IP Library Granted Patent US 12,295,939
Granted Patent B2
US 12,295,939 · App. 18/364,621 · Granted May 13, 2025

Substituted benzothiophene analogs as selective estrogen receptor degraders

Inventors: Gregory R Thatcher (Tucson, AZ); Rui Xiong (Chicago, IL); Jiong Zhao (Chicago, IL); Yunlong Lu (Chicago, IL); Lauren Gutgesell (Chicago, IL); Carlo Ivan Rosales (Chicago, IL); Yangfeng Li (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
A61K31/397A61K31/138A61K31/167A61K31/277A61K31/4025A61K31/4196A61K31/4535A61K31/565A61K31/566A61K31/573A61K38/09A61K39/3955A61K45/06C07D409/12C07B2200/05
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Patent No.
US 12,295,939
App. No.
18/364,621
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one aspect, the disclosure relates to relates to substituted benzothiophene analogs which are useful as selective degraders of estrogen receptor, methods of making same, pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and methods of treating one or more clinical conditions associated with estrogen receptor, such as a cancer, including breast cancer, or osteoporosis. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure.

Claims (27)

1. A method for the treatment of breast cancer in a mammal comprising the step of administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having a structure represented by a formula:

wherein m is selected from 0 and 1;

wherein p is selected from 0, 1, and 2;

wherein q is selected from 0, 1, and 2;

wherein each of Z 1 and Z 2 is independently selected from —CH— or —N—; provided Z 1 and Z 2 are not simultaneously —CH— or —N—; and provided when Z 1 is —CH— and m is 1, that p and q are not both 0;

wherein Z 10 is selected from —O— or —NH;

wherein Z 11 is, when present, —CH 2 CH 2 ;

wherein Z 40 is —(CH 2 ) n —, wherein n is selected from 1, 2, 3, or 4;

wherein each of R 10a and R 10b are independently selected from hydrogen, deuterium, halogen, and C1-C3 methyl;

wherein R is C1-C6 alkyl, C1-C6 haloalkyl, halogen, or hydroxy; and

r is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the breast cancer is selected from the group consisting of hormone receptor positive metastatic breast cancer, tamoxifen resistant breast cancer, aromatase inhibitor resistant breast cancer, CDK4/6 inhibitor resistant breast cancer breast cancer, a triple negative breast cancer, and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising co-administering a hormone therapy agent.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the hormone therapy agent is selected an antibody that specifically binds bicalutamide, flutamide, fulvestrant, leuprolide acetate, megestrol acetate, tamoxifen, raloxifene, anastrozole, exemestane, letrozole, and combinations thereof.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising co-administering a therapeutic antibody selected from the group consisting of an antibody that binds EGFR, an antibody that binds PD-1, an antibody that binds PD-L1, an antibody that binds VEGF, an antibody that binds HER2, and combinations of the foregoing antibodies thereof.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the therapeutic antibody is selected from the group consisting of panitumumab, bevacizumab, cetuximab, trastuzumab, and combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 2 , further comprising co-administering a therapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of a chemotherapeutic agent, a radioisotope, an anti-hormonal agent, a cytotoxic agent, an immunotherapeutic agent, a targeted cancer therapeutic agent, and combinations thereof.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the chemotherapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of folate antagonists, purine antagonists, pyrimidine antagonists, DNA alkylating agents, DNA cross-linking drugs, antibiotics, platinum complexes, and combinations thereof.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the targeted cancer therapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of proteosome inhibitors, mitotic spindle poisons, topoisomerase inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, CDK4/6 inhibitors, mTOR inhibitors, PI3K inhibitors, BET (Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal motif proteins) inhibitors, and combinations thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein Z 10 is —O—.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein —Z 1 — is N and Z 2 is —CH—.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein —Z 1 — is —CH— and Z 2 is —N—.

13. The method of claim 1 , having a structure represented by a formula:

or a subgroup thereof.

14. The method of claim 1 , having a structure represented by a formula:

15. The method of claim 1 , having a structure represented by a formula:

Assignments (1)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jan 30, 2024
From: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 066380/0670 →
Continuity (4)
Division 16967188
Provisional Application 62657046 · Apr 13, 2018
Provisional Application 62626785 · Feb 6, 2018
Related Publication 20230381137A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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