Patent ID: 8129383

Claim:
A method for treating an inflammatory disorder in a patient comprising administering at least four uninterrupted cycles of aminopterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a therapeutically effective amount, wherein the inflammatory disorder is selected from the group consisting of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD), polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, atopic dermatitis, dermatitis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and canine atopic dermatitis, wherein each uninterrupted cycle has from 1 to 5 aminopterin doses, and wherein a duration between a last dose of one uninterrupted cycle and a first dose of a next uninterrupted cycle does not exceed 21 days.