| CPC A61K 38/29 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0019 (2013.01); A61K 9/1647 (2013.01); A61K 47/54 (2017.08); A61K 47/545 (2017.08); A61K 47/60 (2017.08); A61K 47/34 (2013.01)] | 5 Claims |
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1. A method of treating or controlling hypoparathyroidism in a human patient, comprising the step of administering to the human patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one controlled-release PTH compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof by subcutaneous injection no more frequently than once every 24 hours with a dosage of the controlled-release PTH compound that corresponds to no more than 70% of the molar equivalent dose of PTH 1-84 administered by subcutaneous injection at the same dosing frequency required to maintain a serum albumin-adjusted calcium level in serum of above 8.5 mg/dL over a 24 hour period and wherein the controlled-release PTH compound is of formula:
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the unmarked dashed line indicates the attachment to the N-terminal amine group of -D, which is a PTH moiety having the amino sequence of SEQ ID NO:51, by an amide bond; and
the dashed line marked with the asterisk indicates attachment to a moiety
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each of m and p is independently an integer from 400 to 500.
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