Patents by Inventor Hazel Hunt

Hazel Hunt 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).

  • Patent number: 11370789
    Abstract: The present invention provides octahydro fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Iain Walters, Benoit Gourdet
  • Publication number: 20220184061
    Abstract: Many drugs useful in treating cancer are metabolized by CYP2C8 enzymes, by CYP3A4 enzymes, or both. The effects of concomitant administration of relacorilant and paclitaxel, a drug used to treat cancer that is a substrate for both CYP2C8 and CYP3A4, are disclosed herein. Relacorilant potently inhibited CYP2C8 and CYP3A4 in in vitro tests, indicating that co-administration of relacorilant and paclitaxel would increase paclitaxel plasma exposure more than 5-fold in vivo, requiring significant reductions in paclitaxel doses when co-administering paclitaxel with relacorilant. Surprisingly, paclitaxel plasma exposure increased only by about 80% instead of the expected more than 5-fold increase expected with concomitant relacorilant and paclitaxel administration. Applicant discloses safe methods of co-administering relacorilant and paclitaxel by reducing the dose of paclitaxel to about half the paclitaxel dose used when paclitaxel is administered alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Joseph Custodio
  • Patent number: 11285145
    Abstract: Many drugs useful in treating cancer are metabolized by CYP2C8 enzymes, by CYP3A4 enzymes, or both. The effects of concomitant administration of relacorilant and paclitaxel, a drug used to treat cancer that is a substrate for both CYP2C8 and CYP3A4, are disclosed herein. Relacorilant potently inhibited CYP2C8 and CYP3A4 in in vitro tests, indicating that co-administration of relacorilant and paclitaxel would increase paclitaxel plasma exposure more than 5-fold in vivo, requiring significant reductions in paclitaxel doses when co-administering paclitaxel with relacorilant. Surprisingly, paclitaxel plasma exposure increased only by about 80% instead of the expected more than 5-fold increase expected with concomitant relacorilant and paclitaxel administration. Applicant discloses safe methods of co-administering relacorilant and paclitaxel by reducing the dose of paclitaxel to about half the paclitaxel dose used when paclitaxel is administered alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Joseph Custodio
  • Patent number: 11268145
    Abstract: Methods are provided for assessing a clinical response to a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist (GRA) in a human subject and for diagnosing Cushing's syndrome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph K. Belanoff, Hazel Hunt, John Francis Unitt, Andreas G. Moraitis
  • Publication number: 20210369700
    Abstract: Many drugs useful in treating cancer are metabolized by CYP2C8 enzymes, by CYP3A4 enzymes, or both. The effects of concomitant administration of relacorilant and paclitaxel, a drug used to treat cancer that is a substrate for both CYP2C8 and CYP3A4, are disclosed herein. Relacorilant potently inhibited CYP2C8 and CYP3A4 in in vitro tests, indicating that co-administration of relacorilant and paclitaxel would increase paclitaxel plasma exposure more than 5-fold in vivo, requiring significant reductions in paclitaxel doses when co-administering paclitaxel with relacorilant. Surprisingly, paclitaxel plasma exposure increased only by about 80% instead of the expected more than 5-fold increase expected with concomitant relacorilant and paclitaxel administration. Applicant discloses safe methods of co-administering relacorilant and paclitaxel by reducing the dose of paclitaxel to about half the paclitaxel dose used when paclitaxel is administered alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Joseph Custodio
  • Publication number: 20210369701
    Abstract: The present invention provides heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators, including their use for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Tony Johnson, Nicholas Ray, Iain Walters
  • Publication number: 20210369689
    Abstract: Relacorilant is useful in the treatment of hypercortisolism and cancer. Many drugs useful in treating hypercortisolism or cancer are metabolized by CYP2C9 enzymes. The effects of concomitant administration of relacorilant and a CYP2C9 substrate are disclosed herein. Relacorilant potently inhibited CYP2C9 in an in vitro test, indicating that co-administration of relacorilant and a CYP2C9 substrate would be expected to increase the CYP2C9 substrate plasma exposure more than five-fold in vivo. Significant reductions in CYP2C9 substrate doses would be expected to be required when administered with relacorilant. Surprisingly, no such increase in plasma exposure was seen in human studies. Applicant discloses that relacorilant may be safely co-administered with unmodified doses of a CYP2C9 substrate such as, e.g., tolbutamide, glimepiride, and glipizide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Joseph Custodio
  • Publication number: 20210369690
    Abstract: Relacorilant is useful in the treatment of cancer and hypercortisolism. Many drugs useful in treating cancer or hypercortisolism are metabolized by CYP2C8 enzymes. The effects of concomitant administration of relacorilant and a CYP2C8 substrate are disclosed herein. Relacorilant potently inhibited CYP2C8 in an in vitro test, indicating that co-administration of relacorilant and a CYP2C8 substrate would be expected to increase the CYP2C8 substrate plasma exposure more than five-fold in vivo. Significant reductions in CYP2C8 substrate doses would be expected to be required when administered with relacorilant. Surprisingly, no such increase in plasma exposure was seen in human studies. Applicant discloses that relacorilant may be safely co-administered with unmodified doses of CYP2C8 substrates such as pioglitazone, rosiglitazone, and enzalutamide. Relacorilant and unmodified doses of enzalutamide may be co-administered to treat cancer, e.g., prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Joseph Custodio
  • Publication number: 20210238148
    Abstract: The present invention provides a class of pyrimidinedione cyclohekenyl compounds and methods of using these compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel HUNT, Damien Francis Philippe CREPIN, Joseph Thomas HILL-COUSINS, Thomas Matthew BAKER, Lorna DUFFY
  • Publication number: 20210205294
    Abstract: This invention provides a method that combines a checkpoint inhibitor and a glucocorticoid receptor modulator to treat cancer, e.g., a checkpoint inhibitor sensitive cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Hazel Hunt
  • Publication number: 20210177848
    Abstract: Methods of Treating Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain with Miricorilant Methods and compositions for treating a subject at risk of, or suffering from antipsychotic-induced weight gain are disclosed. The methods include administration of a cyclohexyl pyrimidine glucocorticoid receptor modulator (GRM) such as miricorilant (CORT118335) to a patient receiving, or who has received, or who is expected to receive, an antipsychotic drug such as olanzapine, risperidone, clozapine, or other weight-inducing antipsychotic medication. The GRM (e.g., miricorilant) may be orally administered. Administration of such a GRM along with antipsychotic medication may reduce the amount of weight, or reduce the rate of weight gain, or prevent weight gain, otherwise due to antipsychotic medication alone. The methods may reverse weight gain in a patient previously administered antipsychotic medication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Ada Lee, Joseph Belanoff, Hazel Hunt
  • Publication number: 20210169872
    Abstract: The present invention provides heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Tony Johnson, Nicholas Ray, Iain Walters
  • Publication number: 20210139478
    Abstract: The present invention provides octahydro fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Iain Walters, Benoit Gourdet
  • Patent number: 10980797
    Abstract: This invention provides a method that combines a checkpoint inhibitor and a glucocorticoid receptor modulator to treat cancer, e.g., a checkpoint inhibitor sensitive cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics Incorporated
    Inventor: Hazel Hunt
  • Patent number: 10973813
    Abstract: The present invention provides heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin compounds and methods of using the compounds as glucocorticoid receptor modulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Tony Johnson, Nicholas Ray, Iain Walters
  • Publication number: 20210085682
    Abstract: The present invention provides treatment of fatty liver disease using a class of pyrimidinedione cyclohexyl compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph K. Belanoff, Hazel Hunt, Onno C. Meijer, José van den Heuvel
  • Publication number: 20210085670
    Abstract: Methods for treating a subject having a cancerous tumor are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of a non-steroidal selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SGRM) and an effective amount of a chemotherapeutic agent. The tumor may be cervical cancer. The SGRM may be a fused azadecalin. In embodiments, the SGRM may be a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin or an octahydro fused azadecalin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventor: Hazel Hunt
  • Publication number: 20210030717
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating a subject hosting a non-ACTH-secreting pancreatic tumor are disclosed. The methods include administering to the subject a chemotherapeutic agent and a glucocorticoid receptor modulator (GRM), preferably a selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SGRM), to reduce the tumor load in the subject. The GRM may be a nonsteroidal GRM, and may be a nonsteroidal SGRM. The non-ACTH-secreting pancreatic tumor may be an exocrine pancreatic tumor. The nonsteroidal SGRM may be a nonsteroidal compound comprising: a fused azadecalin structure; a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin structure; or an octahydro fused azadecalin structure. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising a chemotherapeutic agent and a GRM are disclosed. The GRM in such pharmaceutical compositions may be a nonsteroidal GRM, and may be a SGRM, such as a nonsteroidal SGRM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hazel Hunt, Thaddeus S. Block
  • Patent number: 10898478
    Abstract: Methods for treating a subject having a cancerous tumor are disclosed. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of a non-steroidal selective glucocorticoid receptor modulator (SGRM) and an effective amount of a chemotherapeutic agent. The tumor may be cervical cancer. The SGRM may be a fused azadecalin. In embodiments, the SGRM may be a heteroaryl ketone fused azadecalin or an octahydro fused azadecalin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: Hazel Hunt
  • Patent number: 10881660
    Abstract: The present invention provides treatment of fatty liver disease using a class of pyrimidinedione cyclohexyl compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Corcept Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph K. Belanoff, Hazel Hunt, Onno C. Meijer, José van den Heuvel