申请人:Marinus Pharmaceuticals Inc.
公开号:US10391105B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-27
The disclosure provides a method of treating a patient having postpartum depression, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, menopausal depression, or delirium tremens comprising administering an effective amount of an injectable neurosteroid formulation to the patient. In certain embodiments the injectable neurosteroid formulation is an injectable ganaxolone formulation. Two types of injectable neurosteroid formulations may be used in the disclosed methods. The first such formulation is an injectable formulation containing ganaxolone and sulfobutyl ether β-cyclodextrin in a 1:1 inclusion complex. The second such formulation is an injectable neurossteroid formulation comprising a neurosteroid, preferably ganaxolone, but which may be a neurosteroid selected from allopregnanolone, ganaxolone, alphaxalone, alphadolone, hydroxydione, minaxolone, pregnanolone, tetrahydrocorticosterone, and combinations of the foregoing; a surface stabilizer selected from hydroxyl ethyl starch, dextran, and povidone; and a surfactant.
本公开提供了一种治疗产后抑郁症、经前期情感障碍、更年期抑郁症或震颤性谵妄患者的方法,包括向患者施用有效量的可注射神经类固醇制剂。在某些实施方案中,可注射的神经类固醇制剂是可注射的甘舒龙制剂。两种可注射的神经类固醇制剂可用于所公开的方法中。第一种制剂是可注射制剂,含有甘纳昔龙和磺丁基醚 β-环糊精 1:1 的包合物。第二种制剂是一种可注射的神经类固醇制剂,它包含一种神经类固醇,最好是加那雄龙,但也可以是一种选自异孕酮、加那雄龙、阿法沙龙、阿法多龙、羟基二酮、米那雄龙、孕酮、四氢皮质酮和上述物质的组合的神经类固醇;一种选自羟乙基淀粉、葡聚糖和聚维酮的表面稳定剂;以及一种表面活性剂。