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Claims for Patent: 9,399,028


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Summary for Patent: 9,399,028
Title:Treatment of drug resistant cancer
Abstract: The present invention discloses novel agents and methods for diagnosis and treatment of melanoma. Also disclosed are related arrays, kits, and screening methods.
Inventor(s): Tavazoie; Sohail (New York, NY), Pencheva; Nora (New York, NY)
Assignee: The Rockefeller University (New York, NY)
Application Number:14/486,466
Patent Claims:1. A method of treating drug resistant cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an LXR.beta. agonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a PD-1 inhibitor or PD-L1 inhibitor, wherein said inhibitor is nivolumab or atezolizumab (MPDL3280A), wherein said drug resistant cancer is breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, or ovarian cancer, and wherein said LXR.beta. agonist is: ##STR00020##

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said drug resistant cancer is metastatic.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising administration of an additional anticancer therapy.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said additional anticancer therapy is an antiproliferative.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said antiproliferative is a VEGF inhibitor, a VEGFR2 inhibitor, and/or a CTLA4 inhibitor.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein said antiproliferative is ipilmumab or vemurafenib.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said LXR.beta. agonist is administered in an amount sufficient to slow the spread of said drug resistant cancer.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein said LXR.beta. agonist is administered in an amount sufficient to increase the expression level or activity level of ApoE to a level sufficient to slow the spread of metastasis of said drug resistant cancer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said drug resistant cancer is ovarian cancer.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein said ovarian cancer is resistant to platinum agents.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said drug resistant cancer is breast cancer.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said breast cancer is triple negative breast cancer.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said drug resistant cancer is non-small cell lung cancer.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject is administered an effective amount of an LXR.beta. agonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a PD-1 inhibitor, wherein the PD-1 inhibitor is nivolumab.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject is administered an effective amount of an LXR.beta. agonist, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a PD-L1 inhibitor, wherein the PD-L1 inhibitor is atezolizumab (MPDL3280A).

Details for Patent 9,399,028

Applicant Tradename Biologic Ingredient Dosage Form BLA Approval Date Patent No. Expiredate
Bristol-myers Squibb Company OPDIVO nivolumab Injection 125554 12/22/2014 ⤷  Try a Trial 2032-08-13
Bristol-myers Squibb Company OPDIVO nivolumab Injection 125554 10/04/2017 ⤷  Try a Trial 2032-08-13
Bristol-myers Squibb Company OPDIVO nivolumab Injection 125554 08/27/2021 ⤷  Try a Trial 2032-08-13
Genentech, Inc. TECENTRIQ atezolizumab Injection 761034 05/18/2016 ⤷  Try a Trial 2032-08-13
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