| CPC A61K 35/19 (2013.01) [A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61K 47/26 (2013.01); A61K 47/42 (2013.01); A61P 7/04 (2018.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A method of treating bleeding in a human subject, the method comprising
administering to the human subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a rehydrated composition comprising freeze-dried platelet derivatives (FDPDs) and an incubating agent comprising one or more saccharides, one or more salts, and a buffer,
wherein the one or more saccharides comprise trehalose in the range of 10 mM to 500 mM,
wherein the FDPDs have less than 10% crosslinking of platelet membranes via proteins and/or lipids present on the membranes, and 50% to 99% of the FDPDs have a diameter in the range of 0.3 μm to 5.0 μm,
wherein the human subject is being treated with aspirin and an antiplatelet agent selected from the group consisting of cangrelor, ticagrelor, prasugrel, abciximab, terutroban, picotamide, elinogrel, vorapaxar, atopaxar, cilostazol, epoprostenol, dipyridamole, treprostinil sodium, sarpogrelate, clopidogrel, eptifibatide, tirofiban, and ticlopidine, such that treatment with aspirin and the antiplatelet agent is continued before and after the administering without stopping the treatment,
wherein the administering comprises administering parenterally or topically, and
wherein the effective amount of the composition is at least 5.0×109 FDPDs/kg of the human subject.
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