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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2014
Perosphere Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Bryan E. Laulicht, Danbury, CT (US);
Sasha H. Bakhru, Ridgefield, CT (US);
James Costin, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);
Solomon S. Steiner, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
PEROSPHERE PHARMACEUTICALS INC., Danbury, CT (US);
Abstract
Novel labeled compounds and metabolites thereof are disclosed, as well as pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of using the labeled and unlabeled compounds, and specifically, 2-Amino-5-guanidino-pentanoic acid (3-{4-[3-(2-amino-5-guanidino-pentanoylamino)-propyl]-piperazin-1-yl}-propyl)-amide and metabolites thereof, for imaging, detecting and assessing disorders and diseases, such as arthritis and, more specifically, osteoarthritis by tracking proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan content of cartilage. Also, pharmaceutical compositions comprising labeled and/or unlabeled 1,4-Bis(3-aminopropyl)piperazine are disclosed and methods of using the same.