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Methods for predicting drug responsiveness in cancer patients

a cancer patient and drug responsiveness technology, applied in the field of cancer patient drug responsiveness prediction, can solve the problems of cancer cells often developing resistance to a previously effective therapy, often lost critical time, etc., and achieve the effects of reducing tumor mass, reducing cell growth, and reducing growth

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-04-12
ALLARITY THERAPEUTICS EURO APS
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The patent describes methods for detecting a biomarker in a patient with cancer, specifically prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, or HCC, to determine if they are resistant to treatment with irofulven. The biomarker can be detected by contacting a sample from the patient with a device that can detect the expression of the biomarker. The method can also involve administering irofulven to the patient if they are determined to be resistant to other cancer therapies. The patent also includes a list of cancer types that can be diagnosed or treated using the methods.

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During cancer treatment, critical time is often lost due to a trial and error approach to finding an effective therapy.
In addition, cancer cells often develop resistance to a previously effective therapy.

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ation of Biomarkers of Sensitivity and Resistance to Irofulven Using Affymetrix HG-U133A Arrays

[0126]DNA chip measurements of the 60 cancer cell lines of the NCI60 data set were performed using Affymetrix HG-U133A arrays and logit normalized. For each array, the logit transformation was performed followed by a Z-transformation to mean zero and SD 1, and correlated to growth inhibition (log(GI50)). Growth inhibition data of irofulven against the same cell lines were downloaded from the National Cancer Institute. Each gene's expression in each cell line was correlated to the growth of those cell lines (log(GI50)) in the presence of irofulven. The Pearson correlation coefficient was then determined to identify genes positively and negatively correlated to sensitivity to irofulven. Tables 1 and 2 show the top positively correlated genes (the biomarkers of sensitivity) and negatively correlated genes (the biomarkers of resistance) using the Affymetrix HG-U133A arrays.

TABLE 1Biomarkers of...

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ation of Biomarkers of Sensitivity and Resistance to Irofulven Using Affymetrix HG-U133_Plus_2 Arrays

[0127]DNA chip measurements of the 60 cancer cell lines of the NCI60 data set were also performed using HG-U133_Plus_2 arrays and logit normalized. For each array, the logit transformation was performed followed by a Z-transformation to mean zero and SD 1, and correlated to growth inhibition (log(GI50)). Growth inhibition data of irofulven against the same cell lines were downloaded from the National Cancer Institute. Each gene's expression in each cell line was correlated to the growth of those cell lines (log(GI50)) in the presence of irofulven. The Pearson correlation coefficient was then determined to identify genes positively and negatively correlated to sensitivity to irofulven. Tables 3 and 4 show the top positively correlated genes (the biomarkers of sensitivity) and negatively correlated genes (the biomarkers of resistance) using the Affymetrix HG-U133_Plus_2 arrays. The Aff...

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g Responsiveness to Irofulven in Various Cancer Patient Populations

[0128]An mRNA-based predictor of responsiveness to irofulven developed according to the methods of the invention was applied to 3,522 patients having a variety of cancers. Each patient had a pre-treatment measurement of gene expression with an Affymetrix array. The predicted irofulven sensitivity of each patient was calculated as the difference between the mean of the expression levels of the biomarkers of sensitivity and the mean of the expression levels of the biomarkers of resistance for the patient. When the patients were grouped by cancer types, and cancer types predicted to be more responsive to irofulven were identified (FIG. 1).

[0129]Of 27 different cancer types, solid tumor cancers were predicted to be more responsive to irofulven treatment than hematological cancers. In particular, patients with prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), breast cancer, cervical cancer, renal cell carci...

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Abstract

The present invention features methods, devices, and kits for detecting expression in a patient having cancer or determining responsive of a patient having cancer to a treatment, such as irofulven. The invention further includes methods of treating a patient having cancer by administering, e.g., irofulven.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention features methods to detect the expression levels of genes encoding biomarkers in cancer patients and to predict the responsiveness of cancer patients to irofulven.BACKGROUND[0002]DNA microarrays have been used to measure gene expression in samples from patients and to facilitate diagnosis of disease. Gene expression can reveal the presence of cancer in a patient in addition to the type, stage, and origin of the cancer. Gene expression may even have a role in predicting the efficacy of cancer therapies. In recent decades, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has tested cancer therapeutics for their effect in limiting the growth of 60 human cancer cell lines. The NCI has also measured gene expression in those 60 cancer cell lines using DNA microarrays. Various studies have explored the relationship between gene expression and therapeutic effect using the NCI datasets.[0003]During cancer treatment, critical time is often lost due to a trial and ...

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IPC IPC(8): C12Q1/68A61K45/06A61K31/122A61K9/00
CPCC12Q2600/156C12Q2600/158C12Q1/6886A61K45/06A61K31/122A61K9/0019C12Q2600/106A61K2300/00
Inventor KNUDSEN, STEEN
Owner ALLARITY THERAPEUTICS EURO APS
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