Phosphorus Is Part Of A Ring Patents (Class 514/105)
  • Patent number: 8969325
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X1, L, Rx, Ry, G, Z, A, m, n, and p are as defined in the specification. Compositions comprising such compounds and methods for treating conditions and disorders using such compounds and compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: AbbVie Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Dart, Philip R. Kym, Eric A. Voight, Anurupa Shrestha, Jerome F. Daanen, Tammie K. Jinkerson, Ryan G. Keddy, Sridhar Peddi, Arthur Gomtsyan, Michael E. Kort, Gregory A. Gfesser, Kevin R. Woller, Derek W. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20140243293
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for compositions for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases comprising one or more isolated phosphate complexes of platinum and methods of uses thereof for treating neurodegenerative diseases including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, epilepsy, Parkinsons, Huntington's disease and diabetes associated peripheral neuropathy The present disclosure is also directed towards an anti-angiogenic composition useful for inhibiting angiogenesis related to age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and tumor-associated angiogenesis. An embodiment of the present disclosure is also directed towards a method for modulating the expression of Pigment Epithelial Derived Factor (PEDF) gene in an individual in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: University of Houston
    Inventors: Rathindra N. Bose, Shadi Moghaddas, Homa Dezvareh
  • Publication number: 20140194391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixed calcium/sodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate, methods of preparing and methods of use. The mixed calcium/sodium salt may be a monocalcium tetrasodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate. Methods of use include administering the above salts in an effective amount to treat diseases caused by hypoxia or other conditions associated with inadequate function of the lungs or circulatory system, such as various types of cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicants: Universite de Strasbourg, NormOxys, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Claude Nicolau, Jean-Marie Lehn, Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Ruth Greferath
  • Patent number: 8772268
    Abstract: Bisphosphonamidate prodrugs of therapeutic bisphosphonate compounds and uses thereof to treat diseases are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Caren Laura Freel Meyers, Marie Webster
  • Publication number: 20140179635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to various salts of inositol tripyrophosphate including the calcium, lithium, beryllium, magnesium, potassium, strontium, barium, rubidium and cesium salts of inositol tripyrophosphate, compositions comprising these salts, methods of making the various salts, and methods of use of the above salts. Methods of use include administering the above salts in an effective amount in individuals for the treatment of various types of cancers, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: NormOxys, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude Nicolau, Jean-Marie Lehn
  • Publication number: 20140170127
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds, compositions thereof, and methods capable of delivering modified inositol hexaphospahte (IHP) comprising an internal pyrophosphate ring to the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to compounds, compositions thereof, and methods that enhance the ability of mammalian red blood cells to deliver oxygen, by delivering IHP to the cytoplasm of the red blood cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Yves Claude NICOLAU, Jean-Marie LEHN, Konstantina C. FYLAKTAKIDOU, Ruth GREFERATH
  • Publication number: 20140171394
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to polyphosphorylated and pyrophosphate derivatives of cyclitols. More particularly, the invention relates to polyphosphorylated and pyrophosphate derivatives of inositols. The invention also relates to compositions of the polyphosphorylated and pyrophosphate derivatives of inositol and other similar, more lipophilic derivatives, and their use as allosteric effectors, cell-signaling molecule analogs, and therapeutic agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: Universite de Strasbourg, NormOxys, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Lehn, Srinivasu Pothukanuri, Alexandros Koumbis, Carolina Duarte, Claude Nicolau
  • Publication number: 20140142052
    Abstract: The present invention provides phosphorylated and pyrophosphate derivatives of polyols, and structural derivatives of these compounds, and provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein have various biological activities, including for example, as allosteric effectors of hemoglobin and/or as kinase inhibitors. The present invention further provides methods for therapy in human or mammalian patients, and methods for synthesis of biologically active compounds and their intermediates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: NormOxys, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marie Lehn, Yves Claude Nicolau, Srinivasu Pothukanuri, Adam Brockman, John Hey, Jeremy Yu
  • Patent number: 8669246
    Abstract: A substituted amide compound is useful as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, in particular a pharmaceutical composition for treating diseases caused by lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The compound is of a formula: In this formula, A is an optionally substituted aryl, etc.; B is an optionally substituted 5-membered aromatic hetero ring group; X is a single bond or —(CRX1RX2)n—; n is 1, 2, 3, or 4; RX1 and RX2 are hydrogen, etc.; Y1 to Y5 are each CRY or N; each RY is hydrogen, etc.; R1 and R2 are hydrogen, etc.; m is 1, 2, or 3; R3 is hydrogen, etc.; and R4 is an optionally substituted lower alkyl, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Astellas Pharma Inc.
    Inventors: Eiji Kawaminami, Tatsuhisa Takahashi, Takatoshi Kanayama, Yuta Fukuda, Hiroyuki Kaizawa, Yutaka Kondoh, Ryushi Seo, Kazuyuki Kuramoto, Kazuhiko Take, Kazuyuki Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20130090311
    Abstract: Bisphosphonamidate prodrugs of therapeutic bisphosphonate compounds and uses thereof to treat diseases are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Caren Laura Freel Meyers, Marie Webster
  • Publication number: 20130064902
    Abstract: Stable monomeric phosphaplatins, namely, (pyrophosphato)platinum(II) or platinum(IV) complexes containing a cis-cyclohexanediamine ligand or enantiomerically enriched or enantiopure trans-cyclohexanediamine ligands, and synthesis of these complexes, are provided. Efficacies and toxicities of the phosphaplatin compounds are determined toward a variety of cancers, including sensitive and resistant ovarian cancers, head and neck, and colon cancers. Compositions comprising the platinum complexes, and methods for treatment of proliferative diseases or disorders by means of the complexes or the compositions comprising them are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: OHIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Rathindra N. Bose
  • Publication number: 20130059820
    Abstract: The present invention comprises compounds, compositions thereof, and methods capable of delivering modified inositol hexaphosphate (IHP) comprising an internal pyrophosphate ring to the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to compounds, compositions thereof, and methods that enhance the ability of mammalian red blood cells to deliver oxygen, by delivering IHP to the cytoplasm of the red blood cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: NORMOXYS, INC.
    Inventors: Yves Claude NICOLAU, Jean-Marie LEHN, Konstantina FYLAKTAKIDOU, Ruth GREFERATH
  • Patent number: 8383679
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel crystal form of calcium 3-acetylaminopropane-1-sulfonate, to a process for the preparation thereof, and to the use thereof in medicaments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
    Inventors: Antje Ernst, Clemens Kuehn, Matthias Bartels, Christoph Saal, Nathalie Bosc
  • Patent number: 8232261
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reducing phytotoxicity or plant injury at a crop plant locus caused by a herbicide application at the locus which method includes applying to the crop plant locus a chloronicotinyl insecticide before the herbicide application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventor: Michael R. Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20120094961
    Abstract: The present invention relates to various salts of inositol tripyrophosphate including the calcium, lithium, beryllium, magnesium, potassium, strontium, barium, rubidium and cesium salts of inositol tripyrophosphate, compositions comprising these salts, methods of making the various salts, and methods of use of the above salts. Methods of use include administering the above salts in an effective amount in individuals for the treatment of various types of cancers, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: Normoxys, Inc.
    Inventors: Claude NICOLAU, Jean-Marie Lehn
  • Publication number: 20120035137
    Abstract: Inositol-tripyrophosphate is an allosteric effector of hemoglobin due to its ability to cross the plasma membrane of red blood cells and deliver oxygen to solid tumors, by lowering the oxygen affinity of the hemoglobin of red blood cells. The present invention is directed to the use of inositol-tripyrophosphate to reduce hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen in circulating red blood cells. The present invention is further directed to the use of inositol-tripyrophosphate to inhibit angiogenesis and enhance radiation sensitivity of hypoxic tumors. The present invention is further directed to the use of inositol-tripyrophosphate for the treatment of various types of cancers, Alzheimer's disease, stroke and osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Jean-Marie Lehn, Claude Nicolau, Ruth Greferath
  • Publication number: 20120010174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixed calcium/sodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate, methods of preparing and methods of use. The mixed calcium/sodium salt may be a monocalcium tetrasodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate. Methods of use include administering the above salts in an effective amount to treat diseases caused by hypoxia or other conditions associated with inadequate function of the lungs or circulatory system, such as various types of cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Normoxys, Inc.
    Inventors: Yves Claude NICOLAU, Jean-Marie Lehn, Konstantina C. Flyaktakidou, Ruth Greferath
  • Publication number: 20120003161
    Abstract: Inositol-tripyrophosphate is an allosteric effector of hemoglobin due to its ability to cross the plasma membrane of red blood cells and deliver oxygen to solid tumors, by lowering the oxygen affinity of the hemoglobin of red blood cells. The present invention is directed to the use of inositol-tripyrophosphate to reduce hemoglobin's affinity for oxygen in circulating red blood cells. The present invention is further directed to the use of inositol-tripyrophosphate to inhibit angiogenesis and enhance radiation sensitivity of hypoxic tumors. The present invention is further directed to the use of inositol-tripyrophosphate to enhance PO2 in hypoxic tumors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: NORMOXYS, INC.
    Inventors: Claude Nicolau, Ruth Greferath, Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Jean-Marie Lehn
  • Patent number: 8026247
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and their use in the treatment of the animal or human body, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula I and to the use of a compound of formula I for the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions for use in the treatment of protein kinase dependent diseases, especially of proliferative diseases, such as in particular tumour diseases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Novartis AG
    Inventors: Guido Bold, Hans-Georg Capraro, Giorgio Caravatti, Andreas Floersheimer, Pascal Furet, Paul W. Manley, Andrea Vaupel
  • Publication number: 20100267674
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixed calcium/sodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate, methods of preparing and methods of use. The mixed calcium/sodium salt may be a monocalcium tetrasodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate. Methods of use include administering the above salts in an effective amount to treat diseases caused by hypoxia or other conditions associated with inadequate function of the lungs or circulatory system, such as various types of cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicants: NORMOXYS, INC., UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG
    Inventors: Yves Claude Nicolau, Jean-Marie Lehn, Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Ruth Greferath
  • Publication number: 20100233293
    Abstract: The present invention provides phosphaplatins, stable isolated monomeric phosphato complexes of platinum (II) and (IV), and methods of use thereof for treating cancers, including cisplatin- and carboplatin-resistant cancers. Unlike cisplatin, these complexes do not readily undergo hydrolysis and are quite soluble and stable in aqueous solutions. Moreover, these complexes—unlike cisplatin, carboplatin, and related platinum-based anti-cancer agents—do not bind DNA. Rather, data suggests that phosphaplatins trigger overexpression of fas and fas-related transcription factors and some proapoptotic genes such as Bak and Bax. Nevertheless, the complexes exhibit tremendous cytotoxicity towards cancer cells. Thus, the present invention provides novel platinum anticancer agents that have a different molecular target than those in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: OHIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventor: Rathindra N. Bose
  • Publication number: 20100173871
    Abstract: A method for treating inflammatory diseases through an anti-inflammatory type activation of monocytes, the method includes the administration to a patient in need thereof of an effective quantity of at least one dendrimer with mono- or biphosphonic terminations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Mary Poupot, Remy Poupot, Jean-Jacques Fournie, Damien Portevin, Severine Fruchon, Jean-Luc Davignon, Cedric-Olivier Davignon, Anne-Marie Caminade, Jean-Pierre Majoral, Oliver Rolland
  • Patent number: 7705004
    Abstract: Compounds, particularly compounds having spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibition activity, having the following structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is structure (a), (b), (c) or (d): and Ra, Rb, Rc, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 and R7 are as defined herein. Methods associated with preparation and use of the same, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, are also disclosed, as well as uses of the same to treat a condition or disorder mediated by a Syk and/or JAK kinase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Portola Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Yonghong Song, Qing Xu, Anjali Pandey
  • Publication number: 20100081635
    Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae (I), (III), (IV), (VII), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII) and (XIV), wherein the variabables are as defined in the claims, and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Shoujun Chen, Keizo Koya, Zachary Demko, Lijun Sun
  • Publication number: 20100029594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mixed calcium/sodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate, methods of preparing and methods of use. The mixed calcium/sodium salt may be a monocalcium tetrasodium salt of inositol tripyrophosphate. Methods of use include administering the above salts in an effective amount to treat diseases caused by hypoxia or other conditions associated with inadequate function of the lungs or circulatory system, such as various types of cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Yves Claude Nicolau, Jean-Marie Lehn, Konstantina C. Fylaktakidou, Ruth Greferath
  • Patent number: 7550460
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds that inhibit the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades that lead to the release of chemical mediators, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of contexts, including in the treatment and prevention of diseases characterized by, caused by or associated with the release of chemical mediators via degranulation and other processes effected by activation of the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Ankush Argade, Donald Payan, Susan Molineaux, Sacha Holland, Jeffrey Clough, Holger Keim, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Catherine Sylvain, Hui Li, Alexander Rossi
  • Patent number: 7332484
    Abstract: The present invention provides 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds that inhibit the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades that lead to the release of chemical mediators, intermediates and methods of synthesizing the compounds and methods of using the compounds in a variety of contexts, including in the treatment and prevention of diseases characterized by, caused by or associated with the release of chemical mediators via degranulation and other processes effected by activation of the IgE and/or IgG receptor signaling cascades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Rajinder Singh, Ankush Argade, Donald Payan, Susan Molineaux, Sacha J. Holland, Jeffrey Clough, Holger Keim, Somasekhar Bhamidipati, Catherine Sylvain, Hui Li, Alexander B. Rossi
  • Patent number: 6914056
    Abstract: Cyclic glycerophosphates and analogs thereof (CGs) are shown to exert neutral promoting activities in target cells. Such activities include promotion of neuronal outgrowth, promotion of nerve growth, provision of dopaminotrophic supporting envrionment in a diseased portion of the brain, prevention of nerve degeneration and nerve rescue. These activities of the CGs render them useful for treatment of various disorders including but not limited to mental disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, dementia or disorders resulting in learning disablities. In addition, these CGs may be used for the treatment of neurodegenerative conditions such as Altzheimer's diesease, Parkinson's disease, conditions resulting from exposure to harmful environmental factors or resulting from a mechanical injury. The CGs may also be used to treat an individual suffering from a primary neurodengenerative condition in order to prevent or reduce the appearance of secondary degeneration in additional nerves (“nerve rescue”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Meir Shinitzky
  • Patent number: 6872712
    Abstract: Cyclic glycerophosphates as well as some analogs thereof (CGs) are shown to increase phosphorylation of intracellular proteins in various cells. Such activity is not found with linear ? or ? glycerophosphates. The phosphorylating activity of the CGs render them useful in the prevention and treatment of various disorders and diseases such as, for example, different kinds of malignancies as well as disorders involving hormone and hormone-like signaling. The CGs are also useful for promotion of target cell differentiation and for detection of abnormal conditions in target cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Yeda Research and Development Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Meir Shinitzky
  • Patent number: 6844342
    Abstract: The present invention concerns antiviral compounds, their methods of preparation and their compositions, and use in the treatment of viral infections. More particularly, the invention provides heterocyclic substituted 2-methylbenzimidazole derivatives for the treatment of respiratory syncytial virus infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Kuo-Long Yu, Rita L. Civiello, Keith D. Combrink, Hatice Belgin Gulgeze, Ny Sin, Xiangdong Wang, Nicholas Meanwell, Brian Lee Venables, Yi Zhang, Bradley C. Pearc, Zhiwei Yin, Jan Willem Thuring
  • Publication number: 20040204347
    Abstract: This invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating demyelinating disorders based upon inhibitors of the interaction of glutamate with the AMPA and of the interaction of glutamate with the kainate receptor complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Lechoslaw Turski, Terence Smith
  • Publication number: 20030207794
    Abstract: Compounds which are &agr;-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 is a bromine or chlorine atom; R2 is a distamycin or distamycin-like framework as set forth in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; are cytotoxic agents particularly effective in the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system and which are poorly responsive or even resistant to conventional antitumor therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Maria Cristina Geroni, Paolo Cozzi, Italo Beria
  • Publication number: 20030191092
    Abstract: Novel compounds according to formula I 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Publication date: October 9, 2003
    Inventors: Mette Knak Christensen, Lars Kristian Albert Blaehr
  • Publication number: 20030180383
    Abstract: Compounds which are &agr;-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 is a bromine or chlorine atom; R2 is a distamycin or distamycin-like framework as set forth in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; are cytotoxic agents particularly effective in the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system and which are poorly responsive or even resistant to conventional antitumor therapies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: M. Cristina Geroni, Paolo Cozzi, Italo Beria
  • Publication number: 20030180292
    Abstract: The invention discloses compositions, combination therapies and methods of treating B-cell lymphomas and leukemias, as well as other CD40+ malignancies. The primary active agent of the composition is an anti-CD40L antibody or other CD40L antagonist that inhibits CD40-CD40L interaction. Compositions may additionally contain or utilize any one or more of the following in combination for the treatment of said disease: anti-CD20 antibodies, chemotherapeutic agents, chemotherapy cocktails, and radiotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS
    Inventors: Nabil Hanna, Kandasamy Hariharan
  • Patent number: 6620816
    Abstract: This invention provides a method of treating a tumor in a warm-blooded animal, including humans, by administering, in combination, an anti-tumor effective amount of tegafur, uracil, folinic acid or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and cyclophosphamide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    Inventors: Eric P. Winer, Craig A. Bunnell, Jody Ressler-Tatro, Terry S. Dugan
  • Publication number: 20030162695
    Abstract: Glucocorticoid blockers, including glucocorticoid receptor antagonists, are effective to prevent glucocorticoid-induced decrease in permeability of the blood-brain barrier and to increase the permeability of the blood-brain barrier. Administration of glucocorticoid blockers, including glucocorticoid receptor antagonists, concomitant with administration of drugs for treating diseases of the central nervous system increases delivery of such drugs into the central nervous system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Alan F. Schatzberg, Steven Lindley, Joseph K. Belanoff
  • Publication number: 20030157077
    Abstract: The inventors have discovered that hematologic disorders, e.g., both neoplastic (hematologic cancers) and non-neoplastic conditions, can be treated by the induction of mixed chimerism using myeloreductive, but not myeloablative, conditioning. Methods of the invention reduce GVHD, especially GVHD associated with mismatched allogeneic or xenogeneic donor tissue, yet provide, for example, significant graft-versus-leukemia (GVL) effect and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Megan Sykes, Thomas R. Spitzer
  • Publication number: 20030158130
    Abstract: Administration of antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) targeted against the testosterone-repressed prostate message-2 (TRPM-2) gene can reduce the amount of TRPM-2 in renal cell cancer (RCC) cells and other cancer cells, and as a result enhance chemosensitivity of these cells to chemotherapy agents and radiation. Thus, for example, the sensitivity of renal cell cancer cells to a chemotherapeutic agent can be increased by exposing renal cell cancer cells to a chemotherapeutic agent and an agent which reduces the amount of TRPM-2 in the renal cell cancer cells. This provides an improved method for treatment of renal cell cancer, which is generally resistant to treatment with known chemotherapy agents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Martin Gleave, Paul S. Rennie, Hikeaki Miyake, Colleen Nelson, Tobias Zellweger
  • Publication number: 20030147885
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are therapeutic treatment protocols designed for the treatment of B cell lymphoma. These protocols are based upon therapeutic strategies which include the use of administration of immunologically active mouse/human chimeric anti-CD20 antibodies, radiolabeled anti-CD20 antibodies, and cooperative strategies comprising the use of chimeric anti-CD20 antibodies and radiolabeled anti-CD20 antibodies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: IDEC PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darrell R. Anderson, Nabil Hanna, John E. Leonard, Roland A. Newman, Mitchell E. Reff, William H. Rastetter
  • Publication number: 20030105062
    Abstract: Compounds of the structure I: 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Stephen R. Cooper, Kraig M. Yager
  • Publication number: 20030104014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of treatment useful in chronic diseases, by means of the rupture of tolerance to self-antigens and increasing autoimmune response against these antigens. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods useful in the treatment of tumors that are growth dependent on the Epidermal Growth Factor, including non-small cell lung carcinoma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Jose Enrique Montero Casimiro, Rolando Perez Rodriguez, Agustin Bienvenid Lage Davila
  • Publication number: 20030083250
    Abstract: The present invention provides, in one embodiment, methods to treat, prevent the progression of, or facilitate elimination of a malignancy by increasing the supply of red blood cells using erythropoietin in conjunction with administration of an anti-tumor agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Francis Farrell, Oliver Thews, Peter Vaupel
  • Publication number: 20030077282
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to the field of immunology, in particular, to bispecific antibodies. Methods for designing a bispecific antibody for use in treating diseases relating to the immune system are disclosed. Specific examples relate to bispecific antibodies which recognize an activating receptor and an inhibiting receptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Eric Bigler, Holly Marie Cherwinski, Joseph H. Phillips
  • Patent number: 6552089
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method of treating alopecia which is based on the use of a tellurium compound such as ammonium trichloro(dioxoethylene-O,O-tellurate).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Inventors: Benjamin Sredni, Michael Albeck
  • Patent number: 6548488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to therapeutic associations for the treatment of cancer, comprising an effective amount of a camptothecin, or a camptothecin derivative, with an effective amount of an alkylating agent, such as melphalan, dacarbazine, or cyclophosphamide, and methods of using such therapeutic associations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Aventis Pharma S.A.
    Inventor: Marie-Christine Bissery
  • Publication number: 20030068337
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions containing hapten-modified tumor cells and extracts and methods of treating cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition containing a tumor cell or tumor cell extract to a subject in need of such treatment. The tumor cells and extracts of the invention and compositions thereof are capable of eliciting T lymphocytes that have a property of infiltrating a mammalian tumor, eliciting an inflammatory immune response to a mammalian tumor, eliciting a delayed-type hypersensitivity response to a mammalian tumor and/or stimulating T lymphocytes in vitro. The invention also relates to an effective vaccination schedule useful for inducing an antitumor response in a mammalian patient suffering from cancer by inducing at least one of the following: tumor necrosis, tumor regression, tumor inflammation, tumor infiltration by activated T lymphocytes, delayed-type hypersensitivity response, and prolongation of patient survival.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Applicant: Thomas Jefferson University
    Inventor: David Berd
  • Publication number: 20030050250
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of the formula 1
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Jay Cunningham, Gary B. Gordon, George A. Nickols, William F. Westlin, Thomas E. Rogers, Peter G. Ruminski
  • Patent number: 6521606
    Abstract: A compound of the general formula I wherein Y is O or S; n is 1, 2, 3 or 4; X represents hydroxamic acid, carboxylic acid, phosphonic acid, acetylthiomethyl group or a mercaptomethyl group; R1 is wherein E, when present represents, a bond or optionally substituted methylene or ethylene; s and t are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3; A and A′ independently represent a bond, or a saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted cyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon di- or triradical; Z represents a bond, O, S, C(O), C(O)NR7, NR7C(O) or NR7, wherein R7 is hydrogen, hydroxy, branched or straight, saturated or unsaturated, optionally substituted hydrocarbon radical; R5 represents a bond, alkane or alkene diradical, one or more ether diradicals (R—O—R′) or amine diradicals (R—N—R′), wherein R and R′ independently represent alkane or alkene diradicals with a C-content from 0 to 3; R6 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, cyano, nitro,
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Leo Pharmaceutical Products, Ltd. A/S
    Inventors: Morten Dahl Sørensen, Lars Kristian Albert Blæhr, Mette Knak Christensen
  • Patent number: 6514980
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical product comprising a nucleoside analogue active against herpes simplex virus, such as acyclovir/valaciclovir or penciclorivir/famciclovir, and an immunosuppressant, as a combined preparation for simultaneous, separate or sequential use in the treatment and/or prevention of herpes simplex virus infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2003
    Assignee: Novartis International Pharmaceutical Ltd.
    Inventor: Malcolm Richard Boyd