61 results about "Epothilone" patented technology

The present invention is directed to conjugated compounds comprising a folate, or an analog or derivative thereof, and an aziridinyl epothilone analog, as further described herein, and / or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and / or solvates thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer or other folate-receptor associated conditions.

Biomarkers that are useful for identifying a mammal that will respond therapeutically or is responding therapeutically to a method of treating cancer that comprises administering a microtubule-stabilizing agent. In one aspect, the cancer is breast cancer, and the microtubule-stabilizing agent is an epothilone or analog or derivative thereof, or ixabepilone.

A process for formulating certain epothilone analogs for parenteral administration is disclosed wherein the analog is dissolved in a mixture of at least 50% by volume tertiary-butanol in water, the mixture is lyophilized, the resulting lyophilized product is packaged in one vial with a sufficient amount of solvent comprising anhydrous ethanol and a suitable nonionic surfactant in a second vial. All steps are carried out with protection from light. In use, the contents of the second or diluent vial are added to the lyophilized product and mixed to constitute the epothilone analog and the resulting solution is diluted with a suitable diluent to produce a solution for intravenous injection containing the epothilone analog in a concentration of from about 0.1 mg / mL to about 0.9 mg / mL. A preferred surfactant is polyethoxylated castor oil and a preferred diluent is Lactated Ringer's Injection.

Epothilone resistant cells lines are disclosed. The invention also discloses methods for identifying substances which are cytotoxic to epothilone resistant cells or which are chemosensitizers or analogs of epothilone. The invention further discloses methods for identifying epothilone resistant cells and for inhibiting the growth of epothilone resistant cells in vitro and in vivo. The invention also discloses antibodies specific for epothilone resistant cells. Also disclosed is a method to identify microtubule stabilizing agents using the epothilone resistant cell lines disclosed.

The present invention is directed to conjugated compounds comprising a folate, or an analog or derivative thereof, and an aziridinyl epothilone analog, as further described herein, and / or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and / or solvates thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer or other folate-receptor associated conditions.

The invention discloses a method for increasing the fermentation yield of epothilone by using the metabolin of competitive microorganism namely rhizopus arrhizus or penicillium decumbens of sorangium cellulosum to induce. The method provided by the invention comprises the following steps of: cultivating the competitive microorganism, and extracting the metabolin of the competitive microorganism; adding the metabolin into a sorangium cellulosum fermentation medium, activating epothilone to produce related regulator genes inside the strain by using the stimulation of the external additive, and further stimulating the synthesis of epothilone. Detection results show that the fermentation yield of epothilone can be increased by 46.3-58.7% as compared with original conditions after the method is used, and the method has important theoretical significance and economic value.

The invention relates to a method for carrying out liposome modification on compound with free hydroxyl groups, in particular to liposome modified taxol and analogues thereof, as well as nanoparticlescontaining the liposome modified drug. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the taxol modified by liposome N,N'-di-dodecyl-L-glutamate diamide (LG-C12), 10-hydroxycamptothecine, irinotecan and epothilone B are specifically designed and successfully prepared, and the hydrophobicity of drugs is improved; then NH2-mPEG-DSPE bonded by mPEG-DSPE and mitochondrial targeted molecular triphenylphosphonium bromide (TPP) is utilized to coat liposome modified drugs to assemble into nanoparticles which improve the cytotoxic effect of the drugs on cancer cells and also reduce the toxic andside effects of the drugs on humans or animals.

The present invention concerns antibody-conjugate having general structure (2):AB-[(L6)-{Z-(L1)n-(L2)o-(L3)p-(L4)q-D}xx]yy   (2)wherein AB is an antibody capable of targeting Trop-2-expressing tumours and D is selected from the group consisting of taxanes, anthracyclines, camptothecins, epothilones, mytomycins, combretastatins, vinca alkaloids, maytansinoids, enediynes such as calicheamicins, duocarmycins, tubulysins, amatoxins, bleomycins, dolastatins and auristatins, pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimers, indolinobenzodiazepine dimers, radioisotopes, therapeutic proteins and peptides (or fragments thereof), kinase inhibitors, MEK inhibitors, KSP inhibitors, and analogues or prodrugs thereof. These antibody-conjugates exhibit an improved therapeutic index. The invention further concerns a process for preparing the antibody-conjugate according to the invention, a method for targeting Trop-2-expressing cells, medical uses of the antibody-conjugates according to the invention.

The present invention relates to the use of natural or synthetic Epothilones for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases caused by a dysbalance of osteoclast and osteoblast activity, especially osteoporosis.

A method of treating a hyperproliferative disorder, including a cancer, in a subject in need of such treatment, comprising administering to said subject a pharmaceutical combination containing a treatment effective amount of: (a) a vitamin A derivative (i.e., a retinoid), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and an inhibitor of microtubule structure or function; or (b) a combination containing fenretinide (i.e., N-(4-hydrophenyl) retinamide, 4-HPR) and ABT-751 (i.e., N-[2-[(4-hydroxyphenyl)amino]-3-pyridinyl]-4-methoxybenzenesulfonamide). Vitamin A derivatives that may be useful for this invention according to (a) include, but are not limited to, all-trans-retinoic acid, 13-cis-retinoic acid, and fenretinide. Microtubule inhibitors that may be useful for this invention according to (a) include, but are not limited to, inhibitors of the Vinca binding domain (e.g., vincristine, vinblastine, vinorelbine, and cryptophycin 52), inhibitors of the Taxane domain (e.g., paclitaxel, docetaxel, and epothilones), and inhibitors of the colchicine site (e.g., colchicine, ABT-751, CI-980, and combretastatin). A preferred retinoid according to (a) is fenretinide. A preferred microtubule inhibitor according to (b) is ABT-751.

The present invention provides compounds of formula (I):as described generally and in classes and subclasses herein. The present invention additionally provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula (I) and provides methods of treating cancer comprising administering a compound of formula (I).

Epothilone analogues include a molecular scaffold which holds at least one segment of epothilone in a predetermined orientation and which rigidities a region between the macrolactone ring and the aromatic side-chain.

A process for formulating certain epothilones and analogs thereof for parenteral administration is provided wherein the pH of the formulation for administration can be controlled to enhance the stability and thus, potency of the epothilone, or analog thereof.