Patents by Inventor Duane D. Miller

Duane D. Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210161864
    Abstract: This invention is directed to selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating early prostate cancer, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Duane D. MILLER, Thamarai PONNUSAMY, Dong-Jin HWANG, Yali HE
  • Publication number: 20210024458
    Abstract: This invention provides novel 3-amino propanamide selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, androgenic alopecia or other 5 hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: ONCTERNAL THERAPEUTICS, INC, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Duane D. MILLER, Thamarai PONNUSAMY, Dong-Jin HWANG, Charles B. DUKE, Christopher C. COSS, Amanda JONES, James T. DALTON
  • Patent number: 10865184
    Abstract: This invention provides novel indole, indazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, indoline, quinolone, isoquinoline, and carbazole selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating hyperproliferations of the prostate including pre-malignancies and benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, other AR-expressing cancers, androgenic alopecia or other hyper androgenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels (through degradation) and/or activity (through inhibition) of any androgen receptor including androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic and/or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He
  • Patent number: 10865196
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula XXII and a compound of formula 17ya, which are defined as anywhere in the specification, to a composition comprising the same, and to a method of using thereof in the treatment of various forms of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, ONCTERNAL THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Duane D. Miller, Jianjun Chen, James T. Dalton, Chien-Ming Li, Sunjoo Ahn, Wei Li
  • Patent number: 10806719
    Abstract: This invention is directed to pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, and morpholine based selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including heterocyclic anilide rings and their synthetic precursors, R-isomers, and non-hydroxylated and/or non-chiral propanamides, and pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He
  • Patent number: 10806720
    Abstract: This invention is directed to selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating early prostate cancer, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He
  • Publication number: 20200317626
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides novel ATX inhibitors, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said inhibitors, as well as methods of treatment comprising administration of said inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Duane D. MILLER, Gabor G. TIGYI, Souvik BANERJEE, Abby L. PARRILL-BAKER
  • Publication number: 20200299243
    Abstract: This invention is directed to pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, and morpholine based selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including heterocyclic anilide rings and their synthetic precursors, R-isomers, and non-hydroxylated and/or non-chiral propanamides, and pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Duane D. MILLER, Thamarai PONNUSAMY, Dong-Jin HWANG, Yali HE
  • Publication number: 20200222365
    Abstract: This invention provides novel indole, indazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, indoline, quinolone, isoquinoline, and carbazole selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating hyperproliferations of the prostate including pre-malignancies and benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, other AR-expressing cancers, androgenic alopecia or other hyper androgenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels (through degradation) and/or activity (through inhibition) of any androgen receptor including androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic and/or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: Oncternal Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He, Jayaprakash Pagadala, Christopher C. Coss, James T. Dalton, Charles B. Duke
  • Patent number: 10662148
    Abstract: This invention provides substituted acylanilide compounds and uses thereof in treating a variety of diseases or conditions in a subject including, inter alia, a muscle wasting disease and/or disorder such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Becker muscular dystrophy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Thamarai Ponnusamy, James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller
  • Patent number: 10654809
    Abstract: This invention is directed to pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, and morpholine based selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including heterocyclic anilide rings and their synthetic precursors, R-isomers, and non-hydroxylated and/or non-chiral propanamides, and pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He
  • Patent number: 10597354
    Abstract: This invention provides novel 3-amino propanamide selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, androgenic alopecia or other 5 hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, ONCTERNAL THERAPEUTICS, INC
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Charles B. Duke, Christopher C. Coss, Amanda Jones, James T. Dalton
  • Publication number: 20200039924
    Abstract: This invention is directed to pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, and morpholine based selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including cyclic and heterocyclic anilide rings and their synthetic precursors, and mono-, di-, or multi-substituted N-heterocyclic rings, R-isomers, non-hydroxylated and/or non-chiral propanamides in treating androgen receptor dependent diseases and conditions such as hyperproliferations of the prostate including pre-malignancies and benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutam
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He
  • Publication number: 20200024270
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicants: GTx, Inc., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Wei Li, Min Xiao, James Dalton, Sunjoo Ahn, Duane D. Miller, Jin Wang
  • Patent number: 10525037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for treating cancer comprising BRAF inhibitors, (e.g. vemurafenib) and/or MEK inhibitor, (e.g. trametinib, RO5068760), in combination with anti-tubulin compounds of the invention or other known tubulin inhibitors, and using such compositions for treating cancer such as melanoma, drug-resistant cancer, and cancer metastasis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin Wang, Jianjun Chen, Duane D. Miller, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20190389841
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses methods of treating triple negative breast cancer and/or ovarian cancer using therapeutically effective amounts of compounds represented by the structure of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, VERU INC
    Inventors: Wei LI, Duane D. MILLER, Shanshan DENG, Raya KRUTILINA, Tiffany N. SEAGROVES, Junming YUE, Guannan ZHAO, Wang QINGHUI, Mitchell S. STEINER
  • Publication number: 20190374512
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses methods of treating pancreatic cancer using therapeutically effective amounts of compounds represented by the structure of formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: WEI LI, Duane D. MILLER, Subhash CHAUHAN, Vivek Kumar KASHYAP, Wang QINGHUI
  • Patent number: 10441570
    Abstract: This invention provides novel indole, indazole, benzimidazole, benzotriazole, indoline, quinolone, isoquinoline, and carbazole selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating hyperproliferations of the prostate including pre-malignancies and benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, other AR-expressing cancers, androgenic alopecia or other hyper androgenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels (through degradation) and/or activity (through inhibition) of any androgen receptor including androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic and/or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, GTX, INC.
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He, Jayaprakash Pagadala, Charles B. Duke, Christopher C. Coss, James T. Dalton
  • Patent number: 10314797
    Abstract: This invention is directed to pyrrole, pyrazole, imidazole, triazole, and morpholine based selective androgen receptor degrader (SARD) compounds including heterocyclic anilide rings and their synthetic precursors, R-isomers, and non-hydroxylated and/or non-chiral propanamides, and pharmaceutical compositions and uses thereof in treating prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer, triple negative breast cancer, other cancers expressing the androgen receptor, androgenic alopecia or other hyperandrogenic dermal diseases, Kennedy's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), and uterine fibroids, and to methods for reducing the levels of androgen receptor-full length (AR-FL) including pathogenic or resistance mutations, AR-splice variants (AR-SV), and pathogenic polyglutamine (polyQ) polymorphisms of AR in a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Duane D. Miller, Thamarai Ponnusamy, Dong-Jin Hwang, Yali He
  • Patent number: 10301285
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of formula XXII and a compound of formula 17ya, which are defined as anywhere in the specification, to a composition comprising the same, and to a method of using thereof in the treatment of various forms of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignees: GTX, INC., UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Duane D. Miller, Jianjun Chen, James T. Dalton, Chien-Ming Li, Sunjoo Ahn, Wei Li