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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1999
Filed:
May. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Kaneko, Aichi, JP;
Terunori Mitsuma, Aichi, JP;
Koichi Yamashita, Shizuoka, JP;
Barry Morgan, Franklin, MA (US);
Assignee:
Biomeasure, Incorporated, Milford, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514-9 ; 514 11 ; 530311 ; 530317 ; 530328 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of using somatostatin or a somatostatin agonist to inhibit the proliferation of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of said somatostatin or somatostatin agonist. Preferably, a somatostatin sub-type receptor 2 (SSTR-2) selective somatostatin agonist is administered in a method of this invention. The inhibition of H. pylori proliferation is useful in treating various gastroduodenal diseases such as peptic ulcers, gastric cancer and gastric lymphoma.