Patents by Inventor Robert H. Getzenberg

Robert H. Getzenberg 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: 20180353460
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating, preventing, suppressing and/or inhibiting urological disorders such as urinary incontinence including stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, mixed incontinence, and pelvic floor disorders by administering a SARM compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: GTx, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Jeffrey G. Hesselberg, Mary Ann Johnston, Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20180325858
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating, preventing, suppressing and/or inhibiting urological disorders such as urinary incontinence including stress urinary incontinence, urge urinary incontinence, mixed incontinence, and pelvic floor disorders by administering a SARM compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: GTx, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh Narayanan, Jeffrey G. Hesselberg, Mary Ann Johnston, Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20180177755
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating, preventing, suppressing and/or inhibiting urological disorders such as urinary incontinence including stress urinary incontinence and pelvic floor disorders by administering a SARM compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: GTx, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Jeffrey G. Hesselberg, Mary Ann Johnston, Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Patent number: 9624161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing testosterone levels in a male subject and methods of treating, suppressing, reducing the incidence, reducing the severity, or inhibiting prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and methods of reducing high or increasing PSA levels and/or increasing SHBG levels in a subject suffering from prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The compounds of this invention suppress free or total testosterone levels despite castrate levels secondary to ADT and reduce high or increasing PSA levels. This reduction in testosterone levels may be used to treat prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, CRPC and mCRPC without causing bone loss, decreased bone mineral density, increased risk of bone fractures, increased body fat, hot flashes and/or gynecomastia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: GTX, INC.
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Mitchell S. Steiner, Christopher C. Coss, Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20160106702
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of treating, preventing, suppressing and/or inhibiting urological disorders such as urinary incontinence including stress urinary incontinence and pelvic-floor disorders by administering a SARM compound of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Ramesh NARAYANAN, Jeffrey G. Hesselberg, Mary Ann Johnston, Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20150087712
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for reducing testosterone levels in a male subject and methods of treating, suppressing, reducing the incidence, reducing the severity, or inhibiting prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC), and methods of reducing high or increasing PSA levels and/or increasing SHBG levels in a subject suffering from prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The compounds of this invention suppress free or total testosterone levels despite castrate levels secondary to ADT and reduce high or increasing PSA levels. This reduction in testosterone levels may be used to treat prostate cancer, advanced prostate cancer, CRPC and mCRPC without causing bone loss, decreased bone mineral density, increased risk of bone fractures, increased body fat, hot flashes and/or gynecomastia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: James T. Dalton, Mitchell S. Steiner, Christopher C. Coss, Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20110313233
    Abstract: The present invention is in the field of treatment of diseased tissues, including cancerous tissues. In one embodiment, the present invention provides methods of identifying tissues that down-regulate cold shock proteins in response to environmental stresses, such as heat. The present invention also provides methods of treatment of diseased tissues comprising down-regulation of cold shock proteins, as well as environmentally stressing (e.g., heating) the tissues, in combination with one or more additional therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Robert H. Getzenberg, Prakash Kulkarni, Yu Zeng
  • Publication number: 20110091908
    Abstract: Early Prostate Cancer Antigen-2 (EPCA-2) is a prostate cancer biomarker, newly identified via proteomics-based examination of alterations in nuclear structure. EPCA-2 shows a higher overall specificity than PSA. Thus, an immunoassay based on antibodies against an epitope of EPCA-2 more accurately differentiates between confined and non-confined disease than PSA or Gleason score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Patent number: 7838251
    Abstract: Proteins useful in the diagnosis of proliferative disorders of the colon are present in nuclear matrix protein preparations and can be characterized by molecular weight, isoelectric point, and amino acid sequence. The proteins may be identified, for example, by 2D-gel electrophoresis or by specific binding partners, such as antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: Gisela Bruenagel, Robert H. Getzenberg, Robert E. Schoen
  • Publication number: 20100081192
    Abstract: A novel prostate cancer marker is described that is found in cancerous and normal prostate cells of individuals that have prostate cancer but is not found in the prostate of individuals without prostate cancer. The marker also is present in normal tissue adjacent to tumor tissue in individuals having prostate cancer. The marker, however, is absent in the prostate of individuals without prostate cancer. Methods employing the novel prostate cancer marker of the invention to predict the occurrence of the prostate disease, monitor the progression of prostate cancer and effect the treatment of prostate cancer, also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Robert H. GETZENBERG
  • Publication number: 20090325214
    Abstract: CCSA-2 levels in serum samples from individuals suffering from colorectal cancer can be used gauging the progression of a colorectal cancer condition. In particular, the progression of a colorectal cancer condition is gauged by comparing the level of serum CCSA-2 from individuals having colorectal cancer to predetermined CCSA-2 levels that correlate to the state of advancement of a cancer condition. Additionally, serum CCSA-2 levels can be used by a clinician to gauge the efficacy of a colorectal cancer treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Robert H. GETZENBERG
  • Patent number: 7598042
    Abstract: A novel prostate cancer marker is described that is found in cancerous and normal prostate cells of individuals that have prostate cancer but is not found in the prostate of individuals without prostate cancer. The marker also is present in normal tissue adjacent to tumor tissue in individuals having prostate cancer. The marker, however, is absent in the prostate of individuals without prostate cancer. Methods employing the novel prostate cancer marker of the invention to predict the occurrence of the prostate disease, monitor the progression of prostate cancer and effect the treatment of prostate cancer, also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventor: Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20090226935
    Abstract: Proteins useful in the diagnosis of proliferative disorders of the colon are present in nuclear matrix protein preparations and can be characterized by molecular weight, isoelectric point, and amino acid sequence. The proteins may be identified, for example, by 2D-gel electrophoresis or by specific binding partners, such as antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Publication date: September 10, 2009
    Inventors: Anthony J. Bauer, Gisela Bruenagel, Robert H. Getzenberg, Robert E. Schoen
  • Patent number: 7531634
    Abstract: Nuclear matrix proteins (NMP) which are characterized by a defined expression in tissue are provided. These NMPs are useful markers in diagnosing and monitoring the stage of malignancy of a cell and treating cell proliferative disorders associated with the NMP. Also provided are substantially purified polypeptides and polynucleotide sequences encoding the NMPs, and particularly, those of BLCA-1, and antibodies thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventor: Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20080248496
    Abstract: Proteins useful in the diagnosis of proliferative disorders of the colon are present in nuclear matrix protein preparations and can be characterized by molecular weight, isoelectric point, and amino acid sequence. The proteins may be identified, for example, by 2D-gel electrophoresis or by specific binding partners, such as antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Anthony J. Bauer, Gisela Bruenagel, Robert H. Getzenberg, Robert E. Schoen
  • Patent number: 7321830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a computer system comprising a database for elucidating changes in gene expression in prostate tissue isolated from patients exhibiting different clinical states of prostate hyperplasia as compared to normal prostate tissue, as well as the identification of individual genes that are differentially expressed in diseased prostate tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignees: Gene Logic, Inc., University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: William E. Munger, Prakash Kulkarni, Robert H. Getzenberg, Iwao Waga, Jun Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7258991
    Abstract: Nuclear matrix proteins (NMP) which are characterized by a defined expression in tissue are provided. These NMPs are useful markers in diagnosing and monitoring the stage of malignancy of a cell and treating cell proliferative disorders associated with the NMP. Also provided are substantially purified polypeptides and nucleotide sequences encoding the NMPs of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventor: Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Patent number: 7189823
    Abstract: Proteins useful in the diagnosis of proliferative disorders of the colon are present in nuclear matrix protein preparations and can be characterized by molecular weight, isoelectric point, and amino acid sequence. The proteins may be identified, for example, by 2D-gel electrophoresis or by specific binding partners, such as antibodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventors: Anthony J. Bauer, Gisela Bruenagel, Robert H. Getzenberg, Robert E. Schoen
  • Patent number: 6951926
    Abstract: Nuclear matrix proteins (NMP) which are characterized by a defined expression in tissue are provided. These NMPs are useful markers in diagnosing and monitoring the stage of malignancy of a cell and treating cell proliferative disorders associated with the NMP. Also provided are substantially purified polypeptides and nucleotide sequences encoding the NMPs of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventor: Robert H. Getzenberg
  • Publication number: 20040146459
    Abstract: Nuclear matrix proteins are useful markers for diagnosing and monitoring the stage of malignancy in a cell. Nuclear matrix proteins also are useful targets for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders having a nuclear matrix protein component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: University of Pittsburgh
    Inventor: Robert H. Getzenberg