Global Patent Index - EP 1660117 A2

EP 1660117 A2 20060531 - USE OF SECRETAGOGUES LIKE GHRELIN IN CANCER CACHEXIA AND FOR STIMULATING APPETITE

Title (en)

USE OF SECRETAGOGUES LIKE GHRELIN IN CANCER CACHEXIA AND FOR STIMULATING APPETITE

Title (de)

VERWENDUNG VON SEKRETAGOG-ÄHNLICHEM GHRELIN IN KREBSBEDINGTER KACHEXIE UND ZUR STIMULIERUNG DES APPETITS

Title (fr)

UTILISATION DE SECRETAGOGUES SEMBLABLES A LA GHRELINE DANS LA CACHEXIE LIEE AU CANCER ET POUR STIMULER L'APPETIT

Publication

EP 1660117 A2 20060531 (EN)

Application

EP 04739026 A 20040806

Priority

  • DK 2004000529 W 20040806
  • DK PA200301140 A 20030806
  • DK PA200301139 A 20030806
  • US 49481503 P 20030814
  • US 49481603 P 20030814
  • DK PA200301283 A 20030905
  • DK PA200301570 A 20031024
  • DK PA200301569 A 20031024
  • DK PA200400570 A 20040407

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2005014032A2] The present invention relates, in one aspect, to the use of a secretagogue compound for the preparation of a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancer cachexia in an individual in need of such treatment. In another aspect, the present invention relates to the use of a ghrelin-like compound for the preparation of a medicament for prophylaxis or treatment of cachexia in an individual by administering a subcutaneous dosage of said medicament to the individual. In a further aspect, the present invention relates to the use of a ghrelin-like compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the preparation of a medicament for stimulation of appetite in an individual by administering a subcutaneous dosage of said medicament to the individual. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a number of new ghrelin-like compounds and uses thereof, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions and medical packaging comprising the new ghrelin-like compounds.

IPC 1-7

A61K 38/25; C07K 14/60; G01N 33/74; A61P 1/14

IPC 8 full level

A61K 38/25 (2006.01); A61P 1/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61K 38/25 (2013.01); A61P 1/14 (2017.12); A61P 25/18 (2017.12); A61P 35/00 (2017.12); G01N 2333/4745 (2013.01); G01N 2333/475 (2013.01); G01N 2333/65 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2005014032A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2005014032 A2 20050217; WO 2005014032 A3 20050317; WO 2005014032 B1 20050428; EP 1660117 A2 20060531; JP 2007523048 A 20070816

DOCDB simple family (application)

DK 2004000529 W 20040806; EP 04739026 A 20040806; JP 2006522237 A 20040806