144 results about "Thalidomide" patented technology

Methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of all forms of atherosclerosis are described. Administration of compounds such as thalidomide, its analogs, hydrolysis products, metabolites, derivatives and precursors as well as additional compounds capable of inhibiting tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) are used in the invention. Also disclosed is the coating of prosthetic devices, such as stents, with the compounds of the invention for the prevention and/or treatment of restenosis.

Pharmaceutical compositions and single unit dosage forms of thalidomide and pharmaceutically acceptable prodrugs, salts, solvates, hydrates, or clathrates are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating and preventing diseases and conditions such as, but not limited to, leprosy, chronic graft-vs-host disease, rheumatoid arthritis, sarcoidosis, an inflammatory condition, inflammatory bowel disease, and cancer using the novel dosage forms disclosed herein.

The present invention comprises a group of compounds that effectively inhibit angiogenesis. More specifically, thalidomide and various related compounds such as thalidomide precursors, analogs, metabolites and hydrolysis products have been shown to inhibit angiogenesis and to treat disease states resulting from angiogenesis. Importantly, these compounds can be administered orally.

With an aim to provide means for developing a compound devoid of teratogenicity but retaining beneficial actions, a screening method for a non-teratogenic substance comprising bringing a test substance into contact with cereblon or a fragment of cereblon, evaluating the bindability of the test substance with cereblon or the fragment of cereblon, and selecting a test substance that does not bind to cereblon or the fragment of cereblon or a test substance exhibiting lower bindability with cereblon or the fragment of cereblon than does thalidomide is provided.

The invention provides, in a general sense, a new labeling strategy employing compounds that are are N₂S₂ chelates conjugated to a targeting ligand, wherein the targeting ligand is a disease cell cycle targeting compound, a tumor angiogenesis targeting ligand, a tumor apoptosis targeting ligand, a disease receptor targeting ligand, amifostine, angiostatin, monoclonal antibody C225, monoclonal antibody CD31, monoclonal antibody CD40, capecitabine, a COX-2 inhibitor, deoxycytidine, fullerene, herceptin, human serum albumin, lactose, leuteinizing hormone, pyridoxal, quinazoline, thalidomide, transferrin, or trimethyl lysine. The present invention also pertains to kits employing the compounds of interest, and methods of assessing the pharmacology of an agent of interest using the present compounds.

Methods of treating, preventing and managing pulmonary hypertension are disclosed. Specific methods encompass the administration of thalidomide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate (e.g., hydrate), stereoisomer, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, alone or in combination with a second active agent, surgery and/or lung transplantation. Specific second active agents are capable of reducing pulmonary artery pressure. Pharmaceutical compositions, single unit dosage forms, and kits suitable for use in methods of the invention are also disclosed.

The invention relates to an anticancer slow-release gel injection which contains slow-release microspheres containing an angiogenesis inhibitor, an amphiphilic block polymer, a solvent and a slow-release agent, wherein the composition of the amphiphilic block polymer and the non-organic solvent exhibit the property of temperature-sensitive gelation. After the in vivo injection, the injection turns into a stagnant and biodegradable water-insoluble gel and the gel slowly releases the drug contained therein for a plurality of weeks to a plurality of months. After the intratumoral or peritumoral injection, the anticancer slow-release gel injection can significantly reduce the general drug reactions and is used for treating tumors of different stages. The angiogenesis inhibitor is selected from SU5416, SU6668, bosutinib, sprycel, erlotinib, vandetanib, gefitnib, canertinib, lapatinib, lestaurtinib, masitinib, vatalanib, mubritinib, tandutinib, nilotinib, marimastat, nilotinib, pelitinib, telatinib, sunitinib, sorafenib, zarnestra, sirolimus, imatinfb, lenalidomide and thalidomide.

Methods of treating, preventing and/or managing cancer as well as and diseases and disorders associated with, or characterized by, undesired angiogenesis are disclosed. Specific methods encompass the administration of thalidomide alone or in combination with a second active ingredient. The invention further relates to methods of reducing or avoiding adverse side effects associated with chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, biological therapy or immunotherapy which comprise the administration of thalidomide. Pharmaceutical compositions, single unit dosage forms, and kits suitable for use in methods of the invention are also disclosed.

The present invention relates generally to methods for treating cancer. In one respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating a hematological cancer (e.g., multiple myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma) comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a histone deacetylase inhibitor, for example, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor as described herein, for example, PXD-101. In another respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating cancer (e.g., solid tumour cancer, e.g., rectal cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer; hematological cancer, e.g., multiple myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma) comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a first amount of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, for example, a histone deacetylase inhibitor as described herein, for example, PXD-101, and a second amount of an other chemotherapeutic agent, for example, an other chemotherapeutic agent selected from: an antibody against VEGF, Avastin®, an antibody against CD20, rituximab, bortezomib, thalidomide, dexamethasone, vincristine, doxorubicin, and melphalan, wherein the first and second amounts together comprise a therapeutically effective amount.

The present invention refers to the use of phthalimide and/or sulphonamide derivatives with nitric oxide donor properties, which have important activities in increasing the gamma-globin gene expression and anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities, effective in the treatment of hematologic diseases which require reducing the TNF-α levels and an exogenous source of nitric oxide. More particularly, the present invention describes the use of such phthalimide and/or sulphonamide derivatives for the treatment of sickle-cell disease. The invention also has as a novel characteristic the disclosure of new functionalized phthalimide derivatives designed from the prototypes thalidomide and hydroxyurea, and designed rationally through the strategy of molecular hybridization for the treatment of said diseases. The invention still discloses a new method for obtaining a specific sulphonamide derivative which can be used in the preparation of a drug for the treatment of diseases which require reducing the levels of the TNF-α factor and an exogenous source of nitric oxide.

Methods of treating, preventing and/or managing central nervous system disorders, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease) and related syndromes are disclosed. Specific methods encompass the administration of thalidomide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, or stereoisomer thereof, alone or in combination with a second active ingredient. Pharmaceutical compositions, single unit dosage forms, and kits suitable for use in methods of the invention are also disclosed.

A method for treating multiple myeloma in newly diagnosed or previously treated patients is described. The method comprises administering a composition consisting of a combination of chemotherapeutic agents of an anthracycline antibiothic, preferably entrapped in a liposome, dexamethasone, and thalidomide, and, optionally, a reduced dose of vincristine.

The present invention relates to matriptase antibodies and immunoconjugates of matriptase antibodies with cytotoxic agents and the use thereof for killing or inhibiting the growth of matriptase-expressing cancer cells, such as those of multiple myeloma and breast cancers. In particular, immunoconjugates comprising a matriptase monoclonal antibody and anticancer agents such as doxorubicin (DOX) are introduced, which are equipotent to anticancer agents used in free form but exhibit significantly reduced cardiotoxicity and almost no adverse effects on normal bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells that do not express matriptase. The present invention also provides compositions comprising these new immunoconjugates and use of them for treatment of malignancies comprising cells that express matriptase. In addition, administration of a matriptase antibody or immunoconjugates of a matriptase antibody and a cytotoxic agent in combination with administration of an immunomodulatory agent, such as thalidomide or an analog thereof, provides a more effective treatment of these cancers.

The anticancer composition containing sirolimus is one kind of slow releasing injection comprising slow released microsphere and special solvent containing suspending agent or slow releasing implant. The effective anticancer component is sirolimus, proteolytic enzyme selected from collagenase, hyaluornidase, etc and blood vessel inhibitor selected from gefitinib, thalidomide, etc. The slow releasing supplementary material is selected from polylactic acid, polyethylene glycol, polifeprosan, etc; the suspending agent is selected from sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, etc and has viscosity of 100cp-3000cp. The slow releasing injection and the slow releasing implant are used in treating tumor alone or in conjunction with chemotherapy.

A novel analog of thalidomide and its preparing process are disclosed.

β-secretase (BACE) is a biomarker for MCI and Alzheimer's disease. BACE1 protein level and the enzymatic activity level increase in the brain, and in the CSF in AD and MCI patients. Increased BACE1 levels in CSF are related to neuronal death and synaptic damages, which contribute to AD-related cognitive deficits. BACE1 inhibitors may be used as therapeutic compounds for clinical use for the disease treatment and prevention. Use of Thalidomide, an effective BACE1 inhibitor, reduces the BACE1 enzymetic activity and protein levels, and the Aβ production that marks the neurodegenerative progression associated with AD.

A process for synthesizing sedalis and its derivative is disclosed.