THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC AGENT FOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, METHOD OF TESTING FOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY, AND SCREENING METHOD FOR THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC SUBSTANCE FOR RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY
申请人:Japan Innovative Therapeutics, Inc.
公开号:EP2913062A1
公开(公告)日:2015-09-02
Provided are a therapeutic or prophylactic agent for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) that is suited to the pathogenic mechanism of ROP and a method of testing for ROP. The therapeutic or prophylactic agent for ROP uses at least one substance from the group consisting of inhibitors against tryptase derived from mast cells and/or mast cell stabilizers as an active ingredient. The testing method for ROP includes detecting a marker substance that can be released by degranulation of mast cells in a biological sample originating from a patient and determining the presence or absence of ROP on the basis of the detected amount of the marker.
本发明提供了一种适合早产儿视网膜病变(ROP)致病机制的早产儿视网膜病变(ROP)治疗剂或预防剂,以及一种检测早产儿视网膜病变的方法。早产儿视网膜病变的治疗剂或预防剂使用至少一种由肥大细胞胰蛋白酶抑制剂和/或肥大细胞稳定剂组成的组中的物质作为活性成分。这种检测方法包括检测来自患者的生物样本中肥大细胞脱颗粒释放的标记物质,并根据检测到的标记物质的量来确定是否患有视网膜病变。