Cancer treatment with ultrapheresis to remove compounds below 120,000 Dalton

摘要

Apparatus for treating a patient, comprising a sterile device for removing soluble receptors for tumor necrosis factor-1 (TNF-1), tumor necrosis factor-2 (TNF-2), interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-2 (IL-2), interleukin-6 (IL-6) or interferon-gamma (IFN-³) from blood or plasma of a patient, and having inlet and outlet means for connection to a pump and tubing to circulate the blood or plasma through the device. Preferably the device comprises antibodies or antibody fragments that selectively bind to the soluble receptors, or cytokines selected from TNF-1, TNF-2, IL-1, IL-2, IL-6 and IFN-³ or epitopes thereof that selectively bind to the respective soluble receptors, immobilized on a column or a filter.