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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Michael Wade, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Roger Jeffs, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert Roscigno, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Deborah Strootman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kathryn Bronstein, Jupiter, FL (US);
Michael Wade, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Roger Jeffs, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Robert Roscigno, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Deborah Strootman, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kathryn Bronstein, Jupiter, FL (US);
United Therapeutics Corporation, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to novel methods for using treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, such as digital ulcers, in subjects with scleroderma (including systemic sclerosis), Buerger's disease, Raynaud's disease, Raynaud's phenomenon and/or other conditions that cause such lesions. The disclosure also relates to kits for treatment and/or prevention of ischemic lesions, which include an effective amount of treprostinil or its derivative, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.