IP Library Granted Patent US 12,257,254
Granted Patent B2
US 12,257,254 · App. 17/684,020 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Compositions comprising phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors and a second antiproliferative agent

Inventors: Stephen Joseph Shuttleworth (Oxfordshire, GB); Andrew David Whale (Oxfordshire, GB)
Assignee: Convalife (Shanghai) Co. Limited
A61K31/5377A61K31/4184A61K31/519A61K31/5386A61K31/69A61K38/05A61K45/06
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Patent No.
US 12,257,254
App. No.
17/684,020
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and at least one second agent selected from the group consisting of signal transduction pathway inhibitors, tumour immunotherapeutics, agents inhibiting the BCL2 family of proteins, agents inhibiting Mcl-1, proteasome Inhibitors, poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) Inhibitors, aromatase inhibitors, conventional cytotoxic agents or a miscellaneous agent selected from abiraterone, ARN-509 and MYC inhibitors.

Claims (40)

1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a combination of a compound of formula (I):

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein:

W is selected from the group consisting of O, N—H, N—(C 1 -C 10 alkyl) and S;

each X is independently CH or N;

R 1 is a 5 to 7-membered saturated or unsaturated heterocycle containing at least 1 heteroatom selected from N and O;

R 2 is LY;

each L is selected from the group consisting of a direct bond, C 1 -C 10 alkylene, C 2 -C 10 alkenylene, and C 2 -C 10 alkynylene;

Y is a fused, bridged or spirocyclic non-aromatic 5-12 membered heterocycle containing up to 4 heteroatoms selected from N or O;

wherein any aforementioned heterocycle may be optionally substituted with up to three substituents selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 6 alkyl, hydroxy, C 1 -C 3 hydroxyalkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, amino, C 1 -C 3 mono alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 bis alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 acylamino, C 1 -C 3 aminoalkyl, mono (C 1 -C 3 alkyl) amino C 1 -C 3 alkyl, bis (C 1 -C 3 alkyl) amino C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 -acylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkyl sulfonylamino, acyl, halo, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, carboxy, C 1 -C 3 alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, mono C 1 -C 3 alkyl aminocarbonyl, bis C 1 -C 3 alkyl aminocarbonyl, —SO 3 H, C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfonyl, aminosulfonyl, mono C 1 -C 3 alkyl aminosulfonyl, and bis C 1 -C 3 -alkyl aminosulfonyl; and

each R 3 is independently selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, halogen, fluoro C 1 -C 10 alkyl, O—C 1 -C 10 alkyl, NH—C 1 -C 10 alkyl, S—C 1 -C 10 alkyl, O-fluoro C 1 -C 10 alkyl, NH-acyl, NH—C(O)—NH—C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C(O)—NH—C 1 -C 10 alkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl; and

at least one second agent selected from the group consisting of signal transduction pathway inhibitors, tumour immunotherapeutics, agents inhibiting the BCL2 family of proteins, agents inhibiting Mcl-1, proteasome inhibitors, aromatase inhibitors, conventional cytotoxic agents or a miscellaneous agent selected from abiraterone, ARN-509 and MYC inhibitors; wherein;

the signal transduction pathway inhibitor is a spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor, a BMX non-receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor, an anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors, small molecule inhibitors of or a biological agent targeting tyrosine kinases, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibitors, small molecule inhibitors of the ribosomal protein S6 kinase, p-70S6K, inhibitors of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), RAF kinase inhibitors, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) inhibitors, BCR-ABL inhibitors, extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) inhibitors, JAK-STAT signalling inhibitors or NF-KB-inducing kinase (NIK) inhibitors;

the tumour immunotherapeutic is an HDAC inhibitor, an indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) inhibitor, an immunomodulator or a CTLA-4-targeted agent;

the agent inhibiting the BCL2 family of proteins is ABT-737, ABT-263, Obatoclax, Venetoclax, Sabutoclax, AT101, HA14-1 or BAM 7; and

the conventional cytotoxic agent is cisplatin, carboplatin, mitoxantrone, vincristine, vinblastine, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, chlorambucil, melphalan, paclitaxel, methotrexate, tomudex, etoposide, camptothecins, irinotecan or a DNA methylation inhibitor.

2. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is represented by any of the following structures:

3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is morpholine.

4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein W is O or S.

5. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein W is O.

6. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein X is CH.

7. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is H.

8. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein L is C 1 -C 10 alkylene.

9. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein Y contains one or two heteroatoms.

10. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein Y is selected from:

wherein:

A is selected from the group consisting of O, S, NR 4 , C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenylene, and C 2 -C 3 alkynylene;

B is selected from the group consisting of NR 4 , O, and CH 2 ;

wherein R 4 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, and C 2 -C 10 alkynyl;

wherein the aforementioned C 1 -C 3 alkylene, C 2 -C 3 alkenylene, C 2 -C 3 alkynylene, C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 2 -C 10 alkenyl, or C 2 -C 10 alkynyl may be optionally substituted with up to three substituents selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 6 alkyl, hydroxy, C 1 -C 3 hydroxyalkyl, C 1 -C 3 alkoxy, C 1 -C 3 haloalkoxy, amino, C 1 -C 3 mono alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 bis alkylamino, C 1 -C 3 acylamino, C 1 -C 3 aminoalkyl, mono (C 1 -C 3 alkyl) amino C 1 -C 3 alkyl, bis (C 1 -C 3 alkyl) amino C 1 -C 3 alkyl, C 1 -C 3 -acylamino, C 1 -C 3 alkyl sulfonylamino, acyl, halo, nitro, cyano, trifluoromethyl, carboxy, C 1 -C 3 alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, mono C 1 -C 3 alkyl aminocarbonyl, bis C 1 -C 3 alkyl aminocarbonyl, —SO 3 H, C 1 -C 3 alkylsulfonyl, aminosulfonyl, mono C 1 -C 3 alkyl aminosulfonyl, and bis C 1 -C 3 -alkyl aminosulfonyl;

p is selected from 0 and 1;

each m is independently selected from 0, 1, and 2; and

each n is independently selected from 1, 2, and 3.

11. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein A is O or C 1 -C 3 alkylene.

12. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein B is O or CH 2 .

13. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the compound of formula (I) is selected from the group consisting of:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

14. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second agent is the signal transduction pathway inhibitor.

15. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second agent is the tumour immunotherapeutic.

16. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second agent is the agent inhibiting the BCL2 family of proteins.

17. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second agent is the conventional cytotoxic agent.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2023
From: SHUTTLEWORTH, STEPHEN JOSEPH; WHALE, ANDREW DAVID
To: KARUS THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 062728/0719 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2022
From: KARUS THERAPEUTICS LIMITED
To: CONVALIFE (SHANGHAI) CO. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 061315/0660 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1514760 · Aug 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
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