Patents by Inventor Rachel Allison Altura

Rachel Allison Altura 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: 20230118596
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods of treating cancer (e.g., melanoma or RCC), which comprise administering to a human patient in need thereof: (a) a PD-1 antagonist; (b) a CTLA4 antagonist; and (c) lenvatinib represented by Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are kits containing such agents and uses of therapeutic combinations of such agents for the treatment of cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicants: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, EISAI R&D Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Blanca Homet Moreno, Nageatte Ibrahim, Rodolfo Fleury Perini, Scott J. Diede, Scot W. Ebbinghaus, Rachel Allison Altura
  • Publication number: 20230062119
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods of identifying a patient who will likely be responsive to treatment with a protein arginine N-methyltransferase 5 inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of treating the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Nicholson, Rachel Allison Altura, Razvan Cristescu, David John Curtis, Ian Philip Street
  • Publication number: 20210047409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for treating cancer in a patient comprising administering an anti-PD-1 antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof in specific amounts to the patient about every six weeks, in combination with administering an anti-CTLA4 antibody to the patient about every six weeks. In certain embodiments, the PD-1 antagonist is pembrolizumab, or an antigen binding fragment thereof. Also provided are compositions comprising a dosage of an anti-PD-1 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and a dosage of an anti-CTLA4 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof, and uses thereof for treating cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Mallika Lala, Lokesh Jain, Mengyao Li, Rachel Allison Altura, Archie Ngai-chiu Tse
  • Publication number: 20200061184
    Abstract: Described herein are chimeric Newcastle disease viruses comprising a packaged genome comprising a transgene encoding interleukin-12. The chimeric Newcastle disease viruses and compositions thereof are useful in combination with an antagonist of programmed cell death protein 1 (“PD-1”) or a ligand thereof in the treatment of cancer. In particular, described herein are methods for treating cancer comprising administering the chimeric Newcastle disease viruses in combination with an antagonist of PD-1 or a ligand thereof, wherein the chimeric Newcastle disease virus comprises a packaged genome comprising a transgene encoding interleukin-12.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicants: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Palese, Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, Dmitriy Zamarin, Svetlana Sadekova, Rachel Allison Altura, Uyen Phan, Brian B. Haines, Jedd D. Wolchok