CPC A61K 31/415 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0053 (2013.01); A61K 31/00 (2013.01); A61P 19/04 (2018.01); A61P 19/08 (2018.01); A61P 31/00 (2018.01); A61K 9/0014 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |
1. A method of reducing heterotopic ossification in a subject with fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, said method comprising:
(a) (i) during a period when the subject is not experiencing any flare-up symptom orally administering daily to the subject an amount of 5 mg of palovarotene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (ii) during a period when the subject is experiencing at least one flare-up symptom orally administering to the subject an amount of 20 mg of palovarotene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, daily for a period of 28 days, and after the period of 28 days, an amount of 10 mg of palovarotene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, daily for a period of at least 56 days;
(b) determining that the subject is experiencing tolerance problems; and
(c) reducing the dose of palovarotene administered to the subject.
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