The present invention relates to novel medicinal and/or pharmaceutical compositions indicated as composition A and composition B in liquid form for use as a medicinal composition or medicament for intravesical instillation, in the local treatment of diseases of the urethra and/or the bladder, where compositions A and B are for use advantageously in the treatment of bladder pain syndrome (interstitial cystitis) in the urethra, and by replenishment of the GAG-layer on the inner surface of the bladder, further advantageously composition A is for use for local anaesthetic and/or analgesic treatment of the urethra and/or the bladder, and further advantageously the treatment of inflammation of the urethra and/or the bladder.
According to the subject matter of the invention composition A comprises the following components all qualified as Ph. Eur pharmaceutical agent for human use:
As a further solution according to the subject matter of the invention composition A comprises the following components all qualified as Ph. Eur pharmaceutical agent for human use:
As a further solution according to the subject matter of the invention composition A comprises the following components all qualified as Ph. Eur pharmaceutical agent for human use:
The present invention relates to the following novel and optimal consistence of the composition A in 15 ml (in case of advantageous values) of solution of the composition:
Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention relates to the above-described medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A, where the pH value thereof is between 6.3 and 8.3 advantageously 7.36, which advantageous value is within the normal range of the pH of the blood and therefore the most optimal value for a local treatment of the urethra and the bladder.
Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention relates to the above-described medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A, where the value of osmolarity is between 280 and 310 mOsm/l, advantageously 296 mOsm/l, which advantageous value is within the normal range of osmolarity of the blood, and therefore the most optimal value for a local treatment of the urethra and the bladder.
The present invention furthermore relates to the following novel and optimal consistence of the composition A in 11 ml (in case of advantageous values) of solution of the composition:
Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention relates to the above-described pharmaceutical composition A, where the pH value thereof is between 6.3 and 8.3 advantageously 7.14, which advantageous value is within the normal range of the pH of the blood and therefore the most optimal value for a local treatment of the urethra and the bladder.
Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention relates to the above-described pharmaceutical composition A, where the value of osmolarity is between 280 and 310 mOsm/l, advantageously 291 mOsm/l, which advantageous value is within the normal range of osmolarity of the blood, and therefore the most optimal value for a local treatment of the urethra and the bladder.
The present invention furthermore relates to the following novel and optimal consistence of the composition A in 15 ml (in case of advantageous values) of solution of the composition:
Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention relates to the above-described pharmaceutical composition A, where the pH value thereof is between 6.3 and 8.3 advantageously 7.36, which advantageous value is within the normal range of the pH of the blood and therefore the most optimal value for a local treatment of the urethra and the bladder.
Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention relates to the above-described pharmaceutical composition A, where the value of osmolarity is between 280 and 310 mOsm/l, advantageously 296 mOsm/l, which advantageous value is within the normal range of osmolarity of the blood, and therefore the most optimal value for a local treatment of the urethra and the bladder.
According to the subject matter of the invention, furthermore, composition B comprises the following components, all qualified as Ph. Eur pharmaceutical agent for human use:
The present invention relates to the following novel and optimal consistency of the composition B in 19.4 ml (in case of advantageous values) of the solution of the composition:
Furthermore, the subject matter of the invention relates to the above-described pharmaceutical composition B where the pH value thereof is between 6.3 and 8.3 advantageously 7.38 which advantageous value is within the normal range of the pH of the blood and therefore the most optimal value for local treatment of the urethra and the bladder.
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
For calculation of the proper sodium-hydroxide quantity, the value of pH was measured by Jenway 3510 pH Meter.
Calibration of the device was made by puffer solutions on two points with pH values 4.01 and 7.00.
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
The value of pH was measured by Jenway 3510 pH Meter.
Calibration of the device was made by puffer solutions on two points with pH values 4.01 and 7.00.
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition A by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps by using sterile devices:
For calculation of the proper sodium-hydroxide quantity the value of pH was measured by Jenway 3510 pH Meter.
Calibration of the device was made by puffer solutions on two points with pH values 4.01 and 7.00.
For setting the proper osmolarity of composition A and B and for calculation of the proper sodium chloride quantity, the value of osmolarity was measured by Gonotec type Osmomat 3000 point of congelation osmometer.
Calibration of the device was made on two points by distilled water on value 0 mOsm/l and by a standard calibration solution (NaCl/H2O) on value 300 mOsm/l.
The sterile solution or emulsion of composition A was presented in a polypropylene syringe produced by Becton Dickinson.
All steps of preparation were made in a laminar cabin with horizontal air-flow
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the process for the preparation of medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition B by formulating to a medicinal and/or pharmaceutical composition in liquid form by the following steps:
Calibration of the device was made by puffer solutions on two points with pH values 4.01 and 7.00.
For setting the proper osmolarity and for calculation of the proper sodium chloride quantity, the value of osmolarity was measured by Gonotec type Osmomat 3000 point of congelation osmometer.
Calibration of the device was made on two points by distilled water on value 0 mOsm/l and by a standard calibration solution (NaCl/H2O) on value 300 mOsm/l.
The sterile solution of composition B was presented in a polypropylene syringe produced by Becton Dickinson.
All steps of preparation were made in a laminar cabin with horizontal air-flow.
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to medicinal and/or pharmaceutical compositions A and B for use in the treatment for bladder pain syndrome (interstitial cystitis) in two steps, first by using the composition A for intravesical instillation through the urethra and afterword secondly 2-8 minutes, advantageously 4 minutes later by using composition B for intravesical instillation through the urethra.
The subject matter of the invention furthermore relates to the compositions A and B for use in the treatments described above, where compositions can be administered by intravesical instillation through the urethra using a catheter or by a catheter- and pain-free instillation using a urological syringe adapter also innovated by Dr. Lovász et al.
Using the innovated urological syringe adapter, the local treatment of the urethra is also possible by the compositions according to the invention.
The prior art referred and cited in the present specification from now on are all part of state of the art.
Interstitial Cystitis or Bladder Pain Syndrome (IC/BPS) is a lesser-known disease. However, its symptoms can be severe, and there is no known cure for it. Presently its diagnosis rate is low, and it is often being mistreated, which makes the symptoms even worse.
IC/BPS is prevalent all around the world. It is a bladder disease of unknown etiology. The typical symptoms are bladder and pelvic pain or discomfort, urinary urgency, and frequency. All of these can have a detrimental effect on the patient's quality of life, by obstructing working abilities, sexual intercourse, sleep, and many other activities.
Not only can it be hard to diagnose IC/BPS, but also there is no known treatment that can cure the disease forever. Although in many countries (including the ones with the most advanced health-care) there is no effective way to cure IC/BPS, by using the proper method it could be made symptomless. For achieving this condition, regular treatments and a constant—in many cases life-long—follow-up is needed.
In most countries, IC/BPS is usually treated with oral medicines. The efficacy of these oral compositions are low, and also side-effects are more frequent. Local treatment (bladder instillation) should be the best option, but there is neither medicine nor medicinal composition of good efficacy yet. Moreover, instillation is performed through a catheter, which is painful in many cases and it can cause hemorrhagic lesions, too.
The inner surface of the bladder mucosa is covered by a mucous layer.
The mucosa of the bladder consists of a multi-layered transitional epithelium (urothelium) with a special glycosaminoglycan (GAG) layer, which enables the storage of the urine with a high osmotic gradient to the blood.
If this layer becomes damaged, the components of the urine cause a chronic chemical irritation of the deeper layers of the bladder wall. The condition progresses into a non-bacterial inflammation, which causes pain of different intensity, abnormal voiding frequency, and/or urgency. All of these symptoms adversely influence the patients' sleeping, working, sexual, social, and exercise activities. Without proper treatment, the disease progresses and leads to a chronic bladder or kidney failure. These conditions are irreversible.
IC/BPS can show up in all age groups, both genders, and in all races. It is 5-10 times more common in women than in men, though. Due to the low diagnosis rate, it is hard to assess the prevalence of IC/BPS. The only assumptions we can make are based on data from the USA, Hungary, and certain other countries. According to most estimations, the prevalence of IC/BPS is between 200-400 persons per 100.000 people (which means a rate of 0.2-2%). That said, in Hungary, there have to be at least 20,000-40,000 people who are affected. The diagnosed cases are merely 500-600.
This means a rate of 2-3% or less, which is abysmal, even if the rate in countries with more advanced health-care tops currently at about 10%.
The etiology of IC/BPS is still not known. It is proven, on the other hand, that the symptoms develop due to the insufficiency of the GAG-layer which covers the inner, mucosal surface of the bladder. The main role of the GAG-layer is to protect the deeper layer of the bladder wall from the irritative solutions of the urine.
In case of IC/BPS the GAG-layer becomes permeable to the soluble components of the urine and with time a chronic, sterile inflammation develops (which is not caused by bacteria) in the deeper layers of the bladder wall. This leads to severe pain.
Most urologists throughout the world are focusing primarily on oncological, prostatic, and erection problems. Therefore just a few of them have appropriate knowledge of IC/BPS. With time the patient's quality of life is getting worse and worse: the permanent urgency of voiding and the severe pain have a detrimental effect on everyday activities, too.
IC/BPS is the disease which one of the inventors, Sandor Lovasz MD. PhD., urologist, therapist, and his co-workers started to focus on 10 years ago. While diagnosing and treating several patients, they started to ponder how the treatment can be made better and less painful by developing new, innovative devices.
Partly because of these other innovations (urological syringe adapter and assisting device for self-instillation) the interest of the local treatment of the IC/BPS increased a lot during the past years.
The most important mode of IC/BPS therapy is the GAG-layer replenishment.
GAG-layer replenishment is a cornerstone in the therapy of IC/BPS. During the last years, intravesical GAG layer replenishment has proven to be the most efficacious treatment also for overactive bladder (OAB), radiation cystitis, and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs).
The pharmaceutical industry has been trying to find a viable method for this problem for more than 50 years, but with little effect so far. The only medicine in the USA approved by FDA is Elmiron, which is an oral medicine with an active agent of polysaccharide called pentosan polysulfate sodium (PPS). It was approved by FDA 35 years ago. The main drawback of this oral medicine is that merely the 5% of the active agent gets absorbed, what considerably lowers its efficacy. So far, there has been no other agent used for direct bladder treatment, which resulted in a significant improvement of the symptoms in a clinical trial. Recently there have been scientific papers published about the side effects of taking PPS over a long time. Among these, the most distressing one is pigmentary maculopathy, which is a severe visual disorder.
This new information will make the market even emptier than it has been—and the need for a remedy of scientifically proven efficacy will be even higher, especially because for most of the patients the only therapy which brings relief is bladder instillation.
Our solution are the invention of two special, multi-component cocktails, medicinal and/or pharmaceutical compositions of unique specifications developed by the inventors for the local treatment of IC/BPS by the replenishment of the GAG-layer of the bladder, including an introductory anaesthetic and/or anti-inflammatory treatment of the urethra and/or the bladder which is part of the treatment of IC/BPS in the urethra and the bladder.
According to the prior art local treatment of the bladder by liposomal agents is well known but using liposomal agent as an introductory treatment before the GAG replenishment is a novel procedure.
Therefore the use of the anti-inflammatory agent of the first cocktail A embedded in liposome according to the subject matter of the invention is a very effective way to treat the IC/BPS in bladder.
As a further solution using complex composing agents advantageously 2-hydroxypropyl-alpha-cyclodextrin or further advantageously 2-hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin or further advantageously 2-hydroxypropyl-gamma-cyclodextrin in the composition A keeping the solution of composition A stable through composing a complex with lidocaine or diclofenac or with any of the salts thereof according to the subject matter of the invention is a very effective way to treat the IC/BPS in bladder as well.
Using the liposomal or complex forms of the agents of composition A helps in the absorption and the inhibition of any aggregation of the active agents.
Because Sandor Lovasz MD., one of the inventors has been treating about 540 patients on his own and the number of his patients is increasing by about 100 in every year, the sheer number of patients proves the efficacy of the compositions he uses.
The subject matter of the invention are two special, multi-component cocktails, medicinal and/or pharmaceutical compositions (indicated as A and B compositions) of unique specifications developed by the inventors for the local treatment of IC/BPS in the urethra and/or by replenishment of the GAG-layer in the bladder, including an introductory local anaesthetic and/or analgesic, anti-inflammatory treatment of the urethra and/or the bladder, which is part of the simultaneous treatment of the urethra and the bladder in IC/BPS.
The reasons why all the compositions of the state of art conventionally used for local treatment of the IC/BPS are less efficacious then the compositions of the subject matter of the invention are the following:
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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P1900257 | Jul 2019 | HU | national |
P2000094 | Mar 2020 | HU | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/HU2020/000026 | 9/15/2020 | WO |