Patents by Inventor Karen A. Veverka

Karen A. Veverka 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: 20230091430
    Abstract: An antibody, antigen binding fragment thereof and compositions comprising the same, which is an inhibitor of signalling through IL-13R?1, by binding the said receptor, for use in the treatment of allergic disease, such as atopic dermatitis (for example moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, in particular poorly controlled moderate to severe atopic dermatitis) in a highly allergic patient where the baseline IgE levels have been established and are at a level of at least 10,000 KU/L+/?2,000.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Karen VEVERKA, Alison WARD
  • Publication number: 20230002484
    Abstract: An antibody, antigen binding fragment thereof or a pharmaceutical formulation, which is an inhibitor of signalling through IL-13R?1 by binding said receptor and compositions comprising the same for use in the treatment of atopic dermatitis (for example moderate to severe atopic dermatitis, in particular poorly controlled moderate to severe atopic dermatitis) by parenteral administration of a treatment cycle comprising a dose in the range 200 mg to 600 mg, (such as 400 to 600 mg), wherein the disease is modified by a percentage reduction in EASI score in the range ?20 to ?100% from the baseline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Karen VEVERKA, Alison WARD
  • Patent number: 8088828
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing the incidence of benign prostate hyperplasia in a male subject, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof as described herein. This invention also provides a method of treating a subject suffering from hair loss, comprising the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a 5-? reductase enzyme type 1 and/or type 2 inhibitor, wherein said inhibitor is a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, Wenqing Gao
  • Patent number: 8008348
    Abstract: This invention provides: 1) a method of treating a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 2) a method of preventing a muscle wasting disorder in a subject; 3) a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing muscle loss in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 4) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle wasting in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; and/or 5) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle protein catabolism in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or an analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, prodrug, polymorph, impurity or crystal of said SARM compound, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller
  • Patent number: 8003689
    Abstract: This invention provides metabolites of SARM compounds including inter alia glucuronidated metabolites and uses thereof in treating a variety of diseases or conditions in a subject, including, inter alia, muscle wasting disease and/or disorder, a bone related disease and/or disorder, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and associated diseases, and others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: GTx, Inc.
    Inventor: Karen A. Veverka
  • Patent number: 7968721
    Abstract: This invention relates to a process for preparing a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound represented by the structure of formula I: wherein X is O; and T, Z, Y, Q, R and R1 are defined herein. The process includes coupling between an amide of formula II and a phenol of formula III followed by a purification step consisting of precipitating the compound of formula (I) in a mixture of alcohol and water alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Duane D. Miller, Karen A. Veverka, Kiwon Chung
  • Publication number: 20110082212
    Abstract: This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM). Several of the SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. Other SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, Dong Jin Hwang, Jiyun Chen
  • Patent number: 7855229
    Abstract: This invention provides: 1) a method of treating a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 2) a method of preventing a muscle wasting disorder in a subject; 3) a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing muscle loss in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 4) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle wasting in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; and/or 5) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle protein catabolism in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or an analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, prodrug, polymorph, impurity or crystal of said SARM compound, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka
  • Publication number: 20100280107
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing the incidence of benign prostate hyperplasia in a male subject, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof as described herein. This invention also provides a method of treating a subject suffering from hair loss, comprising the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a 5-? reductase enzyme type 1 and/or type 2 inhibitor, wherein said inhibitor is a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: James T. DALTON, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, Wenqing Gao
  • Patent number: 7803970
    Abstract: This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM). Several of the SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. Other SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, Dong Jin Hwang, Jiyun Chen
  • Patent number: 7776921
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing the incidence of benign prostate hyperplasia in a male subject, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof as described herein. This invention also provides a method of treating a subject suffering from hair loss, comprising the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a 5-? reductase enzyme type 1 and/or type 2 inhibitor, wherein said inhibitor is a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, Wenqing Gao
  • Publication number: 20100144871
    Abstract: This invention provides: 1) a method of treating a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 2) a method of preventing a muscle wasting disorder in a subject; 3) a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing muscle loss in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 4) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle wasting in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; and/or 5) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle protein catabolism in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or an analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, prodrug, polymorph, impurity or crystal of said SARM compound, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller
  • Patent number: 7705182
    Abstract: This invention provides androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA). The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM). Several of the SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. Other SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, Dong Jin Hwang, Jiyun Chen
  • Publication number: 20100004326
    Abstract: This invention provides metabolites of SARM compounds including inter alia glucuronidated metabolites and uses thereof in treating a variety of diseases or conditions in a subject, including, inter alia, muscle wasting disease and/or disorder, a bone related disease and/or disorder, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and associated diseases, and others.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Karen A. VEVERKA
  • Patent number: 7622503
    Abstract: This invention provides SARM compounds and their use in treating a variety of diseases or conditions in a subject, including, inter-alia, a muscle wasting disease and/or disorder or a bone-related disease and/or disorder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Karen A. Veverka
  • Patent number: 7595402
    Abstract: The present invention provides prodrugs of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs), and their use in treating or reducing the incidence of osteoporosis, a variety of hormone-related conditions, conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM); conditions associated with Androgen Decline in Female (ADIF), and muscular wasting conditions, obesity, dry eye conditions, and prostate cancer. The prodrugs are also useful in oral androgen replacement therapy and male contraception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: GTx, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, James T. Dalton
  • Patent number: 7547728
    Abstract: This invention provides: 1) a method of treating a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 2) a method of preventing a muscle wasting disorder in a subject; 3) a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing muscle loss in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; 4) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle wasting in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder; and/or 5) a method of treating, preventing, inhibiting, reducing or suppressing muscle protein catabolism in a subject suffering from a muscle wasting disorder, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide or any combination thereof, as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka, James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller
  • Patent number: 7524866
    Abstract: This invention provides: 1) a method of treating androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis and/or bone fractures and/or loss of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer; 2) a method of preventing androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis and/or bone fractures and/or loss of Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer; 3) a method of suppressing or inhibiting androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis and/or bone fractures and/or loss of BMD in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer; and 4) a method of reducing the risk of developing androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis and/or bone fractures and/or loss of BMD in a male subject suffering from prostate cancer, by administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising an anti-estrogen agent and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: GTx, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Steiner, Sharan Raghow, Karen A. Veverka
  • Publication number: 20080249183
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis, bone fractures or loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in a male human subject suffering from prostate cancer, wherein the subject has a precipitous decline in androgen levels, by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising Toremifene or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof, to the subject, wherein the method increases bone density without increasing androgen and specifically testosterone levels in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka
  • Publication number: 20070197664
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treatment, prevention, suppression, inhibition, or reduction of risk of developing androgen-deprivation induced skeletal-related events (SRE), such as pathologic fractures, surgery to bone, radiation to bone, spinal cord compression, change in antineoplastic therapy, including changes in hormonal therapy, new bone metastases, bone loss, or a combination thereof in men suffering from prostate cancer, comprising administering to a male subject suffering from prostate cancer a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Mitchell Steiner, Sharan Raghow, Karen Veverka