Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Designated organic active ingredient containing – Having -c- – wherein x is chalcogen – bonded directly to...
Reexamination Certificate
2001-10-26
2003-05-13
Spivack, Phyllis G. (Department: 1614)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Designated organic active ingredient containing
Having -c-, wherein x is chalcogen, bonded directly to...
C514S646000, C514S734000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06562834
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to therapeutic combinations comprising an effective amount of camptothecin (CPT-11) with an effective amount of a stilbene derivative, such as combretastatin, for the treatment for cancer.
The invention relates to the treatment of cancer, more especially solid tumors, most especially, non-small cell living cancer and colorectal cancer, with associations of camptothecin derivatives and other anticancer drugs and the use of such associations for an improved treatment.
More specifically, the invention relates to anticancer treatments with associations of irinotecan (CPT-11; Campto®) and a stilbene derivative, such as combretastatin.
Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality with about 300,000 new cases and 200,000 deaths in Europe and the USA each year (See P. Boyle, Some Recent Developments in the Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer, pages 19-34 in
Management of Colorectal Cancer
, Bleiberg H., Rougier P., Wilke H. J., eds, (Martin Dunitz, London 1998); and—Midgley R. S., Kerr D. J., Systemic Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer, pages 126-27 in
Management of Colorectal Cancer,
Bleiberg H., Rougier P., Wilke H. J., eds, (Martin Dunitz, London 1998).)
Although about fifty percent of patients are cured by surgery alone, the other half will eventually die due to metastatic disease, which includes approximately 25% of patients who have evidence of metastases at time of diagnosis.
European patent EP 137,145, incorporated herein, describes camptothecin derivatives of the formula:
in which, in particular, R
1
is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl, X is a chlorine atom or NR
2
R
3
in which R
2
and R
3
, which may be identical or different, may represent a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted alkyl radical, a carbocycle or a heterocycle which are optionally substituted, or alkyl radicals (optionally substituted) forming, with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a heterocycle optionally containing another hetero atom chosen from O, S and/or NR
4
, R
4
being a hydrogen atom or an alkyl radical and in which the group X—CO—O— is located in position 9, 10 or 11 on ring A.
These camptothecin derivatives are anticancer agents which inhibit topoisomerase I, among which irinotecan or CPT-11, in which X—CO—O— is [4-(1-piperidino-1-piperidino]carbonyloxy, is an active principle which is particularly effective in treatment of solid tumors, and in particular, colorectal cancer.
The European patent application EP 74,256 also describes other camptothecin derivatives which are also mentioned as anticancer agents, in particular, derivatives of a structure analogous to the structure given above and in which X—CO—O— is replaced with a radical —X′R′ for which X′ is O or S and R′ is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or acyl radical.
Other camptothecin derivatives have also been described, for example, in the patents or patent applications EP 56,692, EP 88,642, EP 296,612, EP 321,122, EP 325,247, EP 540,099, EP 737,686, WO 90/03169, WO 96/37496, WO 96/38146, WO 96/38449, WO 97/00876, U.S. Pat. No. 7,104,894, JP 57 116,015, JP 57 116,074, JP 59 005,188, JP 60 019,790, JP 01 249,777, JP 01 246,287 and JP 91 12070 or in Canc. Res., 38 (1997) Abst. 1526 or 95 (San Diego—April 12-16), Canc. Res., 55(3):603-609 (1995) or AFMC Int. Med. Chem. Symp. (1997) Abst. PB-55 (Seoul—July 27-August 1).
Camptothecin derivatives are usually administered by injection, more particularly intravenously in the form of a sterile solution or an emulsion. Camptothecin derivatives, however, can also be administered orally, in the form of solid or liquid compositions.
Camptothecin is a cytotoxic alkaloid which possesses strong anti-tumor activities. However, while camptothecin derivatives are considered as some of the most powerful substances possessing anti-tumor activity for colorectal cancer, the use of these compounds can be improved in clinical treatments by association with other antitumor agents.
It has now been found that the combination of a camptothecin derivative with a stilbene derivative is especially effective in the treatment of many solid tumors, including colorectal cancer. Among the effective stilbene derivatives is combretastatin A-4, and a derivative of that compound which will be called simply combretastatin. Both of these compounds exhibit strong mitosis inhibitory activities, cytotoxicity, and inhibit tubulin polymerization.
Combretastatin A-4 has the following formula:
The combretastatin of this invention has the following formula:
These combretastatins are soluble in water and can be used in the form of a salt exemplified by hydrochloride, acetate, phosphate, methanesulfonate, and the like.
The manufacture of stilbene derivatives, including combretastatin A-4, which may be in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates and solvates, and the manufacture of oral and/or parenteral pharmaceutical composition containing the above compound, its inert pharmaceutically acceptable carrier(s) and/or diluent(s), are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,525,632. This patent and U.S. Pat. No. 5,674,906 disclose that stilbene derivatives, including combretastatin, when used alone, have low toxicity and carcinostatic effects in vivo.
It has recently been discovered that the combination of camptothecin and combretastatin significantly reduces the development of tumor volume over what would be predicted from administration to tumor-infected mammals of each compound alone. In fact, the sequential combination of CPT-11, a derivative of camptothecin, and the stilbene derivative, combretastatin, is more active at a lower dose than the highest non-toxic dose of each single agent for the treatment of cancers, especially in colon adenocarcinoma. See Table IV infra.
The efficacy of a combination may be demonstrated by determination of its therapeutic synergy. A combination manifests therapeutic synergy if it is therapeutically superior to one or other of the constituents used at its optimum dose (T. H. Corbett et al., Cancer Treatment Reports, 66, 1187 (1982)).
The efficacy of a combination may also be demonstrated by comparison of the maximum tolerated dose of the combination with the maximum tolerated dose of each of the separate constituents in the study in question. This efficacy may be quantified, for example by the log
10
cells killed, which is determined by the following formula:
log
10
cells killed=
T−C
(days)/3.32
×T
d
in which T−C represents the time taken for the cells to grow, which is the mean time in days for the tumors of the treated group (T) to reach a predetermined value (1 g for example) and the tumors of the control group (C) to reach the same value, and T
d
represents the time in days needed for the volume of the tumors in the control group to double. (T. H. Corbett et al., Cancer, 40, 2660.2680 (1977); F. M. Schabel et al., Cancer Drug Development, Part B, Methods in Cancer Research, 17, 3-51, New York, Academic Press Inc. (1979)). A product is considered to be active if log
10
cells killed is greater than or equal to 0.7. A product is considered to be very active if the log
10
cells killed is greater than 2.8.
In the present invention, a stilbene derivative, such as combretastatin, in an amount sufficient to inhibit tumor proliferation may be used with a camptothecin derivative, such as CPT-11, and administered to a mammal, in need of curing, alleviation, or prevention of tumors, especially a human being suffering from proliferation of tumor cells, in order to inhibit the growth of the tumor cells.
The inhibition of proliferation of tumor cells means inhibition of those tumor cells sensitive to therapy including administration of an effective amount of combretastatin and an effective amount of CPT-11 to a human being suffering from proliferation of tumor cells. In an acceptable case, this administration suppresses proliferation of tumor cells or diminishes the measurable size of the tumors. In an optimum case, the tumor undergoes regression completely.
As described above, there is
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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & DUnner LLP
Spivack Phyllis G.
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