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Claims for Patent: 9,795,672


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Summary for Patent: 9,795,672
Title:Treatment with anti-VEGF antibodies
Abstract: This invention concerns in general treatment of diseases and pathological conditions with anti-VEGF antibodies. More specifically, the invention concerns the treatment of human patients susceptible to or diagnosed with cancer using an anti-VEGF antibody, preferably in combination with one or more additional anti-tumor therapeutic agents.
Inventor(s): Fyfe; Gwendolyn (San Francisco, CA), Holmgren; Eric (Palo Alto, CA), Novotny; William (Menlo Park, CA)
Assignee: Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA)
Application Number:15/198,769
Patent Litigation and PTAB cases: See patent lawsuits and PTAB cases for patent 9,795,672
Patent Claims:1. A method of treating cancer in a patient comprising administering to the patient an effective amount of bevacizumab, wherein the patient has a grade III hypertensive event resulting from the bevacizumab administration, the method further comprising administering to the patient an antihypertensive agent in an amount sufficient to manage the grade III hypertensive event while continuing to treat the patient with bevacizumab, the continued bevacizumab treatment being carried out without altering the dosage regimen.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises administering one or more chemotherapeutic agents.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more chemotherapeutic agents is one or more of an alkylating agent, antimetabolite, pyrimidine analog, vinca alkyloid, epipodophyllotoxin, antibiotic, topoisomerase inhibitor, interferon, platinum coordination complex, or taxoid.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more chemotherapeutic agents is one or more of a pyrimidine analog, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin, irinotecan, paclitaxel, oxaliplatin, carboplatin, cisplatin, doxorubicin, topotecan, or interferon-alpha.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the one or more chemotherapeutic agents is one or more of 5-FU, leucovorin, irinotecan, or oxaliplatin.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more chemotherapeutic agents is 5-FU, leucovorin, and irinotecan.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the cancer is colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, glioblastoma, non-small cell lung cancer, cervical cancer, peritoneum cancer, renal cancer, ovarian cancer, or mesothelioma.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the cancer is metastatic colorectal cancer.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the cancer is metastatic colorectal cancer.

10. The method of claim 4, wherein the cancer is metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

11. The method of claim 4, wherein the cancer is metastatic cervical cancer.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein the cancer is metastatic ovarian cancer or metastatic peritoneum cancer.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein the cancer is metastatic renal cancer.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is glioblastoma.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the bevacizumab is administered to the patient bi-weekly at about 10 mg/kg.

16. The method of claim 4, wherein the patient does not have clinically significant cardiovascular disease prior to the bevacizumab administration.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein one of the one or more chemotherapeutic agents is 5-FU.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the bevacizumab is administered to the patient bi-weekly at about 5 mg/kg.

International Patent Family for US Patent 9,795,672

Country Patent Number Estimated Expiration
South Africa 200509059 ⤷  Start Trial
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) 2005000900 ⤷  Start Trial
United States of America 7622115 ⤷  Start Trial
United States of America 2023218755 ⤷  Start Trial
United States of America 2021015918 ⤷  Start Trial
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