Given the opportunity to eat anything you wanted (along with a pill or vaccine) would you dare?
Those living with celiac disease would find it hard to even visualize visiting a bakery let alone selecting a special glutinous treat. How far fetched is this idea and would you ever entertain taking a pill or vaccine to manage your celiac disease?
This drug isn’t taking it that far- it must be taken in conjunction with a gluten free diet. It does open doors for eating out without complete lunacy. This drug may not be as far off as you think, it’s actually approaching a second phase 2 trial.
Medications to treat celiac disease-
Alvine Pharmaceuticals’ medication ALV003 combines two recombinant gluten-specific proteases. With a gluten free diet, the end goal is to prevent immune reactions from occurring with celiac disease by degrading residual amounts that sneak into the diet.
“It’s typically managed with a gluten-free diet, but in a 200-patient study conducted by Alvine, 90 percent of celiac patients who followed a gluten-free diet still reported symptoms of the disease.” ~ Medcitynews.com
ImmusanT is another company developing a peptide-based therapeutic vaccine called Nexvax2. Groundbreaking development by this company is underway with phase I clinical trial complete. Two patient trials are planned in the USA and Australia. They aim to replace a gluten free diet for those with celiac disease.
It’s difficult for most to even begin to imagine the complexities of daily living with celiac disease. The sad truth is many find themselves curled up in bed after most of the meals they consume outside of their home. A rather depressing statistic for those afflicted. The isolation and social implications of celiac disease can be staggering for social individuals. There is a welcoming crowd, ready to cheer for drugs such as ALV003 and Nevax2.