Treatment of astrocytes-tumor cells inhibitors of endothelin receptors

a technology of endothelin receptor and astrocytes, which is applied in the field of treatment of astrocytestumor cells inhibitors of endothelin receptor, can solve the problems of poor limited medical options for brain metastasis, temozolomide appears to have some limited effect on response rate, and the difficulty of brain metastasis, etc., to achieve the effect of maintaining homeostasis

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-12-10
BOARD OF RGT THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYST
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[0049]In the brain parenchyma, the role of astrocytes in maintaining homeostasis is well recognized. Astrocytes enwrap every blood vessel with specialized end-feet and communicate with other brain cells, such as neurons. This unique structure allows astrocytes to transport essential nutrients, such as glucose and amino acids, from the circulation to dependent neurons, and glycolysis in astrocytes has been recently shown to regulate neuronal activity, the so called “neuron-astrocyte m

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Brain metastasis is one of the most difficult challenges facing oncology.
Results are preliminary but temozolomide appears to have some limited effect on the response rate compared to radiation alone and appears to have some clinical activity in combination with radiation in phase II trials.
Despite intense efforts, the limited medical options available for brain metastasis have remained poor and too often more pal

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2) According to one main variant of embodiment 1), the endothelin receptor antagonist will be for use in combination with a cytotoxic chemotherapy agent.

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3) According to one sub-embodiment of embodiment 2), the cytotoxic chemotherapy agent will comprise (and in particular be) an alkylating agent.

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4) In particular, the alkylating agent of embodiment 3) will be selected from the group consisting of mechlorethamine, chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, iphosfamide, streptozocin, carmustine, lomustine, melphalan, busulfan, dacarbazine, temozolomide, thiotepa and altretamine.

5) According to another sub-embodiment of embodiment 2), the cytotoxic chemotherapy agent will comprise (and in particular be) a platinum drug.

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The disclosure relates to an endothelin receptor antagonist for use in the prevention or treatment of brain metastases in combination with a cytotoxic chemotherapy agent, radiotherapy or both. The endothelin receptor antagonist may for example be bosentan, macitentan or a mixture of bosentan and macitentan.

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BACKGROUND[0001]Brain metastasis is one of the most difficult challenges facing oncology. Metastatic tumors are resistant to most chemotherapy agents. The treatments for brain metastasis are primarily whole brain and focused radiotherapy, with surgical resection of tumors in a minority of cases. Most chemotherapy regimens involve 2-3 agents such as cisplatin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide, teniposide, mitomycin, irinotecan, vinorelbine, etoposide, ifosfamide, temozolomide and fluorouracil (5-FU). These are administered in combination with radiotherapy. The effect of these chemotherapies on prolonging survival is generally less than a year. A fairly new chemotherapy for brain tumors is temozolomide used with whole-brain irradiation. Results are preliminary but temozolomide appears to have some limited effect on the response rate compared to radiation alone and appears to have some clinical activity in combination with radiation in phase II trials.[0002]Despite intense efforts, the limi...

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IPC IPC(8): A61K31/513A61N5/10A61K31/337
CPCA61K31/513A61N5/1084A61K31/337A01K67/027A01K2227/105A01K2267/0331A61K31/506C12N5/0622C12N5/0693C12N2502/08C12N2502/30G01N33/5008A61K45/06A61K31/495A61P35/00A61P35/04A61P43/00A61K2300/00A61K31/4188
Inventor FIDLER, ISAIAHKIM, SUN-JIN
Owner BOARD OF RGT THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYST
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