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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1987
Thomas O Carpenter, Orange, CT (US);
Josef Pitha, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Children's Medical Center Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
Levels of cholesterol, vitamin A, triglycerides, and other lipophiles in the human circulation can be manipulated by intravenous infusion of cyclodextrin-type compounds. The cyclodextrin-type compound should be highly soluble in water, amorphous and of only moderate molecular weight in order to be easily excreted; one preferred cyclodextrin, 2-hydroxypropyl-.beta.-cyclodextrin with an average molecular weight of 1460, is administered at doses of 0.5 g/kg x day. The serum levels of the lipophiles indicate that the infusion may serve to mobilize the lipophile from tissues, induce its excretion, and furthermore affect its homeostasis.