Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of modulating viral replication in vivo comprising administering to an individual a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a composition comprising arginine deiminase modified with polyethylene glycol, to methods of concurrently modulating viral replication and treating cancer, and to methods of modulating nitric oxide levels in a patient, among others.
Abstract: Modifying TNF with polyethyleneglycol (PEG) having an approximate weight average molecular weight in the range of about 10,000 to about 40,000, preferably in the range of about 20,000 to 30,000, significantly increases the circulating half-life of the TNF while not increasing its toxicity. As a result, lower doses of the TNF may be administered to effectively treat tumors with fewer, accompanying adverse side effects to the patient.
Abstract: The present invention is directed to uricase modified with polyethylene glycol and to methods of treating different illnesses characterized by increased circulating uric acid levels, including but not limited to, hyperuricemia and tumor lysis syndrome.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 27, 2005
Publication date:
October 13, 2005
Applicant:
Phoenix Pharmacologics, Inc.
Inventors:
Charles Ensor, Mike Clark, Frederick Holtsberg
Abstract: The present invention is directed to uricase modified with polyethylene glycol and to methods of treating different illnesses characterized by increased circulating uric acid levels, including but not limited to, hyperuricemia and tumor lysis syndrome.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 2, 2001
Date of Patent:
July 5, 2005
Assignee:
Phoenix Pharmacologics, Inc.
Inventors:
Charles Mark Ensor, Mike A. Clark, Frederick Wayne Holtsberg
Abstract: The present invention discloses arginine deiminase that is genetically modified for more efficient manufacturing and processing. The present invention discloses recombinant DNA molecules and vectors and other therapeutic and pharmaceutical compositions. The present invention also discloses methods for preparing modified arginine deiminase as well as methods of treating cancer and other disease states using modified arginine deiminase.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 21, 2003
Publication date:
December 23, 2004
Applicant:
Phoenix Pharmacologics, Inc.
Inventors:
Charles Mark Ensor, Frederick Wayne Holtsberg, Mike A. Clark
Abstract: The present invention is directed to arginine deiminase modified with polyethylene glycol, to methods of treating cancer, and to methods of treating and/or inhibiting metastasis.