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Cobitolimod a new drug invented for treatment of Ulcerative Colitis


Prof Dr,DRAM,HIV /AIDS,HEPATITIS ,SEX DISEASES & WEAKNESS expert,New Delhi,India, +917838059592

 


Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease of unknown cause.Symptoms include frequent stools, diarrhea, blood in stool, abdominal pain, fever, weight loss and anemia. Standard treatment includes anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive and biological drugs.A substantial percentage of patients with moderate to severe active ulcerative colitis will not respond to available therapies or will eventually develop tolerance to treatment.

                 Cobitolimod (Kappaproct, DIMS0150) is a potential new medication for patients with moderate to severe active ulcerative colitis.Cobitolimod is a first in class treatment that provides a local anti-inflammatory effect which in clinical trials has shown to result in significant improvements of the major clinical symptoms.Cobitolimod has very limited systemic absorption. This gives the drug a favorable safety profile, in sharp contrast to many approved treatments.

                        Cobitolimod is a new type of drug that can help patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis back to a normal life. It is a so-called Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) agonist, that can provide an anti‐inflammatory effect locally in the large intestine, which may induce mucosal healing and relief of the clinical symptoms in ulcerative colitis.

           Cobitolimod has achieved clinical proof-of-concept in moderate to severe active ulcerative colitis, with a very favorable safety profile. Data from four placebo-controlled clinical trials indicate that cobitolimod has statistically significant effects on those endpoints that are most relevant in this disease, both from a regulatory and clinical perspective. These endpoints include the key clinical symptoms such as blood in stool, number of stools, and mucosal healing, respectively. Cobitolimod is also known as Kappaproct® and DIMS0150.



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