IP Library Granted Patent US 9,283,223
Granted Patent B2
US 9,283,223 · App. 14/182,208 · Granted Mar 15, 2016

Method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition

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Patent No.
US 9,283,223
App. No.
14/182,208
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition such as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a subject comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan, wherein, at baseline, time from first diagnosis of the condition in the subject is not greater than about 2 years.

Claims (15)

1. A method for treating a pulmonary hypertension condition in a human patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan and a therapeutically effective amount of an agent selected from the group consisting of sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pulmonary hypertension condition is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the PAH is of WHO Class II, III or IV.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the agent is tadalafil.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ambrisentan is administered in a daily dosage amount of about 1 mg to about 25 mg.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ambrisentan is administered in a daily dosage amount of about 2.5 mg to about 10 mg.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ambrisentan and the agent are administered in one dosage form for administration at the same time.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ambrisentan and the agent are administered separately at different times.

9. A method for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a human patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of ambrisentan and a therapeutically effective amount of tadalafil.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the PAH is idiopathic PAH.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the PAH is of WHO Class II, III or IV.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the ambrisentan is administered in a daily dosage amount of about 1 mg to about 25 mg.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the ambrisentan is administered in a daily dosage amount of about 2.5 mg to about 10 mg.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the ambrisentan and the tadalafil are administered in one dosage form for administration at the same time.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the ambrisentan and the tadalafil are administered separately at different times.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2015
From: GERBER, MICHAEL J.; DUFTON, CHRISTOPHER
To: GILEAD COLORADO, INC.
Reel/Frame 035491/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2015
From: GILEAD COLORADO, INC.
To: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 035491/0266 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2014
From: GERBER, MICHAEL J.; DUFTON, CHRISTOPHER
To: GILEAD COLORADO, INC.
Reel/Frame 032231/0071 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2014
From: GILEAD COLORADO, INC.
To: GILEAD SCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 032231/0077 →