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Last Updated: April 19, 2024

Claims for Patent: 4,129,647


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Summary for Patent: 4,129,647
Title: Treatment of acne
Abstract:A method for the immuno-therapeutic control and treatment of acne by administering an effective amount for treatment of an immunological preparation comprising an immunogen and at least one anti-mitotic adjuvant agent together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Inventor(s): Klein; Edmund (Williamsville, NY)
Assignee:
Application Number:05/843,053
Patent Claims:1. A method for the therapeutic control and treatment of acne which comprises administering to a patient an immunogen selected from the group consisting of dinitrochlorobenzene and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine which induces or potentiates an immune response on local administration in an amount sufficient to induce a delayed hypersensitivity reaction and thereafter applying to the skin of said patient an immunological preparation in an immunologically effective amount for the treatment of acne, said preparation comprising an immunogen selected from the group consisting of dinitrochlorobenzene and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccine together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein said immunogen is dinitrochlorobenzene.

3. A method according to claim 2 wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is a gel.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein said immunogen is administered concurrently with at least one anti-mitotic agent.

5. A method according to claim 4 wherein the immunogen is dinitrochlorobenzene and the anti-mitotic agent is 5-fluorouracil.

6. A method according to claim 4 wherein said anti-mitotic agent is 5-fluorouracil, uracil or mixtures thereof.

7. A method according to claim 1 wherein said immunological preparation further comprises at least one anti-mitotic agent.

8. A method according to claim 7 wherein said anti-mitotic agent is 5-fluorouracil, uracil or mixtures thereof.

9. A method according to claim 1 wherein said immunogen is administered concurrently with at least one anti-mitotic agent to induce said hypersensitivity reaction and said immunological preparation further comprises at least one anti-mitotic agent.

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