Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treatment of persons afflicted of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), diastolic heart failure (DHF) or diastolic dysfunction (DF), the composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound capable of specific binding to the relaxin receptor (RXFP1) present on fibroblasts, fibromyoblasts, endothelial cells, endocardial cells, and cardiomyocytes in the cardiac muscle to increase the heart's stroke volume at lower end-diastolic pressure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 28, 2019
Date of Patent:
October 13, 2020
Assignee:
Relaxera Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treatment of persons afflicted of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), diastolic heart failure (DHF) or diastolic dysfunction (DF), the composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound capable of specific binding to the relaxin receptor (RXFP1) present on fibroblasts, fibromyoblasts, endothelial cells, endocardial cells, and cardiomyocytes in the cardiac muscle to increase the heart's stroke volume at lower end-diastolic pressure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 26, 2015
Date of Patent:
March 12, 2019
Assignee:
Relaxera Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG
Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for treatment of persons afflicted of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF), diastolic heart failure (DHF) or diastolic dysfunction (DF), the composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a compound capable of specific binding to the relaxin receptor (RXFP1) present on fibroblasts, fibromyoblasts, endothelial cells, endocardial cells, and cardiomyocytes in the cardiac muscle to increase the heart's stroke volume at lower end-diastolic pressure.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 26, 2015
Publication date:
June 29, 2017
Applicant:
Relaxera Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG