneol. The diseases include, but are not limited to, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock, sepsis related disseminated intravascular coagulation, acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, multiple organ failure syndrome, septic brain injury and inflammatory lung injury caused by other reasons, including but not limited to bacterial pneumonia.

The present invention relates to process for controlling water and electrolyte balance and acid-base equilibrium, and particularly to process for controlling water and electrolyte balance and acid-base equilibrium supervening metabolic acidosis due to burn injury, hemorrhagic shock, multiple organ failure, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and so on. By administering the preparation containing sodium bicarbonate as an alkalizing agent of the present invention, the acidosis correction effect is exhibited immediately after the start of the infusion and disappeared quickly by demedication. And therefore, the preparation of the present invention can be administered safely without inducing metabolic alkalosis during infusion and alkalosis after the infusion. The preparation of the present invention also has no problem with hypernatremia. The controlling water and electrolyte balance and acid-base equilibrium, and particularly to process for controlling water and electrolyte balance can be done by administering the preparation containing bicarbonate at a rate of 2 to 60 mL/kg/hour.

Methods, systems and kits for the early diagnosis or prediction of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) including sepsis in asymptomatic patients, such as patients undergoing a surgical intervention, are provided. Some embodiments include a method and system for the detection or diagnosis of SIRS, or detection or diagnosis of a risk to suffer from or develop SIRS, in an asymptomatic patient comprising the steps of determining the level of IL-6 (or a variant thereof) in a sample from the patient; comparing the level of IL-6 (or a variant thereof) to a reference level; detecting or diagnosing SIRS or diagnosing a risk to suffer from or develop SIRS, wherein the sample is isolated at least 2 times at short intervals and the determining and comparing steps are both repeated for each sample. Also provided are methods, systems and kits for therapy monitoring and mortality prediction.

A compound represented by the following formula (1):

Q¹—Q²—T^o—N(R¹)—Q³—N(R²)—T¹—Q⁴  (1)

[wherein, R¹ and R² are hydrogen atoms or the like; Q¹ is a saturated or unsaturated, 5- or 6-membered cyclic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, or the like; Q² is a single bond or the like; Q³ represents the following group: —C(R^3a)(R^4a)—{C(R^3b)(R^4b)}m¹—{C(R^3c)(R^4c)}m²—{C(R^3d)(R^4d)}m³—{C(R^3e)(R^4e)}m⁴—C (R^3f)(R^4f)— (in which, R^3a to R^4e represent hydrogen or the like); T⁰ represents a carbonyl group or the like; and T¹ represents —COCONR— or the like]; or salt thereof, solvate thereof, or N-oxide thereof.

The compound is useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for cerebral infarction, cerebral embolism, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris, pulmonary infarction, pulmonary embolism, Buerger's disease, deep venous thrombosis, disseminated intravascular coagulation syndrome, thrombus formation after valve or joint replacement, thrombus formation and reocclusion after angioplasty, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS), thrombus formation during extracorporeal circulation, or blood clotting upon blood drawing.

The invention relates to the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for treating systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) in a subject. The invention provides compositions, uses and methods for the treatment of SIRS.

A method of detecting platelet thrombosis or organ failure in a patient suffering from disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) or systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), comprising analyzing a von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease and/or a cleaving factor thereof, is disclosed. A kit for detecting platelet thrombosis or organ failure in a patient suffering from DIC or SIRS, comprising an antibody or a fragment thereof which specifically binds to a von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease, and/or an antibody or a fragment thereof which specifically binds to a cleaving factor of the von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease, is disclosed.