Patents Issued in May 3, 2018
  • Publication number: 20180116991
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound which is a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) derivative of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, or solvate thereof, for use in treating various skin disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Adam Kelliher, Angus Morrison, Phil Knowles
  • Publication number: 20180116992
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides, in part, modulators of prostate-specific G-protein receptor (OR51E2/PSGR) and methods of treating, preventing, and diagnosing prostate cancer using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Tatjana Abaffy, Hiro Matsunami
  • Publication number: 20180116993
    Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for treating the FXR-mediated disease or process in a mammal, comprising administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a compound claimed, wherein the FXR-mediated disease or condition linked to chronic liver diseases such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis; gastrointestinal diseases; cardiovascular diseases; metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity; inflammation, or cancer etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: XIAMEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yong LI, Lihua JIN, Weili ZHENG, Yanlin ZHU, Fusheng GUO
  • Publication number: 20180116994
    Abstract: This invention is directed to substituted acylanilide compounds and uses thereof in treating muscular dystrophies such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and Becker muscular dystrophy and in improving or preserving lung function and cardiac function in a subject suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: James T. DALTON, Thamarai PONNUSAMY, Ramesh NARAYANAN
  • Publication number: 20180116995
    Abstract: Since a compound represented by the general formula (I) (wherein definition of each group is as described in the specification), a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof has strong and sustaining intraocular pressure lowering activity and, further, has no side effect on eyes such as ocular stimulating property (hyperemia, corneal clouding etc.), aqueous humor protein rise etc., it has high safety, and can be an excellent agent for preventing and/or treating glaucoma etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tohru KAMBE, Toru MARUYAMA, Shinsaku YAMANE, Satoshi NAKAYAMA, Kousuke TANI
  • Publication number: 20180116996
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition, a health food composition, or a quasi drug composition for preventing, treating, or improving a disease caused by overproduction of dihydrotestosterone, including fucoxanthin or a Phaeodactylum tricornutum extract as an active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Kyungsu KANG, Yongsoo CHOI, Cheol-Ho PAN, Sang Min KIM, Kwang-Hyun CHA, Jin-Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20180116997
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for determining the selectivity of an anesthetic for an anesthetic-sensitive receptor by determining the molar water solubility of the anesthetic. The invention further provides methods for modulating the selectivity of an anesthetic for an anesthetic-sensitive receptor by altering or modifying the anesthetic to have higher or lower water solubility. The invention further provides methods of inducing anesthesia in a subject by administering via the respiratory pathways (e.g., via inhalational or pulmonary delivery) an effective amount of an anesthetic compound identified according to the present methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventor: Robert J. Brosnan
  • Publication number: 20180116998
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a composition comprising cannabis natural extract, or synthetic cannabinoids, for use in treating a subject suffering from fibromyalgia. The present invention further discloses methods and uses of the aforementioned composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: ONE WORLD CANNABIS LTD
    Inventors: Alon Sinai, Ziv Turner, Yehuda Baruch
  • Publication number: 20180116999
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of medicinal chemistry and relates to novel compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of fibrotic diseases including scleroderma, systemic sclerosis, scleroderma-like disorders, sine scleroderma, liver cirrhosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, Dupuytren's contracture, keloids, chronic kidney disease, chronic graft rejection, and other scarring/wound healing abnormalities, post operative adhesions, and reactive fibrosis. The invention also relates to methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of this invention to treat fibrotic conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Robert B. ZURIER, Enrico SELVI
  • Publication number: 20180117000
    Abstract: This invention provides a new energy-metabolic activating agent for muscle cells and provides compounds that are widely used in foods and drinks and in medicines and in quasi-drugs or the like. The technical features of this invention are as follows: (1) A sugar transporter (GLUT4) gene-expression promoting agent, including at least one active substance selected from the following: 5-hydroxy-3,7-dimethoxyflavone; techtochrysin; 3,7,4?-trimethylkaempferol; retusine; pentamethylquercetin; trimethylapigenin; tetramethylkaempferol; and 5,7-dimethoxyflavone, (2) A sugar transporter (GLUT4) gene-expression promoting agent, including at least one active substance selected from either techtochrysin or 5,7-dimethoxyflavone, and (3) A sugar transporter (GLUT4) gene-expression promoting agent within the muscle cells that includes any one of the chemical compounds shown in the following chemical formula 1. (Of such formula 1, R1 and R2, respectively, mean an alkyl group with hydrogen or with 1˜3-carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kazuya TODA, Shogo TAKEDA, Hiroshi SHIMODA, Hiromichi MURAI
  • Publication number: 20180117001
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide novel composition and agent for promoting the production of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and a novel method for promoting the production of BDNF. The present invention provides a composition for promoting the production of BDNF and an agent for promoting the production of BDNF, each comprising cacao polyphenols. The present invention also provides a method for promoting the production of BDNF, comprising feeding cacao polyphenols in a daily intake which is effective in promoting the production of BDNF for at least 2 weeks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Midori Natsume, Yukio Ohshiba, Taketo Yamaji, Hiroyuki Ito, Toshihiko Osawa
  • Publication number: 20180117002
    Abstract: Provided herein are compounds and methods for the treatment of brain cancer in a mammal, wherein the method comprises the administration to the mammal a compound that stabilizes tubulin dimers or microtubles at G2-M interface during mitosis but is not a substrate for MDR protein. In particular, the present application relates to the use of an orally effective abeo-taxane, alone or in combination with temozolomide or bevacizumab, for the treatment of brain cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Tapestry Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. McChesney, Gilles H. Tapolsky, David L. Emerson, John Marshall, Michael Kurman, Manuel Modiano
  • Publication number: 20180117003
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for preventing or treating fatty liver, protecting liver function or ameliorating liver diseases caused by fatty liver or other associated disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: SINEW PHARMA INC.
    Inventors: Oliver Yoa-Pu HU, Hsin-Tien HO, Yung-En WU, Hsi-Hui TANG
  • Publication number: 20180117004
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and kits for the selective ablation of pain-sensing neurons. The methods comprise administration of a vanilloid receptor agonist to a ganglion in an amount that causes death of vanilloid receptor-bearing neurons. Accordingly, the present invention provides methods of controlling pain and inflammatory disorders that involve activation of vanilloid receptor-bearing neurons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Michael J. Iadarola, Zoltan Olah, Laszlo Karai
  • Publication number: 20180117005
    Abstract: The invention described herein relates to compositions for treating cancer in a patient, or a tumor cell, by administering an effective amount of AMD3100 over a period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Patrick Reeves, Mark C. Poznansky
  • Publication number: 20180117006
    Abstract: The invention described herein relates to methods and compositions for treating cancer in a patient, or a tumor cell, by administering an effective amount of an anti-fugetactic agent and an immunotherapy agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Mark C. Poznansky, Patrick Reeves
  • Publication number: 20180117007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composition comprising an indirubin derivative for stimulating longitudinal bone growth. Because the composition for stimulating longitudinal bone growth according to the present invention is shown to be effective in longitudinal bone growth, it may be used not only as a composition for stimulating longitudinal bone growth, but also as a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing short stature, microplasia, dwarfism, or precocious puberty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Kang-Yell Choi, Hyun Yi Kim, Sehee Choi
  • Publication number: 20180117008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for producing particles of indomethacin using dry milling processes as well as compositions comprising indomethacin, medicaments produced using indomethacin in particulate form and/or compositions, and to methods of treatment of an animal, including man, using a therapeutically effective amount of indomethacin administered by way of said medicaments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron Dodd, Felix Meiser, Marck Norret, Adrian Russell, H. William Bosch
  • Publication number: 20180117009
    Abstract: Disclosed are novel pharmaceutical compositions containing 3?-[(2Z)-[1-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-1,5-dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-4H-pyrazol-4-ylidene]hydrazinol]-2?-hydroxy-[1,1?-biphenyl]-3-carboxylic acid bis-(monoethanolamine) (eltrombopag olamine) and processes for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Shivakumar Kapsi, Francis X. Muller
  • Publication number: 20180117010
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of cancer or an autoimmune disorder, comprising the administration of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase (SHMT) inhibitor, and in particular the administration of pyrazolopyran compounds of Formula (VI) as presently described, wherein the compounds are capable of inhibiting a mammalian SHMT, such as human SHMT1 and/or SHMT2. The treatment method further comprises the optional administration of an additional agent as a rescue therapy to reduce toxicity, wherein said agent may be chosen from formate, a formate salt, folinic acid, formate ester, or leucovorin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Joshua D. RABINOWITZ, Hahn KIM, Gregory S. DUCKER, Jonathan M. GHERGUROVICH
  • Publication number: 20180117011
    Abstract: A novel combination comprising an androgen receptor inhibitor, for example: 4-(3-(4-Cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-5,5-dimethyl-4-oxo-2-thioxoimidazolidin-1-yl)-2-fluoro-N-methylbenzamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an AKT inhibiting compound, for example: N-{(1S)-2-amino-1-[(3-fluorophenyl)methyl]ethyl}-5-chloro-4-(4-chloro-1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and optional additional antineoplastic agents; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and methods of using such combinations and compositions in the treatment of conditions in which androgen receptor inhibition and/or AKT inhibition is beneficial, e.g., cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Rakesh KUMAR, Shannon Renae MORRIS, Mark J. CORNFELD
  • Publication number: 20180117012
    Abstract: Aspects of the invention include methods of managing pain in a subject by applying a transdermal delivery device containing a dexmedetomidine composition formulated to deliver a pain relieving effective amount of dexmedetomidine to a subject. In practicing methods according to certain embodiments, a transdermal delivery device having a dexmedetomidine composition is applied to a subject and is maintained in contact with the subject in a manner sufficient to deliver an amount of dexmedetomidine effective to manage pain in the subject. In some embodiments, methods include hydrating the subject, such as by administering a hydration fluid composition to the subject. Methods according to certain embodiments may also include co-administering an opioid to the subject. Also provided is a transdermal delivery device configured to deliver dexmedetomidine sufficient for practicing the subject methods, as well as kits containing the transdermal delivery device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Jutaro Shudo, Wan-Ning Song, Rose Marie Gonsalves, Stephen Shipping Hwang
  • Publication number: 20180117013
    Abstract: This invention describes the use of indane acetic acid derivatives which are dual PPAR delta/gamma agonists for the treatment of liver diseases including one or more of the following: NAFLD (Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease), NASH (Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis), Farber's Disease, ACLF (Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure), CLF (Chronic Liver Failure), POLT-HCV-SVR (Post-Orthotopic Liver Transplant due to Hepatitis C Virus infection after Sustained Viral Response following anti-HCV therapy), Alagille syndrome, PFIC (Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis), PBC (Primary Biliary Cirrhosis), Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, ADPCLD (Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease), Treatment of liver transplant patients with reestablished fibrosis, CESD (Cholesteryl Ester Storage Disease), SHTG (Severe Hypertriglyceridemia), HoFH (Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia), HE (Hepatic Encephalopathy), or Alcoholic Liver Disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: T3D Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventor: John Robert DIDSBURY
  • Publication number: 20180117014
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of inhibiting LTA4-h in a human patient and method of treating a condition ameliorated by the inhibition of leukotriene A4 hydrolase activity in a human patient comprising administering to said human patient the compound, 4-{5-[4-(4-Oxazol-2-yl-phenoxy)-benzyl]-2,5-diaza-bicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ylmethyl}-benzoic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Eric B. Springman, Margaret McCrann Pugh, Lopa Bhatt, Ralph Grosswald
  • Publication number: 20180117015
    Abstract: Methods for targeting adaptive responses to chemotherapy are described. In various embodiments, a method comprises administering at least one compound that inhibits S6K1, mTORC1 or upstream or downstream pathway components of S6K1 or mTORC1, in association with administration of at least one inhibitor of PPAR?, PPAR?, or PGC1?. In various embodiments, the compound that inhibits S6K1, mTORC1, or upstream or downstream pathway components of S6K1 or mTORC1 is rapamycin, everolimus, temsirolimus, or imatinib. The inhibitor of PPAR?, PPAR?, or PGC1? can be an antagonist or an inverse agonist selected from GW6471, GSK3787, GSK0660, and ST247.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: David Plas, Catherine Behrmann
  • Publication number: 20180117016
    Abstract: Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an active pharmaceutical ingredient, a high viscosity liquid carrier material, a hydrophobic solvent, and a hydrophilic solvent are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing and using the compositions. The compositions are suitable for use, e.g., as depot formulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicants: DURECT CORPORATION, SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wilma TAMRAZ, Huey-Ching SU, WeiQi LIN, Kazuhito YAMADA, Naoki MATSUMOTO, Sreenivasu MUDUMBA, Komei OKABE
  • Publication number: 20180117017
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods for preventing, reducing or reversing acute and/or chronic autonomic damage by the suppression of pro-inflammatory cytokines in a subject in need thereof, which methods comprise administering to said subject an effective amount of an antibiotic; polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acid; and oleic acid; providing VNS (vagal nerve stimulation) to the subject; and placing said subject on an intermittent fasting regimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Patrick M. Nemechek
  • Publication number: 20180117018
    Abstract: The present invention concerns the use of castanospermine or other alpha-glucosidase inhibitors for the treatment or prevention of Zika virus infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing Zika virus infection by administering an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (e.g., an alpha-glucosidase I inhibitor) to a subject in need thereof; methods for inhibiting a Zika virus infection in a cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing Zika virus infection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: ERIC HOLMES, GARY OSTRANDER
  • Publication number: 20180117019
    Abstract: Sprayable aqueous pharmaceutical compositions containing granisetron or a pharmaceutically salt thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable inactive ingredients, including tonicity agents, preservatives, and water soluble polymers with bioadhesive properties and/or capable of changing the rheological behavior in relation to ions, pH and temperature. The compositions are intranasally administered to a subject in need thereof in the rapid management and or prevention of nausea and/or vomiting induced by cytotoxic chemotherapy, radiation, or surgery. The composition has the advantages of rapid absorption and onset of action, prolonged drug plasma concentration and pharmacological effects comparable to intravenous infusion, as well as reduced nasal stinging sensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Yanfeng Wang, Benjamin TakKwong Lee, Johnson Yiu Nam LAU
  • Publication number: 20180117020
    Abstract: The present invention provides, inter alia, a composition containing a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, optionally, in combination with at least one immune checkpoint inhibitor compound. Kits containing the composition, and methods of using the composition for ameliorating or treating the effects of a disease such as a cancer, in a subject, are also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Saurabh Saha, Linping Zhang, Xiaoyan Michelle Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180117021
    Abstract: A compound of the following formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 and R2 are independently H; R3 is selected from H, a C1-C7 straight-chain, and a branched or cyclic alkyl; and R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are each independently selected from C1-C7 alkyl, halo C1-C7 alkyl and the like. Also provided is a method for preparing the compound, pharmaceutical compositions including the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and uses of the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a medicine for inhibiting HIF prolyl hydroxylase or a medicine for promoting the generation of endogenous EPO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Yunlong ZHOU, Suixiong CAI, Guangfeng WANG, Lingling JIAO, Ping MIN, Yu JING, Ming GUO
  • Publication number: 20180117022
    Abstract: This disclosure concerns novel demethylpenclomedine analogs. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for using such compositions to treat hyperproliferative disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: Dekk-Tec, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Roy Morgan
  • Publication number: 20180117023
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of animal health. In particular, the invention relates to an oral solid dosage form comprising, as pharmaceutically active compounds, amlodipine. The invention relates to an oral solid dosage forms comprising an amlodipine besylate according to a particular posology for the treatment of hypertension in non-human mammal animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Romain CHARLES, Rosita GARCIA
  • Publication number: 20180117024
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting or preventing preterm birth, inhibiting or delaying cervical ripening, inhibiting myometrial contractility and treating or inhibiting uterine contractility disorders. The methods comprise administering an effective amount of a composition comprising steroid hormones such as soluble progesterone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Garfield, Shao-Qing Shi, Leili Shi
  • Publication number: 20180117025
    Abstract: It is intended to provide a medicament and a method for treating cancer comprising a compound having MDM2 inhibiting activity and a compound having BTK inhibiting activity in combination. The present invention provides a medicament comprising (3?R,4?S,5?R)-N-[(3R,6S)-6-carbamoyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-3-yl]-6?-chloro-4?-(2-chloro-3-fluoropyridin-4-yl)-4,4-dimethyl-2?-oxo-1?,2?-dihydrodispiro[cyclohexane-1,2?-pyrrolidine-3?,3?-indole]-5?-carboxamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and ibrutinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination, and a treatment method using these compounds or salts in combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Takahiko SEKI
  • Publication number: 20180117026
    Abstract: The invention provides combination therapy using enantiopure deuterium-enriched pioglitazone, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, diabetes, fibrotic disorders, and other disorders using the combination therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Sheila DeWitt, Vincent Jacques, Leonardus H.T. van der Ploeg
  • Publication number: 20180117027
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of substance P antagonists and, in particular, the use of non-peptidic NK1 receptor antagonists for the treatment of cancer and, more specifically, human melanoma, neuroblastoma, glioma, human Hodgkin's lymphoma KM-H2, lymphoblastic leukemia, human rhabdomyosarcoma, human breast carcinoma, human Burkitt's lymphoma, human lung carcinoma, human Ewing's sarcoma, human glioma and human osteosarcoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: NK-1 IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Miguel MUÑOZ SÁEZ
  • Publication number: 20180117028
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating disorders of the nail and nail bed. Such compositions contain a vehicle in which all components of the composition are dissolved, suspended, dispersed, or emulsified, a non-volatile solvent, a wetting agent, and a pharmaceutically active ingredient that is soluble in the non-volatile solvent and/or a mixture of the vehicle and the non-volatile solvent, and which composition is effective in treating a disorder of the nail or nail bed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Gareth Winckle, Gregory T. Fieldson
  • Publication number: 20180117029
    Abstract: Methods for treating cancer in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pyrimidine synthesis inhibitor and a genotoxic chemotherapeutic agent. In some embodiments, the cancer is triple negative breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Toker, Kristin K. Brown
  • Publication number: 20180117030
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to compositions and methods of treating neoplastic diseases or cancers, such as glioblastoma and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, or other cancers in which the subject suffers from an advanced solid tumor, comprising a combination of, or administering a combination of, a bromodomain and extra-terminal protein (BET) inhibitor and at least one chemotherapeutic agent, which does not inhibit BET directly. The BET inhibitor/chemotherapeutic agent combination, or combination therapy, can yield synergistic effects, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the cancer treatment as compared with the administration of either the BET inhibitor or the chemotherapeutic agent alone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Cho, Jeffrey Alan Stafford
  • Publication number: 20180117031
    Abstract: The present invention includes methods for treating a FLT3 mutated proliferative disorder comprising: measuring expression of a mutated FLT3 and one or more genetic abnormalities in a sample obtained from a tumor sample obtained from the patient, wherein the presence of the one or more genetic abnormalities indicates that the patient has a poor prognosis; and administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the crenolanib increases a chance of survival of the patient having both the mutated FLT3 and the one or more genetic abnormalities, wherein the crenolanib, as shown below, is administered to a subject suffering from said disorder:
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Vinay K. Jain
  • Publication number: 20180117032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula II wherein X, Y, R2, R3, R4 and Ar are all as defined herein. The compounds of the present invention are known to inhibit the spindle checkpoint function of Monospindle 1 (Mps1—also known as TTK) kinases either directly or indirectly via interaction with the Mps1 kinase itself. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of these compounds as therapeutic agents for the treatment and/or prevention of proliferative diseases, such as cancer. The present invention also relates to processes for the preparation of these compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Swen Hoelder, Julian Blagg, Kwai-Ming Jack Cheung, Butrus Atrash, Peter Sheldrake
  • Publication number: 20180117033
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for treatment of conditions affecting skin and/or mucosal surfaces of a subject that make use of an imidazoquinoline compound and a retinoid agent are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: J. Mark JACKSON
  • Publication number: 20180117034
    Abstract: Combination therapies for treating cancer comprising administration of a topoisomerase-1 inhibitor and a PARP inhibitor are provided. The topoisomerase-1 inhibitor can be delivered as a liposomal formulation that provides for prolonged accumulation of the topoisomerase-1 inhibitor within a tumor relative to outside of the tumor. Therapeutic benefit can thereby be obtained by delaying the administration of the PARP inhibitor after each administration of a liposomal irinotecan formulation until the accumulation of the topoisomerase inhibitor in the tumor is sufficiently greater than outside the tumor to result in increased efficacy of the PARP inhibitor and topoisomerase inhibitor within the tumor, while reducing the peripheral toxicity of the combination therapy. The therapies disclosed herein are useful in the treatment of human cancers with solid tumors, including cervical cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Sarah F. Blanchette, Daryl C. Drummond, Jonathan Basil Fitzgerald, Victor Moyo
  • Publication number: 20180117035
    Abstract: A method for the treatment and/or prevention of pain which comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of 1-(3-4(((1R,3S,5S)-adamantan-1-yl)(phenyl)methyl)propyl)-4-methylpiperazine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof (“AV1066”), with reference to visceral and neuropathic pain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Christopher U. Missling
  • Publication number: 20180117036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an oral pharmaceutical composition for increasing hypoxia tolerance, characterized in that the pharmaceutical composition comprises active ingredient L-carnitine or derivative thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, active ingredient trimetazidine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable auxiliary material, and 100:1 is the weight ratio of L-carnitine or derivative thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and trimetazidine or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Hebing XIE, Qingyi LI, Shuhua GU, Weihong LV
  • Publication number: 20180117037
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for treating patients afflicted with non-aggressive or moderately aggressive amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) whose rate of change of the revised Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Functional Rating Scale (ALSFRS-R) prior to treatment initiation is <1.1 points per month, the method including administering a tyrosine kinase inhibitor or mast cell inhibitor, in particular masitinib, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, optionally in combination with at least one pharmaceutically active ingredient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Alain MOUSSY, Jean-Pierre KINET, Colin MANSFIELD
  • Publication number: 20180117038
    Abstract: Methods are provided herein for selectively killing senescent cells and for treating senescence-associated diseases and disorders by administering a senolytic agent. Senescence-associated diseases and disorders treatable by the methods using the senolytic agents described herein include cardiovascular diseases and disorders associated with or caused by arteriosclerosis, such as atherosclerosis; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; osteoarthritis; senescence-associated ophthalmic diseases and disorders; and senescence-associated dermatological diseases and disorders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Remi-Martin Laberge, Judith Campisi, Marco Demaria, Nathaniel David, Alain Philippe Vasserot, James L. Kirkland, Tamar Tchkonia, Yi Zhu
  • Publication number: 20180117039
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method of treating pulmonary disorders, such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, using a combination of a PDGF receptor kinase inhibitor, PDEV inhibitor, and an endothelin receptor antagonist. The compounds can inhibit cell growth and proliferation and target the underlying pathology of PAH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventor: Lawrence S. Zisman
  • Publication number: 20180117040
    Abstract: Provided are substituted benzaldehydes and derivatives thereof that act as allosteric modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the modulators, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediate by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from increased tissue oxygenation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Brian Metcalf, Chihyuan Chuang