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Claims for Patent: 8,268,806


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Summary for Patent: 8,268,806
Title:Pharmaceutical compositions
Abstract: Novel methods for treating or reducing the likelihood of acquiring symptoms or diseases due to the menopause, in postmenopausal women, particularly osteoporosis, vaginal atrophy and dryness, hypogonadism, diminished libido, skin atrophy, connective tissue disease, urinary incontinence, breast, endometrial, ovarian and uterine cancers, hot flashes, loss of muscle mass, insulin resistance, fatigue, loss of energy, aging, physical symptoms of menopause, in susceptible warm-blooded animals including humans involving administration of a sex steroid precursor are disclosed. Said method comprising novel ways of administering and dosing dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in order to take advantage of positive androgenic effects in the vaginal layers lamina propia and/or the layer muscularis, without undesirably causing systemic estrogenic effects in order to avoid the risk of breast and uterine cancer. Pharmaceutical compositions for delivery of active ingredient(s) useful to the invention are also disclosed.
Inventor(s): Labrie; Fernand (Quebec, CA)
Assignee: Endorecherche, Inc. (CA)
Application Number:12/221,847
Patent Claims: 1. A pharmaceutical composition for intravaginal administration comprising 13 milligrams or less per dosage of a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, androst-5-ene-3.beta.,17.beta.-diol, and 4-androstene-3,17-dione and further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, diluent or carrier.

2. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 comprising 3 to 13 milligrams per dosage of said sex steroid precursor.

3. A vaginal suppository comprising a sex steroid precursor selected from the group consisting of dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate, androst-5-ene-3.beta.,17.beta.-diol, and 4-androstene-3,17-dione and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient suitable for vaginal administration, wherein said sex steroid precursor is present at a weight not exceeding 13 milligrams.

4. The vaginal suppository according to claim 3, said suppository comprising 6.5 milligrams of said sex steroid precursor.

5. The vaginal suppository according to claim 3, said suppository comprising 3.25 milligrams of said sex steroid precursor.

6. The vaginal suppository according to claim 3, said suppository comprising 3 to 13 milligrams of said sex steroid precursor.

7. The vaginal suppository of claim 3 wherein the excipient is selected from the group consisting of pure or mixed natural or semi-synthetic tri-, di-, or monoglycerides of saturated, unsaturated or hydrogenated fatty acids; butter; palm, palm kernel, partially hydrogenated cottonseed, and coconut oils and its triglyceride derivatives; hydrogenated fatty alcohols and esters; polyoxyl stearate; rearranged hydrogenated vegetable oils; eutectic mixtures of mono-, di-, triglycerides derived from natural vegetable oils; triglyceride esters; Tween 61; theobroma oil; and a combination of any of the foregoing.

8. A vaginal suppository comprising dehydroepiandrosterone and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient suitable for vaginal administration, wherein said dehydroepiandrosterone is present at a weight not exceeding 13 milligrams.

9. The vaginal suppository according to claim 8, said suppository comprising 6.5 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone.

10. The vaginal suppository according to claim 8, said suppository comprising 3.25 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone.

11. The vaginal suppository according to claim 8, said suppository comprising 3 to 13 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone.

12. The vaginal suppository of claim 8 wherein the excipient is selected from the group consisting of pure or mixed natural or semi-synthetic tri-, di-, or monoglycerides of saturated, unsaturated or hydrogenated fatty acids; butter; palm, palm kernel, partially hydrogenated cottonseed, and coconut oils and its triglyceride derivatives; hydrogenated fatty alcohols and esters; polyoxyl stearate; rearranged hydrogenated vegetable oils; eutectic mixtures of mono-, di-, triglycerides derived from natural vegetable oils; triglyceride esters; Tween 61; theobroma oil; and a combination of any of the foregoing.

13. A 1.3 milliliter vaginal suppository comprising 6.5 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone and Witepsol H-15.

14. A vaginal suppository comprising 3.25 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone and Witepsol H-15.

15. A 1.3 milliliter vaginal suppository comprising 3.25 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone and Witepsol H-15.

16. A vaginal suppository comprising 3 to 13 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone and Witepsol H-15.

17. A vaginal suppository comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient suitable for intravaginal administration and further comprising an amount of dehydroepiandrosterone effective to provide local androgenic response by vaginal tissue, wherein the total weight of dehydroepiandrosterone in said suppository does not exceed 13 mg.

18. The vaginal suppository of claim 17 wherein the weight of dehydroepiandrosterone in said suppository is 3-13 milligrams.

19. The vaginal suppository of claim 18 wherein said excipient is selected from the group consisting of pure or mixed natural or semi-synthetic tri-, di-, or monoglycerides of saturated, unsaturated or hydrogenated fatty acids; butter; palm, palm kernel, partially hydrogenated cottonseed, and coconut oils and its triglyceride derivatives; hydrogenated fatty alcohols and esters; polyoxyl stearate; rearranged hydrogenated vegetable oils; eutectic mixtures of mono-, di-, triglycerides derived from natural vegetable oils; triglyceride esters; Tween 61; theobroma oil; and a combination of any of the foregoing.

20. The vaginal suppository of claim 16 comprising 6.5 milligrams of dehydroepiandrosterone and Witepsol H-15.

21. The vaginal suppository of claim 3 wherein said excipient is lipophilic.

22. The vaginal suppository of claim 8 wherein said excipient is lipophilic.

23. The vaginal suppository of claim 17 wherein said excipient is lipophilic.

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