Leukemia Patents (Class 514/908)
  • Patent number: 9550769
    Abstract: The invention provides a series of bioactive small molecules that target expanded r(CGG) repeats, termed r(CGG)exp, that causes Fragile X-associated Tremor Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS). The compound was identified by using information on the chemotypes and RNA motifs that interact. Specifically, 9-hydroxy-5,11-dimethyl-2-(2-(piperidin-1-yl)ethyl)-6H-pyrido[4,3-b]carbazol-2-ium, binds the 5?CGG/3?GGC motifs in r(CGG)exp and disrupts a toxic r(CGG)exp-protein complex. Specifically, dimeric compounds incorporating two 9-hydroxyellipticine analog structures can even more potently bind the 5?CGG/3?GGC motifs in r(CGG)exp and disrupts a toxic r(CGG)exp-protein complex. Structure-activity relationships (SAR) studies determined that the alkylated pyridyl and phenolic side chains are important chemotypes that drive molecular recognition of r(CGG) repeats, such as r(CGG)exp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Scripps Research Institute
    Inventors: Matthew D. Disney, Biao Liu, Jessica L. Childs-Disney, Wang-Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 8894975
    Abstract: Methods are provided for, inter alia, determining the presence of leukemia cells in a subject, determining the change or potential change in the number of leukemia cells in the subject with time, determining whether a tissue in a subject contains a plurality of leukemia cells or a plurality progenitor leukemia cells, and determining whether a leukemia therapy administered to a subject is capable of decreasing the number of leukemia cells in a tissue of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body Corporate
    Inventors: Lia Gore, Deborah Deryckere, Margaret E. Macy, Natalie Serkova
  • Patent number: 8623408
    Abstract: Provided are compositions of cladribine and cyclodextrin which are especially suited for the oral and buccal administration of cladribine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Ares Trading S.A.
    Inventor: Nicholas S Bodor
  • Patent number: 8557847
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of inhibiting FLT3 tyrosine kinase activity or expression or reducing FLT3 kinase activity or expression in a cell or a subject comprising the administration of a farnesyl transferase inhibitor and a FLT3 kinase inhibitor selected from compounds of Formula I?: Included within the present invention is both prophylactic and therapeutic methods for treating a subject at risk of (or susceptible to) developing a cell proliferative disorder or a disorder related to FLT3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica, N.V.
    Inventors: Christian Andrew Baumann, Michael David Gaul, Dana L. Johnson, Robert W. Tuman
  • Patent number: 8440704
    Abstract: This invention relates to a composition containing quercetin, vitamin B3, and vitamin C. Also disclosed is a method of using the composition for enhancing physical or mental performance or treating various diseases or disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Quercegen Pharmaceuticals LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Christian Lines
  • Patent number: 8236794
    Abstract: A method of treating mesothelioma in a mammal, whereby a methylol-containing compound is administered to the mammal intrapleurally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Ed. Geistlich Soehne AG fuer Chemische Industrie
    Inventor: Rolf W. Pfirrmann
  • Patent number: 8029833
    Abstract: A method of treating CD33+ acute and chronic myeloid leukemia in animals including humans, using fraction nos. 1 and 9 obtained from water:methanol fraction by column chromatography, with ratio of water and methanol ranging between 1:5 to 5:1, wherein said water:methanol fraction is obtained from the polar extract of Piper betel by HPLC, with retention time of 3.6 and 24.0 minutes respectively, with said fractions used both individually, and in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Santu Bandyopadhyay, Keshab Chandra Roy, Mitali Ray, Goutam Banerjee, Bikash Chandra Pal, Tanusree Biswas, Samir Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 8030301
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting growth of a tumor cell in a mammal may include steps of administering to the mammal a first solution including a tumor-inhibiting methylol-containing compound, the first solution further including a first combination having a plurality of physiologically acceptable electrolytes or a second combination having at least one amino acid in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable electrolyte. Alternatively, another solution may be administered to the mammal containing a tumor-inhibiting methylol-containing compound, while concurrently administering to the mammal a further solution including the first combination with the plurality of physiologically acceptable electrolytes or the second combination with at least one said amino acid in combination with at least one physiologically acceptable electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Ed. Geistlich Soehne AG Fuer Chemische Industrie
    Inventor: Rolf W. Pfirrmann
  • Patent number: 7795279
    Abstract: A method of reducing or inhibiting kinase activity of FLT3 in a cell or a subject, and the use of such compounds for preventing or treating in a subject a cell proliferative disorder and/or disorders related to FLT3 using a compound of the present invention: or a solvate, hydrate, tautomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention is further directed to methods for treating conditions such as cancers and other cell proliferative disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
    Inventors: Shelley K. Ballentine, Christian Andrew Baumann, Jinsheng Chen, Carl R. Illig, Sanath K. Meegalla, M. Jonathan Rudolph, Robert W. Tuman, Mark J. Wall, Kenneth Wilson, Dana L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 7786170
    Abstract: Due to the poor long-term clinical outcome in the adult patients with several forms of acute leukemia novel treatment strategies are needed to overcome resistance and sensitize the leukemia blasts to the extrinsic and intrinsic pathway of apoptosis. Treatment with LAQ824 and Apo-2L/TRAIL alone has been recognized to induce apoptosis of leukemia blasts but intrinsic mechanisms of resistance limit the antileukemia activity of either agent when administered alone. The inventive method overcomes the resistance to current apoptosis inducing treatments demonstrated by AML and CML-BC cells by concomitantly administering Apo-2L/TRAIL with the histone deacetylase inhibitor LAQ824.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventor: Kapil N. Bhalla
  • Patent number: 7674487
    Abstract: A method of treating CD33+ acute and chronic myeloid leukemia in animals including humans, using fraction nos. 1 and 9 obtained from water:methanol fraction by column chromatography, with ratio of water and methanol ranging between 1:5 to 5:1, wherein said water:methanol fraction is obtained from the polar extract of Piper betel by HPLC, with retention time of 3.6 and 24.0 minutes respectively, with said fractions used both individually, and in combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Santu Bandyopadhyay, Keshab Chandra Roy, Mitali Ray, Goutam Banerjee, Bikash Chandra Pal, Tanusree Biswas, Samir Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 7635708
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the finding that activation of PPAR? plays a key role in inducing growth arrest and differentiation of certain actively proliferating cells. We show that administration of PPAR? agonists, such as thiazolidinedione ligands (TZDs), is effective both in vitro and in vivo at inhibiting the proliferation of such cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    Inventors: Bruce M. Spiegelman, Elisabetta Mueller, Pasha Sarraf, Soner Altiok, Peter Tontonoz, Samuel Singer
  • Patent number: 7615574
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating acute and chronic myeloid leukemia (AML & CML) and lymphoid leukemia, said method comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising pharmaceutically effective amount of chlorogenic acid (CA) and 3-o-p-Coumaryl quinic acid (PCQ) isolated from any plant parts of Piper betel or any other source, both individually or in a synergistic combination optionally along with pharmaceutically acceptable additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Santu Bandyopadhyay, Bikash Chandra Pal, Samir Bhattacharya, Keshab Chandra Roy, Gautam Bandyopadhyay
  • Patent number: 7378401
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the systemic administration of Fosfluridine Tidoxil, (5-fluorouridine)-5?-phosphoric acid (3-dodecylmercapto-2-decyloxy)propylester or a salt thereof, for the treatment of intraepithelial proliferative diseases such as actinic keratosis. The Fosfluridine Tidoxil can be systemically administered alone or in combination with topical treatment agents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Heidelberg Pharma GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Boehm, Michael Kulke, Eggert Stockfleth
  • Patent number: 7306817
    Abstract: A method of treating CD33+ acute and chronic myeloid leukemia in animals including humans, using fraction nos. 1 and 9 obtained from water: methanol fraction by column chromatography, with ratio of water and methanol ranging between 1:5 to 5:1, wherein said water:methanol fraction is obtained from the polar extract of Piper betel by HPLC, with retention time of 3.6 and 24.0 minutes respectively, with said fractions used both individually, and in combination, and a composition comprising the said fraction nos. 1 and 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Santu Bandyopadhyay, Keshab Chandra Roy, Mitali Ray, Goutam Banerjee, Bikash Chandra Pal, Tanusree Biswas, Samir Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 7258862
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for treatment of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), Ph+ acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), prostate cancer and ?-globin disorders such as sickle cell anemia and ?-thalassemia, comprising administration of a mycelium extract from at least one higher Basidiomycetes medicinal mushroom selected from the group consisting of Ganoderma adspersum, Hypsizygus ulmarium, Kuehneromyces mutabilis, Omphalotus olearius, Panus conchatus, Piptoporus betulinus, Pleurotus eryngii, and Trametes zonata.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignees: Gavish-Galilee Bio Aplications Ltd., Carmel-Haifa University Economic Corp.
    Inventors: Jamal A. Mahajna, Majed Yassin, Solomon P. Wasser
  • Patent number: 7205001
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Polarx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Marmelstein
  • Patent number: 7189752
    Abstract: A method of treating cancer is provided comprising administering an amount of etodolac or analog theteof to a subject afflicted with leukemia that is effective to reduce the viability and/or to sensitize leukemia cells to an anti-cancer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventors: Dennis A. Carson, Howard B. Cottam, Soichi Adachi, Lorenzo M. Leoni
  • Patent number: 7163703
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Mermelstein
  • Patent number: 7132116
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Mermelstein
  • Patent number: 7109166
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a sustained release composition comprised of Compound (A) having the formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a copolymer comprised of poly-(I)-lactic-glycolic-tartaric acid wherein the amino group of Compound (A) is ionically bound to a carboxyl group of the copolymer and wherein further the composition may be made into a sustained release pharmaceutical composition with pharmaceutically acceptable carrier(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Societe de Conseils de Recherches et d'Applications Scientifiques, SAS
    Inventor: Jacques-Pierre Moreau
  • Patent number: 7105560
    Abstract: A method of treating multiple myeloma (MM) is provided comprising administering an amount of etodolac to a subject afflicted with MM that is effective to selectively reduce the viability of and/or to sensitize the cancer cells to an anti-cancer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Dennis A. Carson, Howard B. Cottam, Souchi Adachi, Lorenzo M. Leoni
  • Patent number: 7105561
    Abstract: A method of treating cancer is provided comprising administering an amount of etodolac to a subject afflicted with cancer that is effective to reduce the viability and/or to sensitize the cancer to an anti-cancer agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of The University of California
    Inventors: Dennis A. Carson, Howard B. Cottam, Souchi Adachi, Lorenzo M. Leoni
  • Patent number: 6967034
    Abstract: A new herbal-based composition and method for treatment of CD33+ acute and chronic myeloid leukemia by Piper betel leaf extracts, and to provide a process for the isolation of active fractions from leaves or any other plant parts of Piper betel to treat CD33+ AML and CML with a simplified method of isolation of active components from all plant parts of Piper betel possessing biological activities relevant to the treatment of CD33+ AML and CML.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Santu Bandyopadhyay, Keshab Chandra Roy, Mitali Ray, Goutam Banerjee, Bikash Chandra Pal, Tanusree Biswas, Samir Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 6964959
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting tumor growth in a mammal, by administering to the mammal composition containing methylol-containing compound. The composition is administered to directly contact a tumor cell at a dose sufficient to induce cell death by apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2005
    Assignees: Carter Wallace, Inc., Rhode Island Hospital
    Inventors: Paul Calabresi, James Darnowski, James Costin
  • Patent number: 6958359
    Abstract: Vanadium compounds for inhibiting angiogenesis useful for treating or preventing diabetic retinopathy, hemangiomas, cancers with abnormal blood vessel supply, restenosis following vascular injury, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: Parker Hughes Institute
    Inventor: Fatih M. Uckun
  • Patent number: 6946484
    Abstract: Methods and formulations for inhibiting and preventing a malignant cell phenotype by administering to cells a low dose of a nitric oxide mimetic are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Adams, Charles H. Graham, Jeremy P. W. Heaton, Lynne-Marie Postovit
  • Patent number: 6899900
    Abstract: Disclosed are a multipurpose, high-functional, alkaline solution composition, preparation therefor and use thereof as a nonspecific immunostimulator. The composition comprises 1-25 parts by weight of borax (Na2B4O7.10H2O), 10?5-10?4 parts by weight of sodium thiosulfate (Na2S2O3.5H2O), 30-150 parts by weight of potassium carbonate, 30-200 parts by weight of refined sugar (C12H22O11), and 100-200 parts by weight of water, based on 100 parts by weight of sodium metasilicate (Na2SiO3.5H2O). In addition to bringing about an improvement in disease resistance, weight gain rate, crop yield, crop quality, harvest time, the composition shows nonspecific immunostimulating activities, including antibody production and immune enhancement, by activating immune cells, thereby maximizing vaccination effects on malignant viral diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: BARODON-S.F. Corp.
    Inventors: Soo-Il Choi, Hyun-Suk Choi, Kyung-Soo Jeon, Byung-Woo Yoo, Yong-Ho Park
  • Patent number: 6894071
    Abstract: Anti-cancer coating compositions comprising 3-hydroxymethyl-5-aziridinyl-1-1-methyl-2-[1H-indole-4,7-dione]propenol (E09) are disclosed. More specifically, the coating compositions comprise EO9 and a formulation vehicle. The formulation vehicle improves the solubility and stability of EO9. Additionally, the coating compositions can include coating agents that provide better adhesion of the coating composition to the bladder wall during intravesical delivery of the coating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Bastiaan Nuijen, Ernie Pfadenhauer, Jos H. Beijnen
  • Patent number: 6875451
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of arsenic compounds to treat a variety of neoplastic diseases. The present invention encompasses the administration to a mammal of arsenic in the form of a salt, complex, organic compound or ionic solution to treat tumors of epithelial tissue, connective tissue, central nervous system, lymphoid tissue, hematopoietic cells and tumors associated with oncogenic viruses. This invention also encompasses the treatment of hematopoietic disorders in mammals by the administration of one or more arsenic compounds to said mammal. Further, the arsenic compounds may be used to treat metastatic neoplastic diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: PolaRx Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph M. Ellison, Fred H. Mermelstein
  • Patent number: 6852344
    Abstract: A method of treating CD33+ acute and chronic myeloid leukemia in animals including humans, using fraction nos. 1 and 9 obtained from water:methanol fraction by column chromatography, with ratio of water and methanol ranging between 1:5 to 5:1, wherein said water:methanol fraction is obtained from the polar extract of Piper betel by HPLC, with retention time of 3.6 and 24.0 minutes respectively, with the fractions used both individually, and in combination, and a composition including the fraction nos. 1 and 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2005
    Assignee: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
    Inventors: Santu Bandyopadhyay, Keshab Chandra Roy, Mitali Ray, Goutam Banerjee, Bikash Chandra Pal, Tanusree Biswas, Samir Bhattacharya
  • Patent number: 6793912
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods of treating cancers by inhalation of stable platinum-containing formulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Transave Inc.
    Inventors: Frank G. Pilkiewicz, Joel B. Portnoff, Lawrence T. Boni, Jin K. Lee
  • Patent number: 6777415
    Abstract: Methods are provided for treating cancer, comprising administering (1) a farnesyl protein transferase inhibitor in conjunction with (2) an additional Ras signaling pathway inhibitor to induce cancer cell death and tumor regression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventor: George Q. Daley
  • Patent number: 6774131
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition for therapeutically treating prostate cancer, the pharmaceutical composition containing N-[6-methoxy-5-(2-methoxyphenoxy)-2-(2-pyrimidinyl)-4-pyri midinyl]-2-phenylethenesulfoneamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as the effective component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironori Yuyama, Akira Fujimori, Masanao Sanagi, Hironori Harada, Akiko Koakutsu, Mikiko Mori, Nobuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6720011
    Abstract: An intravenous pharmaceutical composition comprising an aqueous solution of arsenic trioxide and sodium chloride. The composition is effective in the treatment of cancers including leukemia. Complete remission of up to 21 years have been observed for acute promyelocytic leukemia patients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ting-Dong Zhang
  • Patent number: 6703395
    Abstract: The present invention is based on the method of treating a patient suffering from leukemia comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compound 2-([(3-hydroxypropyl)amino]-6-benzylamino)-9-isopropylpurine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
    Inventors: Libor Havlicek, Miroslav Strnad, Marian Hajduch
  • Patent number: 6645972
    Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for treating leukemia in a host that has been previously treated with a Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitor comprising administering to the host a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the formula I: wherein B is cytosine or 5-fluorocytosine and R is selected from H, monophosphate, diphosphate, triphosphate, carbonyl substituted with a C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl, C6-10 aryl, and and where in each Rc is independently selected from the group comprising H, C1-6 alkyl, C2-6 alkenyl, C2-6 alkynyl an hydroxy protecting group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: Shire BioChem Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Jolivet, Francis Giles, Hagop Kantarjian
  • Patent number: 6642221
    Abstract: Vanadium compounds as anti-proliferative agents. These compounds act to disrupt mitotic and meiotic spindle formation and thus are useful to prevent cell mitosis (proliferation) and meiosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Parker Hughes Institute
    Inventors: Faith M Uckun, Christopher S Navara
  • Patent number: 6635679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and processes of inactivating a viral contaminants in a biological source material or process intermediate by contacting the biological source material (e.g., a host cell, cell supernatant, cell lysate, blood plasma, tissue homogenate, or other biological materials) with a solution containing one or more alkylamine compounds. In a particular embodiment, the active ingredients are amphipathic, charged amines or amine oxides coupled to saturated hydrocarbon chains of varying lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel N.V.
    Inventor: Scot R. Shepard
  • Patent number: 6632832
    Abstract: The present invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions comprising carvedilol for treatment of cancer. More particularly the invention relates to the use of carvedilol for treatment of cancers of the colon, ovary, breast, prostate, pancreas, lung, melanoma, glioblastoma, oral cancer and leukemias. Although not bound to any theory, the anticancer activity of carvedilol appears to be attributed to the inhibition of Epidermal Growth Factor and Platelet derived growth factor dependent proliferation of cancer cells. Further, carvedilol exerts anticancer effect by inhibition of the Protein kinase C (PKC) activity and that of the cyclooxygenase 2 enzyme. The invention also relates to the anticancer activity of the optically pure isomers S(−) and R(+) of carvedilol and the use of carvedilol and its isomers in pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Assignee: Dabur Research Foundation
    Inventors: Anand C. Burman, Rama Mukherjee, Manu Jaggi, Anu T. Singh
  • Patent number: 6620843
    Abstract: Water soluble triptolide prodrugs are used as anticancer agents, and are found to be more effective in vivo, at lower doses, in reducing tumor size than the widely used chemotherapeutic agents 5-fluorouracil and irinotecan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Pharmagenesis
    Inventors: John M. Fidler, Ke Li
  • Patent number: 6541509
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an unexpected synergistic combination of known antineoplastic agents which provides unexpectedly greater efficacy than the single agents alone. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method of treating neoplasia in a subject in need of treatment, by administering to the subject an amount of paclitaxel effective to treat the neoplasia, in combination with an amount of discodermolide effective to treat the neoplasia, wherein a synergistic antineoplastic effect results. The present invention further provides a synergistic combination of antineoplastic agents, comprising an effective antineoplastic amount of paclitaxel and an effective antineoplastic amount of discodermolide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
    Inventors: Susan B. Horwitz, Hayley M. McDaid, Laura A. Martello
  • Patent number: 6525089
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition comprising decursin and its uses as a nephrotoxicity inhibitor, an antineoplastic agent, an antidiabetic agent, and as a cancer-cell differentiation induction agent are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Binex Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Young Chong, Ik Hwan Kim, Kyung Seop Ahn, Sang Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 6521616
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of inhibiting tumor growth in a mammal, by administering to the mammal composition containing taurolidine, taurultam, or a biologically active derivative thereof. The composition is administered to directly contact a tumor cell at a dose sufficient to induce cell death by apoptosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Rhode Island Hospital, A Lifespan Partner
    Inventors: Paul Calabresi, James Darnowski
  • Patent number: 6518274
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of cycloventabenzofuran derivatives for the production of a medicament for the treatment of nuclear factor of &kgr;B-dependent diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Matthias Gehling, Jörg Baumgarten, Axel Kretschmer, Horst-Peter Antonicek, Peter Proksch, Bambang Wahyu Nugroho, Frank Bohnenstengel
  • Patent number: 6476002
    Abstract: A method of treating a chronic inflammatory disease such as rheumatoid arthritis or psoriasis includes treating a patient with a toxin derived from Group B &bgr;-hemolytic Streptococcus bacteria. The purified GBS toxin, or CM101, may be administered. intravenously to the patient in repeated doses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Vanderbilt University
    Inventors: Carl G. Hellerqvist, Barbara D. Wamil
  • Patent number: 6476052
    Abstract: Substituted 1-oxo-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3-yl)isoindolines are useful in treating inflammation, inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, and oncogenic or cancerous conditions in a mammal. Typical embodiments are 1-oxo-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidin-3yl)4-aminoisoindoline and 1-oxo-2-(2,6-dioxo-3-methylpiperidin-3-yl)aminoisoindoline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Celgene Corporation
    Inventors: George W. Muller, David I. Stirling, Roger Shen-Chu Chen
  • Patent number: 6465512
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for growth inhibition of human leukemic cells or therapeutic treatment method of a leukemic patient by using a medicament of which the effective ingredient is a methylsulfinylalkyl isothiocyanate such as 4-(methylsulfinyl)butyl isothiocyanate and 6-(methylsulfinyl)hexyl isothiocyanate, which can be prepared by extraction from the tissues of certain plants and can induce apoptosis in human leukemic cells. This medicament compound is little growth-inhibitive against normal cells as compared with leukemic cells, so that a remarkable therapeutic effect can be expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Osamu Nakamura, Yoko Fuke, Hideki Ohba, Seiji Yasuda
  • Patent number: 6444698
    Abstract: This Invention relates to the use of low levels of the chemical compound 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin (TCDD) as a promoter blocker of specific identified cancers in men, specific identified cancers in women, prostate cancers in black men, and total cancers in each sex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Inventor: Gary Michael Kayajanian
  • Patent number: RE40839
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of treatment for a patient with cancer. In particular, it is a method of treating patients having lymphomas and breast cancer using the microtubule agent, Taxol. The present method of administration, serves to prevent or retard the adverse side effects associated with Taxol and reduces the chances of a patient developing mdr Taxol resistance. The novel method of treatment provides a low-dose, long-term exposure to Taxol in a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services
    Inventors: Wyndham Wilson, Robert E. Wittes, Antonio Tito Fojo, Susan Bates