Patents by Inventor Palma Rocchi

Palma Rocchi 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: 20230016983
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the treatment of prostate cancer and particularly castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). The Heat Shock Protein Hsp27, a chaperone protein, has been long demonstrated as a driver of Castration Resistance Prostate Cancer (CRPC). In the light of identification of the molecular mechanisms, the inventor determined that the Probable ATP-dependent RNA helicase DDX5 is an interactor of Hsp27 and DDX5's expression is modulated by Hsp27. They confirmed that DDX5 overexpression is correlated to the aggressiveness of the tumor, to the CRPC emergency and to the biochemical recurrence risk. They also developed DDX5-targeting antisense oligonucleotides for research purpose and clinical application. Thus, the invention relates to an inhibitor of DDX5 wherein said inhibitor reduces the expression and/or activity of DDX5 in a subject in need thereof and targets the gene or the mRNA of DDX5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Palma ROCCHI, Thi-Khanh LE, François BERTUCCI, David TAIEB, Clément PARIS, Pascal FINETTI
  • Patent number: 10105384
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a TCTP antagonist, in particular a nucleic acid targeting an m RNA encoding Translationally-Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP), wherein said nucleic acid is capable of reducing the amount of TCTP in cells, for use in the treatment or prevention of hormone-independent cancer or chemo-resistant cancer, such as an androgen-independent prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITERRANEE AIX-MARSEILLE II
    Inventors: Palma Rocchi, Virginie Baylot, Julie Acunzo, Claudia Andrieu, Maria Katsogiannou
  • Patent number: 9707250
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an oligonucleotide modified by substitution at the 3? or the 5? end by a moiety comprising at least three saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chains comprising from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and the use therefore as a medicament, in particular for use for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX, Université d' Aix-Marseille, Institut Jean Paoli & Irene Calmettes, Centre Régional de Lutte Contre le Cancer, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (C.N.R.S)
    Inventors: Philippe Barthelemy, Khalid Oumzil, Arnaud Gissot, Palma Rocchi, Julie Acunzo
  • Patent number: 9701962
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an oligonucleotide modified by substitution at the 3? or the 5? end by a moiety comprising at least one ketal functional group, wherein the ketal carbon of said ketal functional group bears two saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, hydrocarbon chains comprising from 1 to 22 carbon atoms, and the use therefore as a medicament, in particular for use for treating cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM), UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX, UNIVERSITE D 'AIX-MARSEILLE, INSTITUT JEAN PAOLI & IRENE CALMETTES, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)
    Inventors: Philippe Barthelemy, Khalid Oumzil, Palma Rocchi, Julie Acunzo
  • Patent number: 9580712
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin E. Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Publication number: 20160326527
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin E. Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Patent number: 9404109
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin E. Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Publication number: 20160113957
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an oligonucleotide modified by substitution at the 3? or the 5? end by a moiety comprising at least three saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched hydrocarbon chains comprising from 2 to 30 carbon atoms, and the use therefore as a medicament, in particular for use for treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe BARTHELEMY, Khalid OUMZIL, Arnaud GISSOT, Palma ROCCHI, Julie ACUNZO
  • Publication number: 20160108398
    Abstract: The present invention concerns an oligonucleotide modified by substitution at the 3? or the 5? end by a moiety comprising at least one ketal functional group, wherein the ketal carbon of said ketal functional group bears two saturated or unsaturated, linear or branched, hydrocarbon chains comprising from 1 to 22 carbon atoms, and the use therefore as a medicament, in particular for use for treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Philippe Barthelemy, Khalid Oumzil, Palma Rocchi, Julie Acunzo
  • Publication number: 20150232843
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Martin E. Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Publication number: 20150216891
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a TCTP antagonist, in particular a nucleic acid targeting an m RNA encoding Translationally-Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP), wherein said nucleic acid is capable of reducing the amount of TCTP in cells, for use in the treatment or prevention of hormone-independent cancer or chemo-resistant cancer, such as an androgen-independent prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicants: Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medicale (Inserm), UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITARRANEE AIX-MARSEILLE II
    Inventors: Palma ROCCHI, Virginie BAYLOT, Julie ACUNZO, Claudia ANDRIEU, Maria KATSOGIANNOU
  • Patent number: 9085769
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin E. Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Patent number: 9034840
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a TCTP antagonist, in particular a nucleic acid targeting an m RNA encoding Translationally-Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP), wherein said nucleic acid is capable of reducing the amount of TCTP in cells, for use in the treatment or prevention of hormone-independent cancer or chemo-resistant cancer, such as an androgen-independent prostate cancer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignees: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Universite de la Mediterrance Aix-Marseille II
    Inventors: Palma Rocchi, Virginie Baylot, Julie Acunzo, Claudia Andrieu, Maria Katsogiannou
  • Publication number: 20140315978
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Martin E. Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Patent number: 8772470
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Patent number: 8722872
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin E. Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Patent number: 8563526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (A): in the form of a free base or of an addition salt with an acid. The invention also relates to process of preparation of compounds of formula (A), to composition comprising them and to their application in therapeutics and in particular in cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.)
    Inventors: Ling Peng, Palma Rocchi, Juan Iovanna, Yi Xia, Fanqi Qu, Jinqiao Wan, Yang Liu, Menghua Wang
  • Publication number: 20130266572
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a TCTP antagonist, in particular a nucleic acid targeting an m RNA encoding Translationally-Controlled Tumor Protein (TCTP), wherein said nucleic acid is capable of reducing the amount of TCTP in cells, for use in the treatment or prevention of hormone-independent cancer or chemo-resistant cancer, such as an androgen-independent prostate cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE DE LA MEDITARRANEE AIX-MARSEILLE II
    Inventors: Palma Rocchi, Virginie Baylot, Julie Acunzo, Claudia Andrieu, Maria Katsogiannou
  • Patent number: 8492534
    Abstract: Therapeutic agents which target heat shock protein (hsp) 27 in vivo are used to provide treatment to individuals, particularly human individuals, suffering from prostate cancer and other cancers that overexpress hsp27. A therapeutic agent, for example an antisense oligonucleotide or RNAi nucleotide inhibitor with sequence specificity for hsp27 mRNA, for example human hsp27 mRNA, is administered to an individual suffering from prostate cancer or some other cancer expressing elevated levels of hsp 27 in a therapeutically effective amount. The therapeutic agent is suitably formulated into a pharmaceutical composition which includes a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and packaged in dosage unit form. A preferred dosage unit form is an injectable dosage unit form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Martin Gleave, Palma Rocchi, Maxim Signaevsky, Eliana Beraldi
  • Publication number: 20110136754
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel compounds of formula (A): in the form of a free base or of an addition salt with an acid. The invention also relates to process of preparation of compounds of formula (A), to composition comprising them and to their application in therapeutics and in particular in cancers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Ling Peng, Palma Rocchi, Juan Iovanna, Yi Xia, Fanqi Qu, Jinqiao Wan, Yang Liu, Menghua Wang