申请人:——
公开号:US20020115689A1
公开(公告)日:2002-08-22
The instant invention provides a novel drug combination comprised of an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor and a selective COX-2 inhibitor, which is useful for treating, preventing, delaying the onset of and/or reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.
One object of the instant invention is to administer the above-described combination therapy to people who do not yet show clinical signs of Alzheimer's disease, but who are at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. These individuals may already show signs of mild cognitive impairment. Toward this end, the instant invention provides methods for preventing or reducing the risk of developing Alzheimer's by administering the above-described combination therapy to said at risk persons. Such treatment may halt or reduce the rate of further cognitive decline or, in fact, reverse cognitive decline.
The present invention also provides for a method of preventing cognitive impairment or dementia, reducing the risk of cognitive decline or impairment or reducing cognitive decline or impairment resulting from stroke, stroke, cerebral ischemia or de-myelinating disorders.
本发明提供了一种新颖的药物组合,包括HMG-CoA还原酶抑制剂和选择性COX-2抑制剂,用于治疗、预防、延缓阿尔茨海默病的发作和/或减少发展阿尔茨海默病的风险。本发明的一个目的是将上述所述的组合疗法用于尚未表现出阿尔茨海默病临床症状,但处于患阿尔茨海默病风险的人群。这些个体可能已经表现出轻度认知障碍的迹象。为此,本发明提供了通过向上述风险人群施用上述组合疗法来预防或减少发展阿尔茨海默病的方法。这种治疗可能会阻止或减少进一步的认知下降速度,或者实际上逆转认知下降。本发明还提供了一种预防认知障碍或痴呆、减少认知下降或障碍风险或减少由中风、脑卒中、脑缺血或脱髓鞘性疾病导致的认知下降或障碍的方法。