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Fatty acid-anticancer conjugates and uses thereof

a technology of conjugates and fatty acids, applied in the field of fatty acid-anticancer conjugates, can solve the problems of limited therapeutic doses, inability to achieve effective treatment of cancer, and inability to achieve and achieving the effect of improving the therapeutic index of anticancer compounds

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-29
LUITPOLD PHARMA INC
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Benefits of technology

The patent describes a new way to treat cancer by giving a fatty acid-anticancer compound conjugate to a patient. The amount of the fatty acid-anticancer compound in the composition is at least 10% greater than the maximum tolerated dose of the unconjugated anticancer compound. The fatty acid-anticancer compound conjugate can be administered through an intravenous injection. The method improves the effectiveness of the anticancer compound and can be used to treat abnormal cell proliferation disorders such as cancer. The patent also provides a kit for administering the fatty acid-anticancer compound conjugate to a patient. The fatty acid-taxane conjugate is a new type of treatment that can be used to treat cancer.

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This is particularly the case for toxic agents such as anti-cancer agents because achieving therapeutic doses effective for treating the cancer is often limited by the toxic side effects of the anti-cancer agent on normal, healthy tissue.
Taxol's strength against cancers of diverse tissue origin also represents a significant drawback.
Another drawback of Taxol is its extreme insolubility.
The results, however, have been so disappointing that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) generally no longer is interested in testing Taxol analogs.
In general with Taxol analogs, the solubility problems remain, and / or potency is sharply reduced, and / or selectivity is not improved, and / or the ratio of the median toxic dose to the median effective dose (“therapeutic index”) is unacceptably reduced.
Based upon the taxanes tested to date, as many questions have been raised as have been answered, and general rules have not been fashioned easily in predicting selectivity, activity and solubility.
Firstly, no rules have emerged regarding selectivity.
Attempts to improve Taxol's solubility have not resulted in successful clinical products.
In addition, changes that favorably influence activity may unfavorably influence bioavailability.
For example, Taxol affects microtubule formation inside a cell, but a change in structure that increases intracellular activity may adversely affect the ability of Taxol to gain entry into a cell.
Oddly, however, Taxotere differs from Taxol at sites which typically do not have a strong influence on activity, and one would not predict the improvements in Taxotere from these differences, even in hindsight.
This increase in potency, however, was not observed when the same lipid derivatives of adenosine receptor antagonists were used, and generalizations thus were not made possible by those studies.

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The Effects of Taxoprexin and Paclitaxel Against M 109 Lung Carcinoma in Mice

[0069]Syngeneic mice were injected with mouse lung tumor line M (Madison) 109 subcutaneously in the flank. Four days after tumor implantation, when the tumor weighed about 30 mg, taxoprexin (OD=120 mg / kg / day×5 days) or paclitaxel (OD=20 mg / kg / day×5 days) were injected as a bolus through the tail vein on each of five successive days (days 4 through 8). Both drugs were dissolved in 10% cremophor EL / 10% ethanol / 80% saline. Tumor volume was estimated from tumor width and length. The results show that paclitaxel retarded tumor growth for about four days. In contrast, taxoprexin completely eliminated all measurable tumors in eight out of eight mice. (FIG. 1)

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The Effects of Taxoprexin and Paclitaxel Against M 109 Lung Carcinoma in Mice

[0070]Syngeneic mice were injected with mouse lung tumor line M (Madison) 109 subcutaneously in the flank. Five days after tumor implantation, one day later than in the last figure, when the tumors had grown ten-fold larger to 300 mg, taxoprexin (OD=120 mg / kg / day×5 days) or paclitaxel (OD=20 mg / kg / day×5 days) were injected as a bolus through the tail vein on each of five successive days. Both drugs were dissolved in 10% cremophor EL / 10% ethanol / 80% saline. Tumor volume was estimated from tumor width and length. As in the previous experiment, paclitaxel retarded tumor growth for about four days (LCK=1.0). In contrast, taxoprexin completely eliminated all measurable tumors in seven out of eight mice (C / T=7 / 8) at 120 mg / kg / day×5 days, and in four out of seven mice at 80 mg / kg / day×5 days. Histological examination of the tissue where the tumors had showed no tumor cells, only scar tissue. These data show that ta...

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Response of Human NCI-H522 Lung Tumor to Treatment with Taxoprexin and Paclitaxel in Mice

[0071]The Southern Research Institute studied the anti-tumor activity of taxoprexin against human NCI-H522 lung tumor growing in nude mice. The tumors were implanted subcutaneously. Tumor mass was determined by calculation from tumor length and width. The drugs were dissolved in 12.5% cremophor EL / 12.5% ethanol / 75% saline and delivered i.v. into the tail vein, once a day for 5 days, from day 15 to 19 after tumor implantation. The results show that taxoprexin at 50 mg / kg / day×5 days and paclitaxel at 20 mg / kg / day×5 days eliminated all measurable tumors in 10 / 10 mice. (FIG. 3)

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Abstract

The invention provides conjugates of fatty acids and anticancer agents useful in treating cancer, and compositions and formulations thereof. Methods for using the conjugates also are provided.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]Improving drug selectivity for target tissue is an established goal in the medical arts. In general, it is desirable to deliver a drug selectively to its target, so that dosage and, consequently, side effects can be reduced. This is particularly the case for toxic agents such as anti-cancer agents because achieving therapeutic doses effective for treating the cancer is often limited by the toxic side effects of the anti-cancer agent on normal, healthy tissue. The problems relating to lack of drug selectivity can be exemplified by Taxol.[0002]Taxol® (paclitaxel) was first isolated in 1971 from the bark of Taxus brevifolia and was approved in 1992 by the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of metastatic ovarian cancer and later for breast cancer. Its mechanism of action is believed to involve promoting formation and hyperstabilization of microtubules, thereby preventing the disassembly of microtubules necessary for completion of cell division...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61K31/704C07D305/14C07C57/03A61K31/337A61K31/201C07H15/252A61K31/202A61P35/00
CPCA61K31/337A61P35/00
Inventor WEBB, NIGEL L.BRADLEY, MATTHEWS O.ANTHONY, FORRESTFISHER, MARK
Owner LUITPOLD PHARMA INC