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Last Updated: April 25, 2024

Claims for Patent: 9,421,278


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Summary for Patent: 9,421,278
Title:Duocarmycin ADCS showing improved in vivo antitumor activity
Abstract: The present invention relates to duocarmycin-containing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for use in the treatment of human solid tumors and haematological malignancies expressing HER2, in particular breast cancer, gastric cancer, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck squamous cell cancer or osteosarcoma, and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. In particular, the present invention relates to duocarmycin-containing ADCs for use in the treatment of human solid tumors with HER2 IHC 2+ or 1+ and HER2 FISH negative tissue status. Advantageously, the present invention relates to duocarmycin-containing ADCs for use in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Inventor(s): Dokter; Willem (Nijmegen, NL), Goedings; Peter Johannes (Nijmegen, NL), Verheijden; Gijsbertus Franciscus Maria (Nijmegen, NL), Beusker; Patrick Henry (Nijmegen, NL)
Assignee: Synthon Biopharmaceuticals B.V. (Nijmegen, NL)
Application Number:14/859,201
Patent Claims:1. A method of treating triple negative breast cancer in a human patient, comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the structure ##STR00011## wherein 2.5-2.9 represents an average DAR for the compound.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the average DAR for the compound is from 2.6 to 2.9.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the compound is administered in an amount of from about 0.3 mg/kg to about 10 mg/kg.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the compound is administered every three weeks.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising administering an effective amount of a therapeutic antibody or a chemotherapeutic agent, or a combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the therapeutic antibody is pertuzumab and the chemotherapeutic agent is a taxane or an anthracycline.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the taxane is docetaxel or paclitaxel, and the anthracycline is doxorubicin, epirubicin, daunorubicin or valrubicin.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the patient is administered a pharmaceutical composition, comprising the compound as defined in claim 1 and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients.

9. The method of claim Si, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is suitable for intravenous infusion.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is in the form of a lyophilized powder or a frozen solution.

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