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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2019
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Cynthia Marie Carver Deklotz, Bethesda, MD (US);
Robert A. Silverman, Arlington, VA (US);
Georgetown University, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
Methods for the treatment of cutaneous vascular conditions and cutaneous proliferative conditions are provided. The methods employ topical administration of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors such as sirolimus (rapamycin) and everolimus. Conditions treatable by the disclosed methods include venolymphatic malformations, acne, acne rosacea, periorificial dermatitis, acne vulgaris, cutaneous capillary malformation-arteriovenous malformation (CM-AVM) syndrome, RASopathies, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, scars, hypertrophic or keloidal scars, Proteus syndrome, PIK3CA-related overgrowth spectrum (PROS), PTEN hamartoma tumor syndromes, cutaneous malignancies and tumors associated with PI3K/AKT/mTOR mutations, keratodermas, acanthosis nigricans, Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, Brooke-Speigler syndrome, cylindromas, and epidermal nevi. Also provided are formulations and pharmaceutical compositions having mTOR inhibitor as principal therapeutically active ingredient useful in practicing the methods.