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Chemotherapy has life-threatening or distressing side effects such febrile neutropenia, infections, mucositis, nausea, vomiting, fatigue. Mucositis is defined as inflammatory and/or ulcerative lesions of the oral and/or gastrointestinal tract that can be caused by high dose chemotherapy, Infectious
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the small bowel and colon. Symptoms commonly include bloody diarrhea, abdominal pain, weight loss, and fever. There is no known cause or cure for CD. The aim of current CD treatments is to induce and maintain remission, to reduce the need of
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the colon. Symptoms include bloody diarrhea, weight loss, and fever. There is no known cause or cure for UC. The aim of current UC treatments is to induce and maintain remission, to reduce the need of corticosteroids and avoid
Crohn's disease is a chronic, inflammatory disorder affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract but the terminal ileum is the most frequent location involved alone or in combination with other locations. While about one half of patients have involvement of the ileum and large bowel, another
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in the western world. The disease mostly affects the elderly. At present no curative therapy is available. Although the majority of patients initially do respond to chemotherapy, most patients eventually develop drug resistance. The
Purpose:
- Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease with major symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain when the disease is in an active stage.
- AIN457 is a protein developed by NOVARTIS that is used to stop the action of Interleukin-17 (IL-17), a protein made by the body that