Inventors:
Steven B. Landau - Wellesley MA, US
Theodore T. Ashburn - Boston MA, US
International Classification:
A61K 31/44, A61P 1/04
Abstract:
The present invention relates to method of treating a gastrointestinal motility disorder in a subject in need of treatment comprising coadministering to said subject a first amount of a compound having 5-HTreceptor agonist activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof; and a second amount of at least one gastric acid suppressing agent (e.g., a proton pump inhibitor, an Hreceptor antagonist or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof; or an acid pump antagonist or pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof) wherein the first and second amounts together comprise a therapeutically effective amount. In particular, the method is for treating GERD, including nocturnal GERD. The invention further relates to a method of treating nocturnal GERD comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having 5-HTreceptor agonist activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof. The invention further relates to a method of increasing esophageal motility in a subject in need thereof. The method of increasing esophageal motility can be achieved by administration of a compound having 5-HTreceptor agonist activity or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof. The coadministration can also be used to increase esophageal motility.