EP3880300A1 - Riboflavin zur behandlung von kollagenreichen geweben bei erkrankungen von gelenken insbesondere der bandscheibe - Google Patents
Riboflavin zur behandlung von kollagenreichen geweben bei erkrankungen von gelenken insbesondere der bandscheibeInfo
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- A61N2005/0661—Radiation therapy using light characterised by the wavelength of light used ultraviolet
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- the invention relates to riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with a disease of a real or fake joint, preferably one
- Intervertebral disc disease the treatment being carried out in-situ in the patient and comprising a local administration of riboflavin into a collagen-rich tissue of the joint as well as a subsequent irradiation with electromagnetic radiation, preferably UV radiation or multiphoton radiation.
- the invention further relates to a method and a kit for carrying out an in-situ crosslinking of a collagen-rich tissue in the event of a disease of a real or fake joint, preferably an intervertebral disc.
- the intervertebral disc is a flexible, fibrous cartilaginous connection between the vertebrae of the
- the intervertebral discs ensure that the vertebrae can bend, stretch and rotate relative to each other and ensure stable mobility of the
- the elasticity and stability of the intervertebral disc is due to the functional interaction of the fiber ring (annulus fibrosus) and the water-rich gelatinous nucleus (nucleus pulposus).
- axial compression leads to a compression of the hydrodynamic nucleus pulposus, which transfers the pressure to the annulus fibrosus surrounding it.
- the concentric connective tissue fibers of the annulus fibrosus form a tensile shell that ensures effective cushioning.
- intervertebral discs are exposed to high pressure loads and a physiological aging process, which can often lead to signs of wear or functional disorders.
- vital for a functional and elastic intervertebral disc are vital chondrocytes, which form the gelatinous nucleus and ensure hydraulic permeability. Since the
- Intervertebral discs are not supplied vascularly, the supply requires diffusion and
- Capsular ligament injuries, vertebral body fractures or particularly heavy loads can also cause damage to the annulus fibrosus and lead to a displacement of the nucleus pulposus into the vertebral canal.
- herniated disc or protrusion parts of the disc come into the spinal canal.
- a herniated disc is characterized by a total or partial tear of the annulus fibrosus.
- pressure can be exerted on the nerve strands located there. Symptoms of a herniated disc can therefore include severe pain, sensitivity disorders or even paralysis.
- intervertebral disc diseases in particular a herniated disc.
- the aim is to alleviate the symptoms by administering pain medication and physiotherapy, as well as retraining and, if necessary, to promote the regression of the herniated disc.
- Newer therapeutic approaches also include regeneration of the gelatinous nucleus by injection of the body's own tissue, injection of an artificial gelatinous nucleus to stabilize the intervertebral disc or replacement of the diseased intervertebral disc with an implant.
- WO 2004/073563 A2 describes a fusion implant for vertebrae for the treatment of
- the fusion implant includes a balloon that is filled with curable material to absorb the load on the vertebrae.
- the curable materials include Cement comprising calcium or crosslinkable polymers is disclosed.
- No. 6,723,335 B1 discloses therapy methods for the regeneration of intervertebral discs by injection of a fluid matrix or a hydrogel.
- the fluid matrix is crosslinked from decellularized nucleous pulposus tissue from an external donor or the same patient with the help of photooxidative catalysts. Crosslinking is carried out in vitro and then the cross-linked fluid matrix is injected into the intervertebral spaces.
- crosslinkers include Genipin or proantrocyanidine injected into the body's collagen tissue to stabilize it. At physiological concentrations of the crosslinker, the
- Crosslinking reaction can take several hours to a few days, making it too interim changes in shape or structure of the tissue to be stabilized can occur.
- Riboflavin is a vitamin from the B complex, but can also be used for crosslinking
- Collagen tissues can be used. Riboflavin-catalyzed photopolymerization involves the production of singlet oxygen, which can react with functional groups in the collagen tissue (Min et al. 2002, Huang et al. 2004, Choe et al. 2005). The reaction includes tyrosine residues, which form pi-pi complexes in the collagen and lead to dityrosine crosslinks (LaBella et al. 1968, Waykole et al. 2009).
- Keratoconus is an eye disease that describes the progressive thinning and deformation of the cornea and is one of the most common reasons for a corneal transplant.
- riboflavin In a standard application, a few drops of riboflavin are applied to the cornea so that they can penetrate the underlying tissue layers. The crosslinking reaction is then triggered by means of UV radiation. In most cases, this can strengthen the cornea so that the course of the disease is stopped (Mahgol Farjadnia et al. 2015, Wollensak et al. 2006, Hafezi et al. 2009).
- the invention preferably relates to riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a disease of a real or fake joint, the treatment being in situ in the Patients and a local administration of riboflavin in a collagen-rich tissue of the joint and a subsequent radiation with electromagnetic radiation.
- riboflavin is also suitable for in-situ cross-linking of collagen-rich
- joints should be understood to mean any anatomical structure that allows a flexible connection of bony or cartilaginous skeletal elements.
- the joints of the human body can be real (discontinuous) and spurious
- Fake joints are continuous cartilaginous or connective tissue bone connections that have no interruption and therefore mostly have limited mobility.
- the fake (continuous) joints which are also called sticking, include in particular cartilaginous bone connections.
- These include synchronous roses, which ensure a connection via hyaline cartilage (e.g. costal cartilage) or
- Symphyses which mean connection via fiber cartilage (e.g. intervertebral discs). But also connective tissue bone connections, e.g. Seams between the skull bones or syndemoses as a band-like connection between the ulna and the spoke are examples of fake joints.
- joint gap between the bone ends, the joint surfaces being covered by articular cartilage.
- joint capsule comprising an outer fibrosa membrane (tight connective tissue) and an inner synovial membrane (an epithelial-like connective tissue bandage).
- Connective tissue rich in collagen serves to stabilize real or fake joints.
- the collagen-rich connective tissue can become damaged due to wear or aging processes
- the treatable diseases thus particularly affect disorders of the biomechanical function of collagen-rich tissue in the joints, for example an age-related or
- the claimed riboflavin is preferably characterized in that it is administered in-situ in the patient locally in a collagen-rich tissue of the joint and then UV-irradiated.
- Local administration can be done in various ways. For example, drops of a riboflavin solution can be applied in situ to the site in question, so that the riboflavin diffuses into the underlying tissue layers. In addition to such an instillation, it can it may also be preferred that the riboflavin is injected locally into the collagen-rich tissue of the diseased joint.
- the riboflavin spreads in the collagen-rich tissue of the joint, so that it is largely homogeneous within a few minutes depending on the administration and concentration.
- Electromagnetic radiation is preferably understood to mean light which can comprise both visible light and non-visible light, in particular ultraviolet (UV) light or also infrared (IR) light.
- the electromagnetic radiation is in one
- Wavelength range from 200 nm to 3000 nm, preferably 200 nm to 1500 nm. Any wavelength range can preferably be used which induces a riboflavin-mediated photopolymerization of the collagen fibers.
- Any wavelength range can preferably be used which induces a riboflavin-mediated photopolymerization of the collagen fibers.
- both UV radiation and therefore multiphoton radiation using non-linear optical effects are suitable.
- the crosslinking reaction can advantageously take place in a spatially and temporally controlled manner by means of electromagnetic radiation, for example by means of UV light or multiphoton excitation.
- electromagnetic radiation for example by means of UV light or multiphoton excitation.
- the local administration of the riboflavin together with local radiation causes a double focus on a desired tissue area, so that undesired collagen crosslinking in adjacent tissue layers can be effectively avoided.
- networking can take place within a short period of time. For example, adequate stabilization of the tissue can be achieved within a few minutes by means of UV radiation or multiphoton radiation.
- the electromagnetic radiation is UV radiation.
- UV radiation is preferably radiation in one
- the UV radiation results in a demonstrable cross-linking of the collagen fibers in the tissue of an affected joint, in particular an intervertebral disc, on which there is a sufficient concentration of riboflavin.
- Various molecular mechanisms are illustrated in FIG. 1, which play a role here.
- the irradiation is carried out with a wavelength of more than 700 nm, a pulsed light source preferably being used, so that a crosslinking mediated by riboflavin is preferably brought about by non-linear optical effects.
- non-linear optics or non-linear optical effects preferably denote the interaction of electromagnetic waves, in which the relationship between the electrical field and electrical polarization in a medium is not linear, but of a higher degree.
- NLO non-linear optics
- two or more photons can be simultaneously absorbed by a molecule or an atom, which thereby changes into an energetically excited state. The process is also called
- a molecule such as riboflavin can be excited, for example in the field of linear optics (ie with simultaneous absorption of one photon per molecule) by means of UV light of a wavelength of 370 nm, two-photon absorption with light essentially twice the wavelength can be that is 740 nm.
- Nonlinear optical effects only occur at very high intensities. For low intensities it is approximately the case that the polarization increases linearly with the electric field with the electric susceptibility as a proportionality factor. In other words, a one-photon absorption has a linear dependence on the intensity of the light.
- pulsed radiation is preferably carried out, i.e. radiation, which is characterized by a sequence of light pulses.
- Pulse lasers are particularly suitable for pulsed radiation for non-linear excitation.
- pulse lasers In contrast to continuous wave lasers (CW lasers), pulse lasers do not emit light continuously, but rather in a pulsed manner. I.e. the light is emitted in a sequence of light pulses.
- CW lasers continuous wave lasers
- the light is emitted in a sequence of light pulses.
- Nanoseconds, picoseconds and especially femtosecond lasers are important to the production of nanoseconds, picoseconds and especially femtosecond lasers.
- Multiphoton radiation for photoactivation has a number of particular advantages over UV radiation.
- multiphoton radiation can increase the risk of cell damage, for example DNA damage from UV radiation or the occurrence of oxygen-free
- the multiphoton excitation enables very precise irradiation.
- a two-photon excitation depends, for example, quadratically on the intensity, so that it is intrinsically ensured that the non-linear optical effects and therefore crosslinking take place in very small volumes.
- low-energy, long-wave light for example a wavelength of 700 nm or more. While short-wave UV light is strongly scattered or absorbed by human tissue and can only reach small tissue depths, low-energy, long-wave light with wavelengths of 700 nm or more can penetrate the tissue structures by several millimeters.
- the inventors have recognized that the aforementioned advantages are particularly transferred to improving the treatment options for diseases of real or fake joints. Not only can photopolymerization be focused in-situ in deep tissue layers. In addition, undesired cell damage in these particularly sensitive tissue structures can also be avoided. Riboflavin can be particularly preferred
- the invention therefore relates to riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with an intervertebral disc disease, the treatment comprising local administration of riboflavin at the site of the disease of the intervertebral disk and subsequent radiation of the site of the disease.
- the location of the disease of the intervertebral disc preferably means a location of the intervertebral disc that has undergone at least partial degeneration.
- the intervertebral disc disease to be treated can be a herniated disc, with parts of the nucleus pulposus escaping into the spinal canal being surgically removed at the site of the disease.
- the remaining tissue of the intervertebral disc is strengthened at the affected point, so that a new herniated disc is effectively prevented.
- the nucleus pulposus leans forward into the vertebral canal, but does not yet exit it.
- the ul ul fibrosus is largely intact and counteracts an exit.
- local administration of riboflavin can strengthen the degenerated intervertebral disc tissue in such a way that the bulging disappears or at least does not continue
- the riboflavin that can be administered according to the invention can, however, also be used to strengthen degenerated intervertebral disc tissue before an emergence or bulging of the nucleus pulposus into the vertebral canal is visible.
- an intervertebral disc may lose elasticity due to an undersupply of the chondrocytes of the nucleus pulposus or weakening of the concentric tissue layers of the annulus fibrosus.
- the diseased area of the intervertebral disc does not yet exit the spinal canal, but due to the reduced biomechanical stability it can already lead to back problems or pose an increased risk.
- the claimed local administration of riboflavin can stabilize the tissue again.
- Local administration can be done in various ways. For example, drops of a riboflavin solution can be applied to the area in question, so that the riboflavin diffuses into the underlying tissue layers. In addition to such an instillation, it may also be preferred to inject riboflavins locally into the tissue layers of the intervertebral disc.
- the riboflavin shows a diffusion behavior, which allows an optimal cross-linking of the intervertebral disc tissue. This could not be expected from previous applications in the treatment of keratoconus.
- the riboflavin spreads homogeneously in the tissue of the nucleus pulposus and the annulus fibrosus within seconds to a few minutes. This advantageously takes place without excessive thinning by diffusion into adjacent tissue layers. Instead, the riboflavin can be introduced into the diseased area of the intervertebral disc tissue in a controlled manner by local administration in order to pass through it in situ
- riboflavin is followed by local irradiation of the site in question with electromagnetic radiation, for example UV light or a pulse laser with a wavelength of 700 nm or more.
- electromagnetic radiation for example UV light or a pulse laser with a wavelength of 700 nm or more.
- the radiation not only strengthens the individual intervertebral disc components, but also particularly stabilizes the connection between the nucleus pulposus and the surrounding annulus fibrosus.
- cross-linking by riboflavin increases the fatigue resistance of the treated tissue, reduces degeneration resulting from repeated physiological stress increases resistance to potential tearing of the annulus fibrosus and the hydraulic permeability of the nucleus pulposus.
- the invention relates to a riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with a deformation of the spine, in particular a spondylolisthesis or scoliosis.
- Spondylolisthesis refers to instability of the spine, in which the upper section of the spine with the sliding vertebra slides over the vertebral body below.
- riboflavin By administering riboflavin locally and then crosslinking it with radiation, the vertebral joints can be stabilized so that gliding is prevented. It can also be used prophylactically in order to prevent such diseases by steady stabilization of the spine.
- Scoliosis is a lateral deviation of the spine from the longitudinal axis with possibly rotation of the vertebrae and torsion of the vertebral bodies, which can also be accompanied by structural deformations of the vertebral bodies.
- the invention relates to a riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a disease of a real joint.
- a riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a disease of a real joint.
- real joints such as knees, elbows, shoulders, etc. are high pressure and physiological
- Riboflavin can be used to strengthen a connective tissue rich in collagen, for example in a joint capsule.
- the invention relates to a riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with an intervertebral disc disease, the local administration comprising an injection of the riboflavin, preferably into the annulus fibrosus and / or the nucleus pulposus.
- the injection is characterized by a particularly controllable diffusion behavior of the riboflavin in the affected tissue.
- the injection already breaks through a physical barrier, preferably at least the outer layer of the annulus fibrosus, so that the diffusion inside the intervertebral disc is faster and more homogeneous.
- the injection can take place, for example, by means of a syringe with a cannula attached.
- other medical can also be used for this purpose
- Injection agents are used.
- the invention relates to riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with an intervertebral disc disease, the local administration in each case comprising an injection of the riboflavin into the annulus fibrosus and the nucleus pulposus.
- This form of administration is therefore preferably a double injection both into the annulus fibrosus and into the nucleus pulposus.
- the invention relates to a riboflavin
- a medicament in the treatment of a disease of a real or fake joint preferably an intervertebral disc disease
- the radiation being UV radiation and having a wavelength between 200 and 400 nm, preferably between 320 and 380 nm and / or a radiation intensity of 0, 1 mW to 500 mW, preferably 0.2 to 50 mW, takes place.
- the invention relates to a riboflavin
- a medicament in the treatment of a disease of a real or spurious joint, preferably an intervertebral disc disease, the radiation being carried out with pulses of a wavelength of more than 700 nm with a pulse duration in the range of nanoseconds or femtoseconds.
- Nanosecond range preferably means a range from 1 ns (nanosecond) to 1000 ns.
- Femtosecond range preferably means a range from 1 fs (femtosecond) to 1000 fs.
- the pulse duration is in the range from 10 fs to 500 fs, particularly preferably 50 fs to 250 fs. Intermediate ranges from the aforementioned ranges can also be preferred, such as 10 fs to 50 fs, 50 fs to 100 fs, 100 fs to 150 fs,
- Range boundaries can also be combined to obtain further preferred ranges, such as 10 fs to 150 fs or 200 fs to 250 fs.
- the wavelength of the pulses is in the range from 700 nm to 820 nm, particularly preferably 720 nm to 800 nm, most preferably 740 nm to 780 nm.
- Intermediate ranges from the aforementioned ranges can also be preferred, for example 700 nm to 720 nm, 720 nm to 740 nm, 740 nm to 760 nm, 760 nm to 780 nm, 780 nm to 800 nm or even 800 nm to 820 nm.
- the repetition rate of the pulses is in a range from 10 MHz to 100 MHz and / or the energy per pulse is 1 nJ to 1 m ⁇ (joules), preferably 1 nJ to 100 nJ.
- Typical commercially available titanium-sapphire lasers (see e.g. the Chameleon product range (e.g. Chameleon Ultra) from Coherent Inc., Santa Clara) have a repetition rate of 70 to 90 MHz in modelock mode with pulse energies in the range of a few nanojoules.
- a disadvantage of the high repetition rates is their high average radiation intensity.
- the repetition rate of the light pulses is in a range from 1 kHz to 1000 kHz, preferably 1 kHz to 100 kHz, particularly preferably 1 kHz to 50 kHz and / or the energy per pulse is 100 nJ to 50 pJ (joules), preferably 0.5 pJ to 5 pJ.
- intermediate ranges from the aforementioned ranges can also be preferred, such as 1 kHz to 5 kHz, 5 kHz to 10 kHz, 10 kHz to 20 kHz, 20 kHz to 50 kHz, 50 kHz to 100 kHz, 100 kHz to 200 kHz, 200 kHz to 500 kHz or also 500 kHz to 1000 kHz.
- range limits can also be combined in order to obtain further preferred ranges, such as 5 kHz to 20 kHz or 10 kHz to 50 kHz.
- intermediate ranges can be preferred with regard to the energy per pulse, such as 100 nJ to 200 nJ, 200 nJ to 500 nJ, 500 nJ to 1 pJ, 1 pJ to 2 pJ, 2 pJ to 5 pJ, 5 pJ to 10 pJ, 10 pJ to 20 pJ or also 20 pJ to 50 pJ.
- the aforementioned range limits can also be combined to form further preferred ones
- Get ranges such as 200 nJ to 2 pJ or 1 pJ to 20 pJ.
- riboflavin-mediated cross-linking of the collagen fibers can be carried out at a repetition rate of 76 MHz and a pulse energy of 11 nJ / pulse, the average radiation intensity being 900 mW.
- a riboflavin-mediated crosslinking of the collagen fibers can likewise take place at a repetition rate of 5 kHz with a pulse energy of 2.4 pJ / pulse, the
- the average radiation intensity for the irradiation with light pulses is in the range from 0.1 mW to 1000 mW, preferably 0.2 to 100 mW, particularly preferably 1 mW to 50 mW.
- the preferred parameters mentioned above are particularly advantageous in order to ensure a high degree of crosslinking with precise control even in deeper tissue layers.
- the invention relates to riboflavin for use as a medicament in the treatment of a disease of a real or spurious joint, preferably an intervertebral disc disease, the UV radiation after a period of 10 seconds (seconds) to 30 minutes, preferably 30 seconds to 20 min, following the local one
- Administration of the riboflavin is started and is carried out for a period of 10 sec to 30 min, preferably 30 sec to 10 min.
- the time periods are sufficient to ensure a sufficiently homogeneous distribution of the riboflavin over the desired range.
- the upper limits can prevent the riboflavin from diffusing significantly into adjacent tissue layers. At low doses of riboflavin, this ensures excellent crosslinking of the collagen tissue without crosslinking reactions occurring in any undesired areas.
- the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with a disease of a spurious or real joint, preferably an intervertebral disc disease, as described herein, comprising
- the pharmaceutical carrier preferably relates to a material, particularly preferably in liquid form as a solution, which does not interfere with the action of the riboflavin. Instead, the pharmaceutical carrier preferably serves both to stabilize the riboflavin for storage and to effectively administer it to the tissue in question.
- pharmaceutical carriers can preferably be used for this purpose and
- the pharmaceutical carrier is a hypoosmolar solution.
- hypoosmolar preferably means that the solution has a lower osmolarity than the liquid in the collagen-rich connective tissue in which the riboflavin is administered locally. Osmolarities of 1 mOSm / l to 2000 mOsm / l are particularly preferred, the osmolarity or the osmotic concentration being the
- the hypoosmolar solution means that the active ingredient riboflavin reliably penetrates the connective tissue containing collagen, such as the nucleus pulpusus or the annulus fibrosus, and reinforces the collagen fibers after UV radiation.
- the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with a disease of a real or spurious joint, preferably an intervertebral disc disease, the riboflavin in the pharmaceutical composition in a concentration of 0.01% by weight. % to 5 wt .-% is present.
- Intermediate ranges can also be preferred from the aforementioned ranges, such as, for example, 0.01% by weight to 0.05% by weight, 0.05% by weight to 0.1% by weight, 0.1% by weight. % to 0.2% by weight, 0.2% by weight to 0.5% by weight, 0.5% by weight to 1% by weight, 1% by weight to 2% by weight %, 2% by weight to 5% by weight, 0.01% by weight to 5% by weight, 0.01% by weight to 5% by weight, 0.01% by weight to 5% by weight.
- a person skilled in the art recognizes that the aforementioned range limits can also be combined in order to obtain further preferred ranges, for example 0.5% by weight to 2% by weight or 0.2% by weight to 2% by weight. .
- aqueous solution preferably a hypoosmolar solution
- optimal results with regard to a homogeneous distribution of the active substance in the desired tissue area can be achieved with the aforementioned concentrations.
- concentration is low enough to avoid unwanted side effects or clumping in the tissue, but high enough to achieve an effective therapeutic effect.
- the amount of the pharmaceutical composition administered can be individually adapted to factors such as the degree of the disease or the size of the collagen-rich tissue.
- the remaining cavity can be completely filled with the pharmaceutical composition.
- volumes of 0.01 ml to 10 ml have proven to be particularly suitable.
- the invention relates to a method for treating a patient with an intervertebral disc disease, comprising the steps
- riboflavin for use as a medicament are equally applicable to that Transfer procedure.
- local injection into the nucleus pulposus and / or the annulus fibrosus has been disclosed as the preferred administration for the riboflavin. Such an injection is therefore equally preferred for the method.
- the invention relates to a kit for treating a patient with an intervertebral disc disease
- - Riboflavin or a pharmaceutical composition for the use described as a medicament in the treatment of a patient with a disease of a real or fake joint, preferably an intervertebral disc
- riboflavin in a collagen-rich tissue of the joint and a subsequent irradiation with electromagnetic radiation, preferably UV radiation or multiphoton radiation with a wavelength of 700 nm or more.
- riboflavin or pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament are equally applicable to the kit.
- a hypoosmolar solution has been disclosed as the preferred pharmaceutical carrier for the pharmaceutical composition.
- the instructions optionally included in the kit also include preferred embodiments of the described method for treating the disease of the joints, preferably the intervertebral disc.
- Suitable as an injection device for the kit is any device which is dimensioned and designed to inject a pharmaceutical composition into a collagen-rich tissue of a joint, preferably an intervertebral disc.
- the injection device will therefore preferably comprise a reservoir for a pharmaceutical composition and an injection tip which is suitable for penetrating a collagen-rich tissue.
- a syringe with a cannula can preferably be used as an attachment.
- the radiation device is preferably understood to be a device which is capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation with the preferred parameters described.
- the radiation device is a UV radiation device.
- the UV radiation device is preferably understood to mean a device which is capable of emitting UV radiation, preferably in the range from 200 to 400 nm.
- Various devices are known in the prior art for this purpose.
- LEDs can be used with radiation in the UV range
- the irradiation device is a pulse laser for generating light pulses with a wavelength of 700 nm or more.
- Various devices are known in the prior art for this purpose. For example, Ti: Sa
- Femtosecond lasers may be used with additional amplification to set the repetition rate and / or pulse energies (see above).
- a combination of an irradiation device, an injection device for a collagen-rich tissue of a joint and riboflavin provided according to the kit is not known in the prior art, in particular not in connection with instructions for carrying out an in-situ crosslinking.
- the invention relates to riboflavin or a pharmaceutical composition for use as a medicament in the treatment of diseases of spurious or real joints, preferably for the treatment of intervertebral disc diseases.
- the "use of a medicament to treat" a subject or patient suffering from a disease preferably means slowing, stopping or reversing the progression of the disease.
- Treatment may alternatively relate to prophylactic administration of the active ingredients described herein.
- prophylactic administration can refer to the prevention or prevention of the development of such a disease, although the terms prevention, prevention and prophylaxis are not to be interpreted narrowly.
- Prevention, prevention, or prophylaxis can also refer to reducing the risk of a subject or patient developing a disease, preferably in a subject or patient at risk for the condition.
- Raboflavin is also known as lactoflavin or vitamin B2 in the prior art and, according to IUPAC, is called 7,8-dimethyl-10- (D-ribo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentyl) -3 / - /, 10 / - / - benzo [g] pteridine-2,4-or. Chemically referred to by WHO as 7,8-dimethyl-10- (D-ribit-1-yl) isoalloxazine. Other chemical terms herein are used in accordance with conventional use in the art, as explained by The Mc-Graw-Hill Dictionary of Chemical Terms (Parker, S., ed., McGraw-Rill, San Francisco (1985)). which is incorporated herein by reference.
- riboflavin is also intended to cover functional equivalents or analogs which continue to have the desired biological activity, i.e. the catalysis for
- Crosslinking of collagen tissues with UV radiation Functional equivalence exists in particular if, under otherwise comparable conditions, in comparison to the quantitative tests described in the examples, a degree of cross-linking of collagen tissues of approx. 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% or 50%, preferably 60%, 70%, 80% or 90%, particularly preferably 100%, 125%, 150%, very particularly preferably 200%, 300% or 400%, most preferably 500%, 600%, 700% or 1000%.
- riboflavin is also intended to include isomers or derivatives of the abovementioned.
- Composition comprising the riboflavin is determined by the condition to be treated, the severity of the disease, the individual parameters of the patient, including age, physiological condition, height and weight, the duration of treatment, the type of accompanying therapy (if any), the specific route of administration and related factors.
- compositions comprising riboflavin are preferably sterile and contain an effective amount of the therapeutically active substance for producing the desired reaction or the desired effect.
- the doses of the compositions of the invention to be administered may depend on various parameters such as the mode of administration, the condition of the patient, the desired period of administration, etc. In the event that a patient's response to an initial dose is inadequate, higher doses (or effectively higher doses obtained by another, more localized route of administration) can be used.
- diseases of real or spurious joints are treated with amounts of riboflavin between 0.1 ng to 1000 mg, preferably 0.1 to 100 ng, 0.1 ng to 10 ng, 0.1 ng to 1 ng , 1 ng to 1 mg, 1 ng to 100 ng or 1 ng to 10 ng.
- compositions are generally administered in pharmaceutically acceptable amounts and in pharmaceutically acceptable compositions.
- pharmaceutically acceptable preferably relates to a non-toxic material that does not interact with the action of the active component of the pharmaceutical composition, preferably the riboflavin.
- Such preparations can usually contain salts, buffering agents, preservatives, carriers and optionally other therapeutic agents.
- the salts should be pharmaceutically acceptable.
- non-pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be used for the preparation of pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and are included.
- Such pharmacologically and pharmaceutically acceptable salts do not include in
- Hydrogen chloride hydrogen bromide, sulfur, saltpetre, phosphorus, maleic, vinegar, salicyl, Citric, formic, malonic, succinic acid and the like.
- Pharmaceutically acceptable salts can also be prepared as alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salts such as sodium, potassium or calcium salts.
- a pharmaceutical composition according to the invention can comprise a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- pharmaceutically acceptable carrier preferably relates to one or more compatible solid or liquid fillers, diluents or other substances which are suitable for administration to a human.
- carrier preferably relates to an organic or inorganic component, natural or synthetic in nature, in which the active component, preferably the riboflavin, is combined in order to facilitate application.
- active component preferably the riboflavin
- the components of the pharmaceutical compositions are usually such that there is no interaction that significantly affects the desired pharmaceutical effectiveness.
- the pharmaceutical compositions may contain suitable buffering agents such as acetic acid in a salt, citric acid in a salt, boric acid in a salt and phosphoric acid in a salt.
- suitable buffering agents such as acetic acid in a salt, citric acid in a salt, boric acid in a salt and phosphoric acid in a salt.
- compositions may also be suitable as appropriate
- Preservatives such as benzalkonium chloride, chlorobutanol, parabens and thimerosal contain.
- compositions are usually presented in a unitary dosage form and can be prepared in a manner known per se.
- Preferred pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include aqueous or non-aqueous solutions, suspensions and emulsions, most preferably aqueous solutions.
- Aqueous vehicles include water, alcoholic or aqueous solutions, emulsions and
- Suspensions including saline and buffered media.
- Aqueous solutions include, in particular, sodium chloride solutions, Ringer's dextrose, dextrose and sodium chloride, Ringer's lactate and solid oils.
- Preservatives and other additives may also be present, such as antimicrobial agents, antioxidants, chelating agents, inert gases and the like.
- Local administration means that preferably the riboflavin or the pharmaceutical administration into the collagen-rich tissue takes place in a spatially limited volume.
- Preferred local administrations include an injection or instillation in or on the tissue in question.
- local administration can also be administered in the vicinity of the tissue in question.
- Local administration near the tissue in question includes, for example, local administration within 50 mm, 20 mm, 10 mm, 5 mm, within 1 mm of the tissue, within 0.5 mm of the tissue and within 0.25 mm of the fabric.
- riboflavin or the pharmaceutical composition allows the therapeutic index to be improved, with a possible overall toxicity and the risks of systemic effects being reduced overall.
- disease of real or spurious joints means any disruption to the physiological function of the anatomical structures in question.
- a disease is preferably understood which is based on a disturbance in the biomechanical stability of a collagen-rich tissue in the joint. When healthy, collagen-rich tissues stabilize various real or fake joints and thus support the connected ones
- the collagen-rich connective tissue can lose its biomechanical properties due to wear or aging processes. This causes diseases which can be treated by the administration of riboflavin according to the invention.
- Such diseases include, in particular, diseases of real joints, in particular joint capsules, for example of the knees, elbows or shoulder joints, deformations of the spine, such as spondylolisthesis or scoliosis, or intervertebral disc diseases.
- Connective tissue is particularly preferred.
- Collagen is only found in multicellular animals (including humans)
- Structural protein that mainly occurs in connective tissues, especially in the extracellular matrix between the cells.
- Collagen is found, among other things, in the white, inelastic fibers of tendons, ligaments, bones and cartilages and stabilizes real and fake joints.
- the tensile but hardly stretchable collagen fibers are 1 to 10 micrometers thick.
- collagen fibers can be recognized by a transverse streak, which is caused by the overlapping arrangement of the collagen molecules in the synthesis of collagen fibrils.
- collagen-rich tissues can occur. However, it is preferably the
- a collagen-rich tissue that can be treated particularly preferably is the intervertebral disc, which in particular comprises the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibrosis.
- Intervertebral disc diseases should include any medical condition that affects a disruption of the physiological function of the intervertebral disc. These include, in a non-conclusive manner, an intervertebral disc prolapse, an intervertebral disc protrusion or a
- Fig. 2 administration of riboflavin to the human cornea for
- Fig. 3 collagen fibers before (left) and after (right) crosslinking using riboflavin
- FIG. 4 Schematic representation of the anatomical structure of an intervertebral disc
- Fig. 5 Preferred administration of riboflavin for the treatment of a
- Fig. 6 intervertebral disc of a cattle, the annulus fibrosus (AF), the nucleus pulposus
- Fig. 7 samples of the transition zone between AF and NP of an intervertebral disc, as shown in Fig. 6, which were cut by means of a cryomicrotome on 0.6 mm thin layers.
- Fig. 9 Recording the autofluorescence of a transition zone between AF and NP in a human intervertebral disc before a) and after b) treatment with riboflavin and UV light
- Fig. 10 Photo of the autofluorescence of the transition zone between AF and NP in a human intervertebral disc before a) and after b) treatment with riboflavin and UV light
- Fig. 1 removal of paravertebral structures from bovine tails two hours after their slaughter
- Fig. 12 Isolation of cattle spinal discs attached to the vertebral body
- the reaction path (a) is oxygen-dependent, whereby imidazolone (compound 1) is generated. This short-lived intermediate can react with an uncapped nucleophile (Nu).
- the reaction path (b) concerns endogenous carbonyl groups (allysines) as nucleophiles in an oxygen singlet-dependent side path.
- the reaction path (c) indicates that when the Riboflavin, a self-activation product of 2,3-butanedione riboflavin (Compound 2) could be formed, which provides an additional oxygen singlet-dependent signaling pathway that reacts strongly with endogenous carbonyl groups (see McCall et al. 2010).
- Figure 2 shows a standard protocol for the administration of riboflavin to human
- Riboflavin can penetrate into the underlying tissue layers.
- the cornea is then irradiated with UV light of the wavelength 360-370 nm at an intensity of 9 mW / cm 2 for 10 minutes.
- Fig. 3 schematically illustrates the collagen fibers before crosslinking (left) and after
- intervertebral disc is located between the vertebral bodies in the spine and serves to
- the intervertebral disc consists of different anatomical zones: the annulus fibrosus (AF), the nucleus pulposus (NP) and the cartilage end plates.
- the annulus fibrosus (AF) consists of concentric lamellae with strongly aligned collagen fibers, with the cells typically being aligned along the fiber direction.
- the pulposus nucleus is a gelatinous, highly hydrated tissue, with cells typically having rounded, non-aligned morphologies. Images of the specific cell morphology in each region can be obtained by light microscopy.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a preferred administration of riboflavin for the treatment of a
- Intervertebral disc disease The riboflavin is injected in situ into the annulus fibrosus and / or the nucleus pulposus, particularly preferably successively into both tissues.
- the dose of the injection is adjusted in such a way that a maximum effect (crosslinking) is achieved with minimal toxicity.
- There is a pause after the injection so that the riboflavin can be distributed in the collagen-rich tissues based on osmotic diffusion. This is followed by UV radiation in order to catalyze the crosslinking reaction between the collagen fibers.
- riboflavin can be used to cross-link collagen-rich tissues in real or fake joints, especially in intervertebral discs, to increase their biomechanical stability.
- the intervertebral discs were thinly cut into 0.6 mm thick discs using a cryomicrotome and placed on glass plates (cf. FIG. 7).
- the thin disks originate from the transition zone between the annulus fibrosus and the nucleus pulposus, which is indicated in FIG. 6 by a rectangle.
- a total of 10 cattle and 10 human samples were prepared and examined for the experiments.
- FIGS. 9 a) and 10 a Crosslinking density of the collagen fibers in the samples before treatment are shown in FIGS. 9 a) and 10 a).
- a UV radiation source with an average wavelength of 370 nm (365-375 nm) was used to irradiate the samples.
- the effective areal density of the intensity on the sample surface was calibrated at 9 mW / cm 2 and the irradiation lasts two minutes (cf. FIG. 8).
- bovine intervertebral diks bovine intervertebral diks
- the Young's modulus or elastic modulus was determined locally on an established device (Biomomentum Mach-1 Biomomentum Inc .; Sim et al. 2014).
- Fresh beef tails were provided from the local meat processor within 2 hours after slaughter.
- the paravertebral structure was removed (Fig. 1 1).
- IVDs Bovine intervertebral discs attached to the vertebral body were isolated (Fig. 12).
- the bovine vertebral bodies with an attached intervertebral disc were fixed in PMMA bone cement (FIG. 13).
- the surface of the cattle spinal discs was measured with regard to their biomechanical properties (Young's module) (Fig. 14).
- the percentage stiffening corresponds to the percentage increase in the Young's modulus after UV irradiation in comparison to the measured value before UV irradiation.
- the minimum stiffening or reinforcement is 52%, while the maximum stiffening is 348%.
- the variability can be partly attributed to an inhomogeneous absorption of riboflavin in the tissue due to the anisotropic distribution of proteoglycan in the cattle intervertebral discs.
- Embodiments of the invention can be used to carry out the invention and to achieve the solution according to the invention.
- the riboflavin according to the invention or the pharmaceutical composition according to the invention for the treatment of a disease of spurious or real joints, preferably an intervertebral disc disease, and that
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