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Last Updated: March 29, 2024

Claims for Patent: 10,130,598


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Summary for Patent: 10,130,598
Title:Methods and compositions for administration of 3-halopyruvate and related compounds for the treatment of cancer
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the discovery that compounds of the invention, particularly 3-bromopyruvate and related compounds, can be safely administered at concentrations effective for the treatment of cancer when formulated with an acidity of greater than or equal to pH of 2 and less than or equal to a pH of 6. Disclosed herein are novel and improved methods and compositions for the treatment of cancer using 3-halopyruvate and related compounds.
Inventor(s): Geschwind; Jean-Francois (Potoman, MD), Vali; Mustafa (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, MD)
Application Number:15/284,014
Patent Claims:1. A pharmaceutical composition formulated for oral administration comprising 3-bromopyruvate wherein the pharmaceutical composition has pH 3 to pH 5, and where the pharmaceutical composition further comprises NaHCO.sub.3.

2. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1, wherein a molar concentration of the pharmaceutical agent is within 5 fold of a molar concentration of NaHCO.sub.3.

3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1, wherein a molar concentration of the pharmaceutical agent is within 2 fold of a molar concentration of NaHCO.sub.3.

4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1, wherein a molar concentration of the pharmaceutical agent is about equal to a molar concentration of NaHCO.sub.3.

5. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutical composition has an acidity of pH 4.

6. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1, further comprising a chemotherapeutic agent.

7. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 6, wherein the chemotherapeutic agent is selected from a group consisting of: altretamine, asparaginase, BCG, bleomycin sulfate, busulfan, camptothecin, carboplatin, carmusine, chlorambucil, cisplatin, claladribine, 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine, cyclophosphamide, cytarabine, dacarbazine imidazole carboxamide, dactinomycin, daunorubicin-dunomycin, dexamethosone, doxurubicin, etoposide, floxuridine, fluorouracil, fluoxymesterone, flutamide, fludarabine, goserelin, hydroxyurea, idarubicin HCL, ifosfamide, interferon alfa, interferon alfa 2a, interferon alfa 2b, interfereon alfa n3, irinotecan, leucovorin calcium, leuprolide, levamisole, lomustine, megestrol, melphalan, L-sarcosylin, melphalan hydrochloride, MESNA, mechlorethamine, methotrexate, mitomycin, mitoxantrone, mercaptopurine, paclitaxel, plicamycin, prednisone, procarbazine, streptozocin, tamoxifen, 6-thioguanine, thiotepa, topotecan, vinblastine, vincristine and vinorelbine tartrate.

8. A kit comprising the pharmaceutical composition of claim 1.

9. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 for use in a method of treating liver cancer by orally administering the composition cancer.

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