CPC A61K 38/13 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0078 (2013.01); A61P 11/00 (2018.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01)] | 32 Claims |
1. A method for treating bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) in a double lung transplanted patient, or delaying the progression of BOS in a double lung transplanted patient being diagnosed with BOS, the method comprising the steps of
(a) identifying a patient who has received a double lung transplant and is at risk to develop or subsequently has developed BOS; and
(b) administering to said patient a therapeutically effective dose of aerosolised liposomal cyclosporin A (L-CsA) by inhalation
wherein the progression of BOS of the double lung transplanted patient being diagnosed with BOS is reduced to a level of up to 20% decline of the forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) of said patient compared to FEV1-value at the beginning of the treatment.
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