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: 20060287282
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising a selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM) and a gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist or a GnRH antagonist, and their use, inter-alia for treating hormone-associated conditions in males and females, which arise as a result of androgen decline, suppression or abrogation, or in treating, suppressing, inhibiting or preventing prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2004
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20060276539
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for treatment and inhibition of a male subject having an Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM)-associated condition, for example sexual dysfunction, decreased sexual libido, erectile dysfunction, hypogonadism, sarcopenia, osteopenia, osteoporosis, an alteration in cognition and mood, depression, anemia, hair loss, obesity, muscle loss, dry eye, memory loss, benign prostate hyperplasia and/or prostate cancer, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, pro-drug, polymorph, crystal, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 7, 2006
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20060269611
    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 by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising Toremifene and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof, to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Mitchell Steiner, Sharan Raghow, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20060258628
    Abstract: This invention provides a composition comprising a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor and a class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA), which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka, Duane Miller
  • Publication number: 20060183931
    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: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2003
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka, Dong Hwang, Jiyun Chen
  • Publication number: 20060111441
    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: September 7, 2005
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka
  • Patent number: 7026500
    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: February 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Duane D. Miller, Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka
  • Publication number: 20060035965
    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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20060035966
    Abstract: In one embodiment, 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). The SARM compounds have unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor. In one embodiment, the SARM compounds bind irreversibly to the androgen receptor In another embodiment, the SARM compounds are androgen receptor antagonists, which bind irreversibly to the androgen receptor. In another embodiment, the SARM compounds are alkylating agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka, Leonid Kirkovsky, Dong Hwang, Arnab Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20060019931
    Abstract: This invention provides method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting, or reducing the risk of developing a bone-related disorder, for example osteoporosis, osteopenia, increased bone resorption, bone fracture, bone frailty and/or loss of bone mineral density (BMD), by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) and/or its analogue, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof. The invention also provides methods of decreasing fat mass (FM) and increasing lean mass, comprising administering same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: James Dalton, Karen Veverka, Jeffrey Kearbey
  • Publication number: 20060019989
    Abstract: This invention provides for combinations of 5 alpha reductase inhibitors and SERMs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Inventors: Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka, Duane Miller
  • Publication number: 20060009488
    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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20060004042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and formulations comprising a novel class of androgen receptor targeting agents (ARTA) which demonstrate androgenic and anabolic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 5, 2006
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20050209320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of anti-cancer compounds which selectively target androgen receptor (AR)-expressing cancer cells, such as prostate cancer cells and breast cancer cells. These agents comprise an androgen receptor (AR) binding moiety, which selectively targets the compounds to (AR)-expressing cancer cells, and a cytotoxic ablating moiety, such as a nitrogen mustard moiety. The inherent high density expression of the androgen receptor in certain cancers, such as prostate cancer and breast cancer, is thus used as a tool to selectively increase the intracellular concentration of cytotoxic compounds, such as alkylating agents, e.g. DNA alkylating agents, by selectively targeting the agents to the AR-expressing cancer cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka, Christina Barrett, Seoungsoo Hong
  • Patent number: 6899888
    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 as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Otx, Inc.
    Inventors: Mitchell S. Steiner, Karen A. Veverka
  • Publication number: 20050080055
    Abstract: This invention relates to the prevention and treatment of breast cancer in a subject, for example a female subject. Accordingly, this invention provides methods of a) treating a subject suffering from breast cancer; b) preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing the incidence of breast cancer in a subject; c) delaying the progression of breast cancer in a subject suffering from breast cancer; d) preventing the recurrence of breast cancer in a subject; e) treating the recurrence of breast cancer in a subject suffering from breast cancer; and/or f) treating, preventing, suppressing or inhibiting metastasis in a subject suffering from breast cancer, by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an Androgen Receptor Antagonist and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, crystal, polymorph, prodrug or any combination thereof, as described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20050080054
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting or reducing the incidence of an Androgen Decline in Aging Male (ADAM)-associated condition in a male subject, by administering to the subject a selective androgen receptor modulator (SARM) compound and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, prodrug, polymorph, crystal, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20050080143
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for reducing the incidence of, inhibiting, suppressing, reducing the incidence of, and treating androgen-deprivation induced osteoporosis, bone fractures and/or loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in men having prostate cancer, comprising administering to a male human subject having prostate cancer a toremifene and/or its analog, derivative, isomer, metabolite, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, hydrate, N-oxide, or any combination thereof. The present invention also provides methods of treating, preventing, suppressing, inhibiting, or reducing the incidence of hot flashes, gynecomastia, and/or hair loss in male humans having prostate cancer, comprising same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 14, 2005
    Inventors: Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka, Sharan Raghow
  • Publication number: 20050038110
    Abstract: This invention provides a class of androgen receptor targeting agents. The agents define a new subclass of compounds, which are selective androgen receptor modulators (SARM).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2004
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Mitchell Steiner, James Dalton, Duane Miller, Karen Veverka
  • Publication number: 20050033074
    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: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: James Dalton, Duane Miller, Mitchell Steiner, Karen Veverka, Dong Hwang, Jiyun Chen