Methods and compositions for the treatment of symptoms of prion diseases

摘要

A therapeutic composition for the treatment of the symptoms of prion diseases and the method for preparing the therapeutic agents is disclosed. The therapeutic composition is a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more digestive and/or pancreatic enzymes. The therapeutic composition may be manufactured by a variety of encapsulation technologies. Delivery of the therapeutic composition may be made orally, through injection, by adherence of a medicated patch or other method. Further, a method of using fecal chymotrypsin level as a biomarker for the presence of a prion disease, or the likelihood of an individual to develop a prion disease is disclosed.

主权项

1. A method for treating one or more symptoms of a prion disease in a patient diagnosed with the prion disease, the method comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition consisting essentially of a mixture of digestive enzymes the mixture comprising at least a protease, an amylase, and a lipase, whereby one or more symptoms of the prion disease is treated; wherein said patient diagnosed with the prion disease has a subnormal level of fecal chymotrypsin.