Abstract: The present invention is directed to conjugated compounds comprising a folate, or an analog or derivative thereof, and an aziridinyl epothilone analog, as further described herein, and/or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer or other folate-receptor associated conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to compositions and methods to diagnose/monitor, using positron emission tomography, pathogenic disease states wherein the pathogenic cells uniquely express, preferentially express, or overexpress vitamin receptors. In an illustrative embodiment, vitamins, or analogs thereof, conjugated to a radiophore are used to diagnose/monitor disease states extra-corporeally using positron emission tomography. The disease states that can be diagnosed/monitored in accordance with the invention are cancer and disease states involving activated macrophages, such as disease states involving an inflammatory response.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to aziridinyl epothilone compounds as further described herein, and/or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof having the following Formula: wherein K is —O—, —S—, or —NR7—; A is —(CR8R9)—(CH2)m-Z- wherein Z is —(CHR10)—, —C(?O)—, —C(?O)—C(?O)—, —OC(?O)—, —N(R11)C(?O)—, —SO2—, or —N(R11)SO2—; B1 is hydroxyl or cyano and R1 is hydrogen or B1 and R1 are taken together to form a double bond; R2, R3, and R5 are, independently, hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl or substituted aryl; or R2 and R3 may be taken together with the carbon to which they are attached to form an optionally substituted cycloalkyl; R4 is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkyl, substituted alkenyl, aryl, or substituted aryl; R6 is hydrogen, alkyl or substituted alkyl; R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R12 are independently hydrogen, alkyl, substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, substituted cycloalkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heterocycloalkyl, substituted heterocycloalkyl, heteroaryl, or sub

Abstract: This invention relates to vitamin-mitomycin conjugates, to a method of using the conjugates to selectively eliminate a population of pathogenic cells in a host animal harboring the pathogenic cells, and to a method of preparation of the conjugates. The conjugate is of the general formula B-L-X wherein the group B is a vitamin, or an analog or a derivative thereof, that binds to a surface accessible vitamin receptor that is uniquely expressed, overexpressed, or preferentially expressed by a population of pathogenic cells, wherein the group L comprises a cleavable linker, and wherein the group X comprises a mitomycin compound, or an analog or a derivative thereof. An additional therapeutic agent, such as a chemotherapeutic agent, can be administered in combination with the conjugate.

Abstract: The invention describes a vitamin receptor binding drug delivery conjugate, and preparations therefor. The drug delivery conjugate consists of a vitamin receptor binding moiety, a bivalent linker (L), and a drug. The vitamin receptor binding moiety includes vitamins, and vitamin receptor binding analogs and derivatives thereof, and the drug includes analogs and derivatives thereof. The vitamin receptor binding moiety is covalently linked to the bivalent linker, and the drug, or the analog or the derivative thereof, is covalently linked to the bivalent linker, wherein the bivalent linker (L) includes components such as spacer linkers, releasable linkers, and heteroatom linkers, and combinations thereof. Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for eliminating pathogenic cell populations using the drug delivery conjugate are also described.