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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2014
Applicants:
The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, BE;
University Hospital Antwerp, Edegem, BE;
Inventors:
Berten Ceulemens, Westmalle, BE;
Lieven Lagae, Edegem, BE;
Assignees:
THE KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN, Leuven, BE;
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ANTWERP, Edegem, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/135 (2006.01); A61K 31/137 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/19 (2006.01); A61K 31/36 (2006.01); A61K 31/5513 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/137 (2013.01); A61K 31/135 (2013.01); A61K 31/19 (2013.01); A61K 31/36 (2013.01); A61K 31/5513 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating and/or preventing Dravet Syndrome in a patient such as a patient previously diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome, by administering an effective dose of fenfluramine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt to that patient. Dravet Syndrome patients are typically children under the age of 18 and are treated at a preferred dose of less than about 0.5 to about 0.01 mg/kg/day.