191 results about "Ovarian carcinoma" patented technology

Antibodies, humanized antibodies, resurfaced antibodies, antibody fragments, derivatized antibodies, and conjugates of same with cytotoxic agents, which specifically bind to, and inhibit, insulin-like growth factor-I receptor, antagonize the effects of IGF-I, IGF-II and serum on the growth and survival of tumor cells, and which are substantially devoid of agonist activity. Said antibodies and fragments thereof may be used, optionally in conjunction with other therapeutic agents, in the treatment of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor, such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian carcinoma, synovial sarcoma, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer, and said derivatized antibodies may be used in the diagnosis and imaging of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor.

Antibodies, humanized antibodies, resurfaced antibodies, antibody fragments, derivatized antibodies, and conjugates of same with cytotoxic agents, which specifically bind to, and inhibit, insulin-like growth factor-I receptor, antagonize the effects of IGF-I, IGF-II and serum on the growth and survival of tumor cells, and which are substantially devoid of agonist activity. Said antibodies and fragments thereof may be used, optionally in conjunction with other therapeutic agents, in the treatment of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor, such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian carcinoma, synovial sarcoma, prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer, and said derivatized antibodies may be used in the diagnosis and imaging of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor.

Antibodies, humanized antibodies, resurfaced antibodies, antibody fragments, derivatized antibodies, and conjugates of same with cytotoxic agents, which specifically bind to, and inhibit A class of Eph receptors, antagonize the effects of growth factors on the growth and survival of tumor cells, and which have minimal agonistic activity or are preferentially devoid of agonist activity. Said antibodies and fragments thereof may be used in the treatment of tumors that express elevated levels of A class of Eph receptors, such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian carcinoma, synovial sarcoma and pancreatic cancer, and said derivatized antibodies may be used in the diagnosis and imaging of tumors that express elevated levels of A class of Eph receptors. Also provided are cytotoxic conjugates comprising a cell binding agent and a cytotoxic agent, therapeutic compositions comprising the conjugate, methods for using the conjugates in the inhibition of cell growth and the treatment of disease, and a kit comprising the cytotoxic conjugate are disclosed are all embodiments of the invention. In particular, the cell binding agent is a monoclonal antibody, and epitope-binding fragments thereof, that recognizes and binds the A class of Eph receptors.

Antibodies, humanized antibodies, resurfaced antibodies, antibody fragments, derivatized antibodies, and conjugates of these molecules with cytotoxic agents, which specifically bind to and inhibit insulin-like growth factor-I receptor, antagonize the effects of IGF-I and are substantially devoid of agonist activity toward the insulin-like growth factor-I receptor. These molecules can be conjugated to cytotoxic agents for use in the treatment of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor, such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarian carcinoma, synovial sarcoma and pancreatic cancer. These molecules can also be labeled for in vitro and in vivo diagnostic uses, such as in the diagnosis and imaging of tumors that express elevated levels of IGF-I receptor.

The present invention provides a TADG-12 protein and a DNA fragment encoding such protein. Also provided is a vector / host cell capable of expressing the DNA. The present invention further provides various methods of early detection of associated ovarian and other malignancies, and of interactive therapies for cancer treatment utilizing the DNA and / or protein disclosed herein.

Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to globo H, SSEA3, and SSEA-4 are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as those in brain, skin, bone, lungs, breast, esophagus, stomach, liver, bile duct, pancreas, colon, kidney, cervical, ovarian, and / or prostate cancer.

Gene expression profiling and hierarchial clustering analysis readily distinguish normal ovarian epithelial cells from primary ovarian serous papillary carcinomas. Laminin, tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 1 and 2 (TROP-1 / Ep-CAM; TROP-2), claudin 3, claudin 4, ladinin 1, S100A2, SERPIN2 (PAI-2), CD24, lipocalin 2, osteopontin, kallikrein 6 (protease M), kallikrein 10, matriptase and stratifin were found among the most highly overexpressed genes in ovarian serous papillary carcinomas, whereas transforming growth factor beta receptor III, platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha, SEMACAP3, ras homolog gene family, member I (ARHI), thrombospondin 2 and disabled-2 / differentially expressed in ovarian carcinoma 2 (Dab2 / DOC2) were significantly down-regulated. Therapeutic strategy targeting TROP-1 / Ep-CAM by monoclonal chimeric / humanized antibodies may be beneficial in patients harboring chemotherapy-resistant ovarian serous papillary carcinomas. Claudin-3 and claudin-4 being receptors for Clostridium Perfringens enterotoxin, this toxin may be used as a novel therapeutic agent to treat ovarian serous papillary tumors.

PCT No. PCT / US97 / 11564 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 14, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 14, 1999 PCT Filed Jul. 8, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98 / 01132 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 15, 1998The present invention relates to specific adamantyl or adamantyl group derivative containing retinoid compounds induce apoptosis of cancer cells. These adamantyl retinoid derivatives are useful for the treatment of many cancers and solid tumors, especially androgen-independent prostate cancer, skin cancer, pancreatic carcinomas, colon cancer, melanoma, ovarian cancer, liver cancer, small cell lung carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, brain cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, neuroblastoma / glioblastoma, and leukemia. Also, the invention relates to novel adamantyl or adamantyl group derivative compounds which are useful as active agents for the treatment or prevention of keratinization disorders and other dermatological conditions, and other diseases.

The invention searches the novel micromolecule inhibitor pyrazolo (1, 5-a) miazines compounds of cyclin-dependent kinase CDK9 (cyclin-dependent kinase) through the virtual screening of a computer, biometrically measures activity thereof, and validates interaction mechanism. The invention specifically comprises the following steps: the three-dimensional crystal conformation of the cyclin-dependent kinase family member CDK9 is obtained in a way of homology modeling; and micromolecule three-dimensional database is screened with DOCK (molecular docking). The invention uses a MTT tumor cell growth inhibition test to biometrically measures the activity of the selected compounds, researches the selected compounds pyrazolo (1, 5-a) miazines with high activety in a way of molecular mechanism, validates the inhibiting effect of the compounds to the activity of CDK9 kinase, and clarifies the interaction mechanism of the compounds for inhibiting the external activity and the molecule of various malignancies such as lung cancer, osteosarcoma, oophoroma, cervical carcinoma, breast cancer, etc.

Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to globo H, SSEA3, and SSEA-4 are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as those in brain, skin, bone, lungs, breast, esophagus, stomach, liver, bile duct, pancreas, colon, kidney, cervical, ovarian, and / or prostate cancer.

Compounds of the present invention find utility in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers including, but not limited to, malignant melanomas, solid tumors, glioblastomas, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancers, breast cancers, kidney cancers, hepatic cancers, cervical carcinomas, metastasis of primary tumor sites, myeloproliferative diseases, chronic myelogenous leukemia, leukemias, papillary thyroid carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, hypereosinophilic syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, colonic cancers, ocular diseases characterized by hyperproliferation leading to blindness including various retinopathies, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mastocytosis, mast cell leukemia, and diseases caused by PDGFR-α kinase, PDGFR-β kinase, c-KIT kinase, cFMS kinase, c-MET kinase, and oncogenic forms, aberrant fusion proteins and polymorphs of any of the foregoing kinases.

Methods of detecting and assessing functionally active folate receptors on tumors and treatment associated with those tumors are described. Also described are methods of selecting ovarian and lung cancer patients for therapy with a folate-vinca conjugate by identifying functionally active folate receptors on the tumors of the patient. Also described are methods and compositions for treating folate receptor expressing epithelial tumors with a folate-vinca conjugate in combination with doxorubicin such as pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in which the tumors include ovarian, endometrial or non-small cell lung cancer tumors, including platinum-resistant ovarian tumors and platinum sensitive ovarian tumors. Also described are methods of treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancer using a folate-targeted drug, in the absence or presence of selecting the patient by identifying functionally active folate receptors on the tumors of the patient.

Methods for diagnosing and monitoring ovarian carcinoma in a subject are described comprising measuring KLK9 or hK9 in a sample from the subject. The invention also provides localization or imaging methods for ovarian cancer, and kits for carrying out the methods of the invention. The invention also contemplates therapeutic applications for ovarian cancer employing hK9 proteins, nucleic acid and molecules encoding the proteins, and / or binding agents for the proteins.

Pharmaceutical composition comprising antibodies or antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to stage-specific embryonic antigen 4 (SSEA-4) are disclosed herein, as well as methods of use thereof. Methods of use include, without limitation, cancer therapies and diagnostics. The antibodies of the disclosure can bind to certain cancer cell surfaces. Exemplary targets of the antibodies disclosed herein can include carcinomas, such as breast cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, biliary cancer, liver cancer, buccal cancer, gastric cancer, colon cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, kidney cancer, prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, pancreatic cancer, testicular cancer, bladder cancer, head and neck cancer, oral cancer, neuroendocrine cancer, adrenal cancer, thyroid cancer, bone cancer, skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and / or brain tumor.

We describe a bis-benzylidine piperidone, RA190, which covalently binds to the ubiquitin receptor RPN13 (ADRM1) in the 19S regulatory particle and inhibits proteasome function, triggering rapid accumulation of polyubiquitinated proteins. Multiple myeloma lines, even those resistant to bortezomib, were sensitive to RA190 via ER stress-related apoptosis. RA190 stabilized targets of human papillomavirus (HPV) E6 oncoprotein, and preferentially killed HPV-transformed cells. After p.o. or i.p. dosing of mice, RA190 distributed to plasma and major organs excepting brain, and potently inhibited proteasome function in skin and muscle. RA190 administration i.p. profoundly reduced growth of multiple myeloma and ovarian cancer xenografts, and oral RA190 treatment retarded HPV+ syngeneic mouse tumor growth, without impacting spontaneous HPV-specific CD8+ T cell responses, suggesting its therapeutic potential. The bis-benzylidine piperidone RA190 is a new orally-available proteasome inhibitor. Multiple myeloma, cervical and ovarian cancers are particularly sensitive to RA190.

The use of dianhydrogalactitol provides a novel therapeutic modality for the treatment of non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and ovarian cancer, as well as other types of malignancy, including brain metastases of NSCLC. Dianhydrogalactitol acts as an alkylating agent on DNA that creates N7 methylation. Dianhydrogalactitol is effective in suppressing the growth of cancer stem cells and is active against tumors that are refractory to temozolomide, cisplatin, and tyrosine kinase inhibitors; the drug acts independently of the MGMT repair mechanism. Dianhydrogalactitol can be used together with other anti-neoplastic agents and can possess additive or super-additive effects.

A four arm-polyethylene glycol-7-ethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin conjugate, such as,is disclosed. Methods of making the conjugates and methods of treating mammals using the same are also disclosed.

The present invention is concerned with deuterium-enriched pyrimidine compounds of formula I, their derivatives, enantiomers, diastereomers, solvates and pharmaceutical salts thereof,and their uses in the treatment, prevention and modulation of various diseases including chronic liver diseases, liver cirrhosis, liver fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cancer, renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer, colorectal cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, blood cancer, lung cancer, thyroid cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreas cancer, prostate cancer, stomach cancer, testicular cancer, uterus cancer, intestinal cancer, skin cancer, and other forms of cancer, carcinoid tumors, teratocarcinoma, tumor progression, metastasis and fibrosis in the neuroendocrine neoplasia, fibrotic processes as well as a disease state modulated directly or indirectly with 5-HT receptors, 5-HT1, 5-HT1A, 5-HT2 receptors, 5-HT2A and 5-HT2B receptors, dopamine receptors and multiple kinase pathways.

A drug based on a metabolite of fenretinide, or N-(4hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-HPR), specifically 4-oxo-N-(4-hydroxyphenyl)retinamide (4-oxo-4-HPR), is used in the treatment of different kinds of tumors, in particular in the treatment of ovarian carcinoma, breast tumor and neuroblastoma. The drug is more potent than fenretinide alone, and enhances the effects of fenretinide when administered together with fenretinide.

The invention discloses miRNA (microribonucleic acid) biomarkers and a detection kit for ovarian cancer diagnosis. The microRNA biomarkers are composed of the following microRNAs: has-miR-193b-3p, has-miR-155-5p, has-miR-145-5p, has-miR-132-3p and has-miR-143-3p. The serological expression analysis on the five miRNAs has-miR-193b-3p, has-miR-155-5p, has-miR-145-5p, has-miR-132-3p and has-miR-143-3p of ovarian cancer with obvious para-carcinoma tissue expression differences (the differential expression level is greater than 2 folds, and the CT value in RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) is less than 30) indicates that the five miRNAs have stable expression in serum, the serum miRNA expression has favorable consistency with the tissue, the expressions of the has-miR-193b-3p, has-miR-155-5p and has-miR-145-5p are enhanced, and the expressions of the has-miR-132-3p and has-miR-143-3p are lowered. The five miRNAs can be used as biomarkers for ovarian cancer diagnosis, and the sensitivity and specificity of combined diagnosis are obviously higher than the sensitivity and specificity of single-miRNA diagnosis.

The invention provides a whole blood-oriented ovarian carcinoma cell detection kit. The kit mainly comprises HE4 goat polyclonal antibodies capable of specifically recognizing the antigen of the ovarian carcinoma cell human epididymis protein (HE4), biotinylated bovine serum albumin (BSA)-folic acid (FA), streptavidin-modified nano magnetic beads (SA-IO), streptavidin-modified QDs (SA-QDs), biotinylated anti-HE4 rabbit anti-goat IgG, a connecting reagent and the like. The kit is capable of efficiently separating out the carcinoma cells in the whole blood of an ovarian carcinoma patient by virtue of the enrichment characteristic of the immunomagnetic beads, and realizing multiple-signal synergetic amplification by specially binding with the targeted ovarian carcinoma cells by use of the SA-QDs and a biotinylated HE4 antigen-antibody complex. The kit has high sensitivity and specificity, and has an extremely wide application prospect in early detection of the ovarian carcinoma.

Methods for treating a patient suffering from a neoplastic disease are disclosed and described. A number of diseases can be treated under the present methods, including without limitation gall bladder cancer, hepato cellular cancer, ovarian cancer, small intestine cancer, lung cancer, mesothelioma, breast cancer, kidney cancer, pancreas cancer, prostate cancer, carcinoid cancer, leiomyosarcoma, or metastasis thereof. A general method for providing such treatment may include: 1) identifying in a patient one or more sentinel and / or metinel lymph nodes draining the neoplasm; 2) resecting the one or more nodes and, optionally all or part of the tumour or metastasis; 3) isolating tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes from said lymph nodes; 4) in vitro expanding said tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes; and 5) administering the thus obtained tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes to the patient.

The present invention relates to a method for diagnosis of different stages of endometrial cancer in an individual. Further, the present invention relates to a method for evaluating the probability of survival for an individual suffering from endometrial carcinoma. In another aspect, the present invention relates to the stratification of therapy regimen of endometrial tumor, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, non-small lung cancer or hormone refractory prostate cancer therapy in an individual or monitoring therapeutic efficacy in an individual suffering from the same based on the expression status of STMN1 gene or protein. Moreover, the present invention relates to a kit for use in any of the above referenced methods comprising a means for determining amplifications and deletions of chromosomal regions 3q26.32 and 12p12.1, determining alterations of the gene expression profile of the genes (gene signature): upregulation of the genes PLEKHK1, ATP10B, NMU, MMP1, ATAD2, NETO2, TNNI3, PHLDA2, OVOL1 and down-regulation of the genes: NDP, KIAA1434, MME, CFH, MOXD1, SLC47A1, RBP1, PDE8B, ASRGL1, ADAMTS19, EFHD1, ABCA5, NPAS3, SCML1, TNXB, ENTPD3, AMY1A, ENPP, RASL11B, PDZK3, or the expression status of the STMN1 gene or protein, respectively. Finally, the present invention provides a method for predicting the response to taxanes in an individual suffering from a disease treated with the taxanes based on the expression status of the STMN1 gene or protein.

Described herein are compositions and methods of use of anti-Trop-2 antibodies or antigen-binding fragment thereof to isolate, enrich, detect, diagnose and / or characterize circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from patients with a Trop-2 positive cancer. Preferably, the antibody is an RS7, 162-46.2 or MAB650 antibody. The compositions and methods are of use to detect, diagnose and / or treat metastatic Trop-2+ cancers, such as breast, ovarian, cervical, endometrial, lung, prostate, colon, rectum, stomach, esophageal, bladder, renal, pancreatic, thyroid, epithelial or head-and-neck cancer.

The present invention relates to the elucidation of the role of erythropoietin and the erythropoietin receptor in the development and progression of certain solid tumors, including those found in breast, cervical, uterine, ovarian, prostate and brain cancer.

Methods for treating a patient suffering from a neoplastic disease are disclosed and described. A number of diseases can be treated under the present methods, including without limitation gall bladder cancer, hepato cellular cancer, ovarian cancer, small intestine cancer, lung cancer, mesothelioma, breast cancer, kidney cancer, pancreas cancer, prostate cancer, carcinoid cancer, leiomyosarcoma, or metastasis thereof. A general method for providing such treatment may include: 1) identifying in a patient one or more sentinel and / or metinel lymph nodes draining the neoplasm; 2) resecting the one or more nodes and, optionally all or part of the tumour or metastasis; 3) isolating tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes from said lymph nodes; 4) in vitro expanding said tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes; and 5) administering the thus obtained tumour-reactive T-lymphocytes to the patient.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the prevention, treatment, and diagnosis of cancer, especially carcinomas, such as ovarian carcinoma. The invention discloses peptides, polypeptides, and polynucleotides that can be used to stimulate a CTL response against cancer.

The invention discloses a composition with an effect of preventing and treating cancers. The composition is mainly prepared from the following Chinese herbal medicines in percentage by mass: 20 to 85 percent of airpotato yam rhizome and 15 to 80 percent of Chinese angelica. The Chinese medicinal composition has the effect of preventing and treating the cancers, can eliminate the limit that liver injury is easily induced by chemotherapeutic medicinal medicines, is suitable for treating various cancers such as liver cancer, gastric cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, esophagus cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, skin cancer, thyroid cancer, cervical carcinoma, leukemia and the like, can be used for preparing anti-cancer medicaments, realizes the application of the airpotato yam rhizome and Chinese angelica compositions to the preparation of medicaments for treating the cancers, develops the application range and the medicinal value of the airpotato yam rhizome and the Chinese angelica and makes creative contribution to the development of traditional Chinese medicine.

The invention relates to an ultra-micronized megestrol acetate in which 100% of particle sizes are smaller than or equal to 10 mu m. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing the ultra-micronized megestrol acetate, which comprises an effective quantity of ultra-micronized megestrol acetate and medically acceptable excipient, wherein the effective quantity is 80-160 mg of ultra-micronized megestrol acetate. The pharmaceutical composition can be prepared into dispersing tablets, common tablets and capsules and used for treating advanced breast cancer, advanced endometrial carcinoma, renal carcinoma, prostatic cancer and oophoroma, and can improve the appetite and the cachexia of patients with advanced tumors.