Pharmaceutical compositions and methods
This invention relates the use of cortisol blockers (e.g., glucocorticoid receptor [GR] antagonists) for the treating or preventing viral infections, treating or preventing treatment resistant prostate cancer, treating or preventing neoplasia, and treating or preventing infection related to acute or chronic injury or disease.
1. A method of treating a viral condition in a patient comprising:
selecting a patient in need of treating a viral condition;
administering to the patient at least one active agent selected from the group consisting of PT155, PT156, PT157, PT158, TCY1, combinations thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
administering at least one additional active agent selected from the group consisting of retinazone, and RU486,
wherein the viral condition is to eliminate acute viral infection, to diminish intensity of viral infection, to diminish length of viral infection, to speed time to resolution and healing of viral infection, to speed time to suppression of viral infection, to increase likelihood of viral eradication, and/or to diminish infectivity of viral infection, with Hepatitis C virus, Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus, Ebola-like viruses, Hepatitis B virus, Mouse mammary tumor virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1), Varicella-Zoster virus (chicken pox; VZV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6), Human Herpes Virus-7 (HHV-7), Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpes virus (or Human Herpes Virus-8; HHV-8), Variola (Small Pox) virus, Vaccinia virus, Cowpox virus, and Monkeypox virus.
2. A method of treating a viral condition in a patient comprising:
selecting the patient in need of treating a viral condition;
administering at least one active agent selected from the group consisting of PT155, PT156, PT157, PT158, TCY1, combinations thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
administering at least one additional active agent selected from the group consisting of retinazone, and RU486,
wherein the viral condition is to prevent acute viral infection from becoming chronic active or latent infection with Hepatitis C virus, Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus, Ebola-like viruses, Hepatitis B virus, Mouse mammary tumor virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1), Varicella-Zoster virus (chicken pox; VZV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6), Human Herpes Virus-7 (HHV-7), Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpes virus (or Human Herpes Virus-8; HHV-8), Variola (Small Pox) virus, Vaccinia virus, Cowpox virus, and Monkeypox virus.
3. A method of treating a viral condition in a patient comprising:
selecting a patient in need of treating a viral condition;
administering at least one active agent selected from the group consisting of PT155, PT156, PT157, PT158, TCY1, combinations thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
administering at least one additional active agent selected from the group consisting of retinazone, and RU486,
wherein the viral condition is to prevent chronic latent viral infection from becoming active (reactivation), to diminish intensity of viral reactivation, to diminish length of viral reactivation, to speed time to resolution and healing of viral reactivation, to speed time to suppression of viral reactivation, to increase likelihood of viral eradication, and/or to diminish infectivity of viral reactivation with: Hepatitis C virus, Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus, Ebola-like viruses, Hepatitis B virus, Mouse mammary tumor virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1), Varicella-Zoster virus (chicken pox; VZV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6), Human Herpes Virus-7 (HHV-7), Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpes virus (or Human Herpes Virus-8; HHV-8), Variola (Small Pox) virus, Vaccinia virus, Cowpox virus, and Monkeypox virus.
4. A method of treating a viral condition in a patient comprising:
selecting a patient in need of treating a viral condition;
administering at least one active agent selected from the group consisting of PT155, PT156, PT157, PT158, TCY1, combinations thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
administering at least one additional active agent selected from the group consisting of retinazone, and RU486,
wherein the viral condition is to inactivate latent pro-viral genome eliminating chronic viral infections with Hepatitis C virus, Bovine Viral Diarrhea virus, Ebola-like viruses, Hepatitis B virus, Mouse mammary tumor virus, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1), Varicella-Zoster virus (chicken pox; VZV), Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Human Herpes Virus-6 (HHV-6), Human Herpes Virus-7 (HHV-7), Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpes virus (or Human Herpes Virus-8; HHV-8), Variola (Small Pox) virus, Vaccinia virus, Cowpox virus, and Monkeypox virus.
5. A method of treating a viral condition in a patient comprising:
selecting a patient in need of treating a viral condition;
administering an active agent selected from the group consisting of PT155, PT156, PT157, PT158, TCY1, combinations thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
administering at least one additional active agent which is bavituximab,
wherein the viral condition is selected from the group consisting of to eliminate acute viral infection, to diminish intensity of viral infection, to diminish length of viral infection, to speed time to resolution and healing of viral infection, to speed time to suppression of viral infection, to increase likelihood of viral eradication, and to diminish infectivity of viral infection.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the viral condition is selected from the group consisting of Ebola and Marburg virus (Filoviridae); Ross River virus, chikungunya virus, Sindbis virus, eastern equine encephalitis virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus), vesicular stomatitis virus (Rhabdoviridae, Vesiculovirus), Amaparí virus, Pichindé virus, Tacaribe virus, Junín virus, Machupo virus (Arenaviridae, Mammarenavirus), West Nile virus, dengue virus, yellow fever virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus ); human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (Retroviridae, Lentivirus); Moloney murine leukemia virus (Retroviridae, Gammaretrovirus); respiratory syncytial virus (Paramyxoviridae, Pneumovirinae, Pneumovirus); vaccinia virus (Poxviridae, Chordopoxvirinae, Orthopoxvirus); herpes simplex virus type 1, herpes simplex virus type 2 (Herpesviridae, Alphaherpesvirinae, Simplexvirus); human cytomegalovirus (Herpesviridae, Betaherpesvirinae, Cytomegalovirus); Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (Baculoviridae, Alphabaculoviridae) (an insect virus); Semliki Forest virus, O'nyong-nyong virus, rubella (German measles) virus (Togaviridae, Rubivirus); rabies virus, Lagos bat virus, Mokola virus (Rhabdoviridae, Lyssavirus); Guanarito virus, Sabia virus, Lassa virus (Arenaviridae, Mammarenavirus); Zika virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus, Kyasanur Forest virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus ); human hepatitis C virus (Flaviviridae, Hepacivirus); influenza A/B virus (Orthomyxoviridae, the common ‘flu’ virus); Hendra virus, Nipah virus (Paramyxoviridae, Paramyxovirinae, Henipavirus); measles virus (Paramyxoviridae, Paramyxovirinae, Morbillivirus); variola major (smallpox) virus (Poxviridae, Chordopoxvirinae, Orthopoxvirus); human hepatitis B virus (Hepadnaviridae, Orthohepadnavirus); and hepatitis delta virus (hepatitis D virus) (unassigned Family, Deltavirus).
7. A method of treating a viral condition in a patient comprising:
selecting a patient in need of treating a viral condition;
administering to the patient at least one active agent selected from the group consisting of PT155, PT156, PT157, PT158, TCY1, combinations thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
administering at least one additional active agent which is bavituximab,
wherein the viral condition is to prevent acute viral infection from becoming chronic active or latent infection.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the viral condition is selected from the group consisting of Ebola and Marburg virus (Filoviridae); Ross River virus, chikungunya virus, Sindbis virus, eastern equine encephalitis virus (Togaviridae, Alphavirus), vesicular stomatitis virus (Rhabdoviridae, Vesiculovirus), Amaparí virus, Pichindé virus, Tacaribe virus, Junín virus, Machupo virus (Arenaviridae, Mammarenavirus), West Nile virus, dengue virus, yellow fever virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus ); human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (Retroviridae, Lentivirus); Moloney murine leukemia virus (Retroviridae, Gammaretrovirus); respiratory syncytial virus (Paramyxoviridae, Pneumovirinae, Pneumovirus); vaccinia virus (Poxviridae, Chordopoxvirinae, Orthopoxvirus); herpes simplex virus type 1, herpes simplex virus type 2 (Herpesviridae, Alphaherpesvirinae, Simplexvirus); human cytomegalovirus (Herpesviridae, Betaherpesvirinae, Cytomegalovirus); Autographa californica nucleopolyhedrovirus (Baculoviridae, Alphabaculoviridae) (an insect virus); Semliki Forest virus, O'nyong-nyong virus, rubella (German measles) virus (Togaviridae, Rubivirus); rabies virus, Lagos bat virus, Mokola virus (Rhabdoviridae, Lyssavirus); Guanarito virus, Sabia virus, Lassa virus (Arenaviridae, Mammarenavirus); Zika virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, St. Louis encephalitis virus, tick-borne encephalitis virus, Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus, Kyasanur Forest virus (Flaviviridae, Flavivirus ); human hepatitis C virus (Flaviviridae, Hepacivirus); influenza A/B virus (Orthomyxoviridae, the common ‘flu’ virus); Hendra virus, Nipah virus (Paramyxoviridae, Paramyxovirinae, Henipavirus); measles virus (Paramyxoviridae, Paramyxovirinae, Morbillivirus); variola major (smallpox) virus (Poxviridae, Chordopoxvirinae, Orthopoxvirus); human hepatitis B virus (Hepadnaviridae, Orthohepadnavirus); and hepatitis delta virus (hepatitis D virus) (unassigned Family, Deltavirus).