Claims for Patent: 10,493,113

Summary for Patent: 10,493,113

Title:	Compositions and methods for treating disease using a Blautia strain
Abstract:	Provided herein are methods and compositions related to Blautia Strain A useful as therapeutic agents.
Inventor(s):	Goodman; Brian (Jamaica Plain, MA), Ponichtera; Holly (Cambridge, MA), Itano; Andrea (Arlington, MA), Cormack; Taylor A. (Dedham, MA), Sizova; Maria (Roslindale, MA), Kravitz; Valeria (Norwood, MA), Gavrish; Ekaterina (Natick, MA), Baez-Giangreco; Carolina (Boston, MA)
Assignee:	Evelo Biosciences, Inc. (Cambridge, MA)
Application Number:	16/190,735
Patent Claims:	1. A method of treating a disease in a subject comprising administering to the subject a bacterial composition comprising a Blautia strain comprising at least 90% genomic, 16S or CRISPR sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of the Blautia Strain A (ATCC Deposit Number PTA-125346). 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the Blautia strain is a strain comprising at least 99% genomic, 16S or CRISPR sequence identity to the nucleotide sequence of the Blautia Strain A (ATCC Deposit Number PTA-125346). 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the Blautia strain is the Blautia Strain A (ATCC Deposit Number PTA-125346). 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the disease is an immune disorder. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein the immune disorder is selected from: an allergic reaction, an inflammatory disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, delayed-type hypersensitivity, autoimmune myocarditis, granulomas, peripheral neuropathies, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, inflammation of the colon, colitis, microscopic colitis, collagenous colitis, diversion colitis, chemical colitis, ischemic colitis, indeterminate colitis, atypical colitis, multiple sclerosis, Hashimoto's disease, an allergic disease, a food allergy, pollenosis, asthma, an infectious disease, an infection with Clostridium difficile, an inflammatory disease, a TNF-mediated inflammatory disease, an inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract, pouchitis, a cardiovascular inflammatory condition, atherosclerosis, an inflammatory lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, arthritis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, acute and chronic infectious arthritis, arthritis associated with gout and pseudogout, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, tendonitis, synovitis, tenosynovitis, bursitis, fibrositis, fibromyalgia, epicondylitis, myositis, and osteitis, Paget's disease, osteitis pubis, osteitis fibrosa cystic, Ocular immune disorders, blepharitis, blepharochalasis, conjunctivitis, dacryoadenitis, keratitis, keratoconjunctivitis sicca (dry eye), scleritis, trichiasis, uveitis, nervous system immune, encephalitis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, meningitis, neuromyotonia, narcolepsy, multiple sclerosis, myelitis, schizophrenia, inflammation of the vasculature or lymphatic system, arthrosclerosis, arthritis, phlebitis, vasculitis, lymphangitis, digestive system immune disorders, cholangitis, cholecystitis, enteritis, enterocolitis, gastritis, gastroenteritis, ileitis, proctitis, irritable bowel syndrome, microscopic colitis, lymphocytic-plasmocytic enteritis, coeliac disease, collagenous colitis, lymphocytic colitis, eosinophilic enterocolitis, indeterminate colitis, pseudomembranous colitis (necrotizing colitis), ischemic inflammatory bowel disease, Behcet's disease, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, IBD-associated dysplasia, dysplasia associated masses or lesions, primary sclerosing cholangitis, reproductive system immune disorders, cervicitis, chorioamnionitis, endometritis, epididymitis, omphalitis, oophoritis, orchitis, salpingitis, tubo-ovarian abscess, urethritis, vaginitis, vulvitis, vulvodynia, autoimmune conditions, acute disseminated alopecia universalise, Behcet's disease, Chagas' disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, dysautonomia, encephalomyelitis, ankylosing spondylitis, aplastic anemia, hidradenitis suppurativa, autoimmune hepatitis, autoimmune oophoritis, celiac disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, giant cell arteritis, goodpasture's syndrome, Grave's disease, Guillain-Barre syndrome, Henoch-Schonlein purpura, Kawasaki's disease, lupus erythematosus, microscopic colitis, microscopic polyarteritis, mixed connective tissue disease, Muckle-Wells syndrome, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, opsoclonus myoclonus syndrome, optic neuritis, ord's thyroiditis, pemphigus, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, temporal arteritis, Wegener's granulomatosis, warm autoimmune haemolytic anemia, interstitial cystitis, Lyme disease, morphea, psoriasis, sarcoidosis, scleroderma, ulcerative colitis, vitiligo, T-cell mediated hypersensitivity diseases, contact hypersensitivity, contact dermatitis, uticaria, skin allergies, respiratory allergies, hay fever, allergic rhinitis, house dustmite allergy, gluten-sensitive enteropathy, Celiac disease, appendicitis, dermatitis, dermatomyositis, endocarditis, fibrositis, gingivitis, glossitis, hepatitis, hidradenitis suppurativa, iritis, laryngitis, mastitis, myocarditis, nephritis, otitis, pancreatitis, parotitis, percarditis, peritonoitis, pharyngitis, pleuritis, pneumonitis, prostatistis, pyelonephritis, stomatisi, transplant rejection, acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, Sexary's syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasis, nonsuppurative thyroiditis, hypercalcemia associated with cancer, pemphigus, bullous dermatitis herpetiformis, severe erythema multiforme, exfoliative dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, seasonal or perennial allergic rhinitis, bronchial asthma, contact dermatitis, atopic dermatitis, drug hypersensistivity reactions, allergic conjunctivitis, keratitis, herpes zoster ophthalmicus, iritis and oiridocyclitis, chorioretinitis, optic neuritis, symptomatic sarcoidosis, fulminating or disseminated pulmonary tuberculosis chemotherapy, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura in adults, secondary thrombocytopenia in adults, acquired (autoimmune) haemolytic anemia, leukemia and lymphomas in adults, acute leukaemia of childhood, regional enteritis, autoimmune vasculitis, multiple sclerosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, solid organ transplant rejection, sepsis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Type 1 diabetes, asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, inflammation accompanying infectious conditions, and sepsis. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the disease is cancer. 7. The method of any claim 6, wherein the cancer is selected from: hematological malignancy, acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute granulocytic leukemia, chronic granulocytic leukemia, acute promyelocytic leukemia, adult T-cell leukemia, aleukemic leukemia, a leukocythemic leukemia, basophilic leukemia, blast cell leukemia, bovine leukemia, chronic myelocytic leukemia, leukemia cutis, embryonal leukemia, eosinophilic leukemia, Gross' leukemia, Rieder cell leukemia, Schilling's leukemia, stem cell leukemia, subleukemic leukemia, undifferentiated cell leukemia, hairy-cell leukemia, hemoblastic leukemia, hemocytoblastic leukemia, histiocytic leukemia, stem cell leukemia, acute monocytic leukemia, leukopenic leukemia, lymphatic leukemia, lymphoblastic leukemia, lymphocytic leukemia, lymphogenous leukemia, lymphoid leukemia, lymphosarcoma cell leukemia, mast cell leukemia, megakaryocytic leukemia, micromyeloblastic leukemia, monocytic leukemia, myeloblastic leukemia, myelocytic leukemia, myeloid granulocytic leukemia, myelomonocytic leukemia, Naegeli leukemia, plasma cell leukemia, plasmacytic leukemia, promyelocytic leukemia, acinar carcinoma, acinous carcinoma, adenocystic carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, carcinoma adenomatosum, carcinoma of adrenal cortex, alveolar carcinoma, alveolar cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, carcinoma basocellulare, basaloid carcinoma, basosquamous cell carcinoma, bronchioalveolar carcinoma, bronchiolar carcinoma, bronchogenic carcinoma, cerebriform carcinoma, cholangiocellular carcinoma, chorionic carcinoma, colloid carcinoma, comedo carcinoma, corpus carcinoma, cribriform carcinoma, carcinoma en cuirasse, carcinoma cutaneum, cylindrical carcinoma, cylindrical cell carcinoma, duct carcinoma, carcinoma durum, embryonal carcinoma, encephaloid carcinoma, epiennoid carcinoma, carcinoma epitheliale adenoides, exophytic carcinoma, carcinoma ex ulcere, carcinoma fibrosum, gelatiniform carcinoma, gelatinous carcinoma, giant cell carcinoma, signet-ring cell carcinoma, carcinoma simplex, small-cell carcinoma, solanoid carcinoma, spheroidal cell carcinoma, spindle cell carcinoma, carcinoma spongiosum, squamous carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, string carcinoma, carcinoma telangiectaticum, carcinoma telangiectodes, transitional cell carcinoma, carcinoma tuberosum, tuberous carcinoma, verrucous carcinoma, carcinoma villosum, carcinoma gigantocellulare, glandular carcinoma, granulosa cell carcinoma, hair-matrix carcinoma, hematoid carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, Hurthle cell carcinoma, hyaline carcinoma, hypernephroid carcinoma, infantile embryonal carcinoma, carcinoma in situ, intraepidermal carcinoma, intraepithelial carcinoma, Krompecher's carcinoma, Kulchitzky-cell carcinoma, large-cell carcinoma, lenticular carcinoma, carcinoma lenticulare, lipomatous carcinoma, lymphoepithelial carcinoma, carcinoma medullare, medullary carcinoma, melanotic carcinoma, carcinoma molle, mucinous carcinoma, carcinoma muciparum, carcinoma mucocellulare, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, carcinoma mucosum, mucous carcinoma, carcinoma myxomatodes, naspharyngeal carcinoma, oat cell carcinoma, carcinoma ossificans, osteoid carcinoma, papillary carcinoma, periportal carcinoma, preinvasive carcinoma, prickle cell carcinoma, pultaceous carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma of kidney, reserve cell carcinoma, carcinoma sarcomatodes, schneiderian carcinoma, scirrhous carcinoma, carcinoma scroti, chondrosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, lymphosarcoma, melanosarcoma, myxosarcoma, osteosarcoma, endometrial sarcoma, stromal sarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, fascial sarcoma, fibroblastic sarcoma, giant cell sarcoma, Abemethy's sarcoma, adipose sarcoma, liposarcoma, alveolar soft part sarcoma, ameloblastic sarcoma, botryoid sarcoma, chloroma sarcoma, chorio carcinoma, embryonal sarcoma, Wilms' tumor sarcoma, granulocytic sarcoma, Hodgkin's sarcoma, idiopathic multiple pigmented hemorrhagic sarcoma, immunoblastic sarcoma of B cells, lymphoma, immunoblastic sarcoma of T-cells, Jensen's sarcoma, Kaposi's sarcoma, Kupffer cell sarcoma, angiosarcoma, leukosarcoma, malignant mesenchymoma sarcoma, parosteal sarcoma, reticulocytic sarcoma, Rous sarcoma, serocystic sarcoma, synovial sarcoma, telangiectaltic sarcoma, Hodgkin's Disease, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, multiple myeloma, neuroblastoma, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma, primary thrombocytosis, primary macroglobulinemia, small-cell lung tumors, primary brain tumors, stomach cancer, colon cancer, malignant pancreatic insulanoma, malignant carcinoid, premalignant skin lesions, testicular cancer, lymphomas, thyroid cancer, neuroblastoma, esophageal cancer, genitourinary tract cancer, malignant hypercalcemia, cervical cancer, endometrial cancer, adrenal cortical cancer, Harding-Passey melanoma, juvenile melanoma, lentigo maligna melanoma, malignant melanoma, acral-lentiginous melanoma, amelanotic melanoma, benign juvenile melanoma, Cloudman's melanoma, S91 melanoma, nodular melanoma subungal melanoma, and superficial spreading melanoma. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the bacterial composition is administered orally, rectally, intravenously, intratumorally, or subcutaneously. 9. The method of claim 3, wherein at least 50% of the bacteria in the bacterial composition are Blautia Strain A. 10. The method of claim 3, wherein substantially all of the bacteria in the bacterial composition are Blautia Strain A. 11. The method of claim 3, wherein the bacterial composition comprises at least 1.times.10.sup.6 colony forming units (CFUs) of Blautia Strain A. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the bacterial composition comprises live bacteria, attenuated bacteria, or killed bacteria. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises administering to the subject an additional therapeutic. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the additional therapeutic is selected from: an immunosuppressive agent, a DMARD, a pain-control drug, a steroid, a non-steroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID), a cytokine antagonist, cyclosporin, retinoids, corticosteroids, propionic acid derivative, acetic acid derivative, enolic acid derivatives, fenamic acid derivatives, Cox-2 inhibitors, lumiracoxib, ibuprofen, cholin magnesium salicylate, fenoprofen, salsalate, difunisal, tolmetin, ketoprofen, flurbiprofen, oxaprozin, indomethacin, sulindac, etodolac, ketorolac, nabumetone, naproxen, valdecoxib, etoricoxib, MK0966; rofecoxib, acetaminophen, Celecoxib, Diclofenac, tramadol, piroxicam, meloxicam, tenoxicam, droxicam, lornoxicam, isoxicam, mefanamic acid, meclofenamic acid, flufenamic acid, tolfenamic, parecoxib, aspirin, ibuprophen, firocoxib, methotrexate (MTX), antimalarial drugs, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, Leflunomide, azathioprine, gold salts, cyclophosphamide, D-penicillamine, minocycline, auranofin, tacrolimus, myocrisin, chlorambucil, TNF alpha antagonists, TNF alpha receptor antagonists, INFLIXIMAB (TA-650), CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL (CDP870), GOLIMUMAB (CNTO 148), RITUXIMAB, ABATACEPT, TOCILIZUMAB Anakinra, CD4 antagonists, IL-20 antagonists, BLyS antagonists, Atacicept, belimumal p38 Inhibitors, CD20 antagonists, Ocrelizumab, Ofatumumab, interferon gamma antagonists, Fontolizumab, prednisolone, Prednisone, dexamethasone, Cortisol, cortisone, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, betamethasone, triamcinolone, beclometasome, fludrocortisone, deoxycorticosterone, aldosterone, Doxycycline, vancomycin, pioglitazone, SBI-087, SCIO-469, Cura-100, Oncoxin+Viusid, TwHF, Methoxsalen, Vitamin D--ergocalciferol, Milnacipran, Paclitaxel, rosig tazone, RADOO1, rapamune, rapamycin, fostamatinib, Fentanyl, XOMA 052, Fostamatinib disodium, rosightazone, Curcumin, Rosuvastatin, Maraviroc, ramipnl, Cobiprostone, somatropin, tgAAC94 gene therapy vector, MK0359, GW856553, esomeprazole, everolimus, trastuzumab, JAK1 and JAK2 inhibitors, pan JAK inhibitors, tetracyclic pyridone 6 (P6), 325, PF-956980, denosumab, IL-6 antagonists, CD20 antagonistis, CTLA4 antagonists, IL-8 antagonists, IL-21 antagonists, IL-22 antagonist, integrin antagonists, (natalizumab4, VGEF antagnosits, CXCL antagonists, MMP antagonists, defensin antagonists, IL-1 antagonists, IL-1 beta antagonsits, IL-23 antagonists, receptor decoys, antagonistic antibodies, mesalazine, mesalamine, sulfasalazine, sulfasalazine derivatives, immunosuppressive drugs, cyclosporin A, mercaptopurine, azathiopurine, methotrexate, antihistamines, glucocorticoids, epinephrine, theophylline, cromolyn sodium, anti-leukotrienes, anti-cholinergic drugs for rhinitis, TLR antagonists, inflammasome inhibitors, anti-cholinergic decongestants, mast-cell stabilizers, monoclonal anti-IgE antibodies, vaccines, cytokine inhibitors, anti-IL-6 antibodies, TNF inhibitors, infliximab, adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, golimumab, and etanercept. 15. The method of claim 13, wherein the additional therapeutic is an immunosuppressive agent. 16. The method of claim 13, wherein the additional therapeutic is an antibiotic. 17. The method of claim 13, wherein the additional therapeutic is a cancer therapeutic. 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the cancer therapeutic comprises a chemotherapy agent. 19. The method of claim 1, wherein at least 50% of the bacteria in the bacterial composition are of the Blautia strain. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein substantially all of the bacteria in the bacterial composition are of the Blautia strain. 21. The method of claim 1, wherein the bacterial composition comprises at least 1.times.10.sup.6 colony forming units (CFUs) of of the Blautia strain.

Details for Patent 10,493,113

Applicant	Tradename	Biologic Ingredient	Dosage Form	BLA	Approval Date	Patent No.	Expiredate
Eli Lilly And Company	HUMATROPE	somatropin	For Injection	019640	06/23/1987		2037-11-14
Eli Lilly And Company	HUMATROPE	somatropin	For Injection	019640	10/16/1986		2037-11-14
Eli Lilly And Company	HUMATROPE	somatropin	For Injection	019640	02/04/1999		2037-11-14