USE OF HIGH-DOSE OXAZAPHOSPHORINE DRUGS IN COMBINATION WITH MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR TREATING IMMUNE DISORDERS
The present invention relates to methods of treating an autoimmune disorder, using a lymphocytotoxic but hematopoeitic cell sparing high-dose pulsed amount of an oxazaphosphorine drug in combination with immune therapeutics such as, for example, monoclonal antibodies that selectively bind B-cell specific antigens.
1 . A method for eliminating or substantially reducing an autoimmune disorder in a subject comprising administering a lymphocytotoxic but hematopoeitic stem cell sparing high-dose pulsed amount of an oxazaphosphorine drug to the subject, such that the subject's immune system reconstitutes without stem cell transplantation, and administering an effective amount of a monoclonal antibody that selectively binds a B-cell specific antigen, thereby to eliminate or substantially reduce the autoimmune disorder.
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