Compositions and methods for treating or preventing...

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A61K 36/47 (2006.01) A61K 31/353 (2006.01) A61K 36/38 (2006.01) A61P 1/00 (2006.01) A61P 29/00 (2006.01) A61P 35/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2657803

The present invention provides methods for preventing colon cancer by administering, to a patient in need thereof, a polymeric proanthocyanidin composition from a Croton species or Calophyllum species in an amount sufficient to prevent colon cancer, which composition inhibits COX-2. The present invention also provides methods for treating inflammation locally in the intestines comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a polymeric proanthocyanidin composition from a Croton species or Calophyllum species in an amount sufficient to treat inflammation. In one embodiment, the polymeric proanthocyanidin compound is crofelemer. The present invention in alternative embodiments provides methods for treating pain locally in the intestines and treating inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn s disease and ulcerative colitis, as well as for treating familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP).

L'invention concerne des méthodes permettant de prévenir le cancer du côlon par administration, à un patient nécessitant un tel traitement préventif, d'une composition de proanthocyanidine polymère isolée à partir d'une espèce Croton ou d'une espèce Calophyllum à une dose suffisante pour la prévention du cancer du côlon, ladite composition inhibant la COX-2. L'invention concerne également des méthodes permettant de traiter localement une inflammation dans les intestins, qui consistent à administrer à un patient nécessitant un tel traitement une composition de proanthocyanidine polymère isolée à partir d'une espèce Croton ou d'une espèce Calophyllum à une dose suffisante pour traiter l'inflammation. Dans un mode de réalisation, le composé de proanthocyanidine polymère est du crofelemer. Dans d'autres modes de réalisation, l'invention concerne des méthodes permettant de traiter localement des douleurs dans les intestins, de traiter des affections abdominales inflammatoires, de type maladie de Crohn et rectocolite hémorragique, et de traiter la polypose adénomateuse du côlon (PAF).

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