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US 12,291,548 · App. 17/258,914 · Granted May 6, 2025

Compounds, compositions, and methods for the treatment of disease

Inventors: Radhakrishnan P. Iyer (Shrewsbury, MA); Geeta Meher (Milford, MA); Sreerupa Challa (Shrewsbury, MA); Shenghua Zhou (Shrewsbury, MA)
Assignee: Sperovie Biosciences, Inc.
C07H21/02A61K31/7084A61K45/06
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Patent No.
US 12,291,548
App. No.
17/258,914
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are compounds and compositions for the activation or induction of expression of a pattern recognition receptor (e.g., STING, RIG-I, MDA5), and methods of use thereof.

Claims (166)

1. A compound of Formula (I):

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or stereoisomer thereof, wherein:

Z is either S or O;

B 1 is a natural purinyl nucleobase and B 2 is a natural pyrimidinyl nucleobase or B 2 is a natural purinyl nucleobase and B 1 is a natural pyrimidinyl nucleobase;

each of X 1 and X 2 is independently O or S;

each of Y 1 and Y 2 is independently O, S, or NR 5 ;

L 1 is absent, C 1 -C 6 alkyl or C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl and L 2 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl or C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, wherein each alkyl and heteroalkyl is optionally substituted with R 6 ; or L 1 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl or C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, and L 2 is absent, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 1 -C 6 heteroalkyl, wherein each alkyl and heteroalkyl is optionally substituted with R 6 ;

each of R 1 and R 2 is independently hydrogen, halo, —CN, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, or OR 7 ;

each of R 3 and R 4 is independently hydrogen, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 1 -C 20 heteroalkyl, OC(O)OC 1 -C 20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl, wherein each alkyl, heteroalkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, and heteroaryl is optionally substituted with one or more R 8 ;

R 5 is hydrogen or C 1 -C 20 alkyl;

R 6 is halo, —CN, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, OR 7 , oxo, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl, wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, and heteroaryl is optionally substituted with one or more R 9 ;

R 7 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 20 alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, or heteroaryl, wherein each alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclyl, aryl, and heteroaryl is optionally substituted with one or more R 9 ;

each R 8 is independently C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 1 -C 20 heteroalkyl, C(O)—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, OC(O)—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C(O)O—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, OC(O)O—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C(O)N(R 5 )—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, N(R 5 )C(O)—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, OC(O)N(R 5 )—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, O-aryl, O-heteroaryl, C(O)-aryl, C(O)-heteroaryl, OC(O)-aryl, C(O)O-aryl, OC(O)-heteroaryl, C(O)O-heteroaryl, C(O)N(R 5 )-aryl, C(O)N(R 5 )-heteroaryl, N(R 5 )C(O)-aryl, N(R 5 ) 2 C(O)-aryl, N(R 5 )C(O)-heteroaryl, or S(O) 2 N(R 5 )-aryl, wherein each alkyl, heteroalkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl is optionally substituted by one or more R 9 ; and

each R 9 is independently C 1 -C 20 alkyl, O—C 1 -C 20 alkyl, C 1 -C 20 heteroalkyl, halo, —CN, OH, oxo, aryl, heteroaryl, O-aryl, or O-heteroaryl.

2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein Z is O.

3. The compound of claim 1 , wherein B 1 is a natural purinyl nucleobase and B 2 is a natural pyrimidinyl nucleobase.

4. The compound of claim 1 , wherein B 1 is adenosinyl, and B 2 is uracilyl.

5. The compound of claim 1 , wherein B 2 is a natural purinyl nucleobase and B 1 is a natural pyrimidinyl nucleobase.

6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein B 2 is adenosinyl, and B 1 is uracilyl.

7. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of R 1 and R 2 is independently hydrogen, halo, or OR 7 .

8. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of X 1 and X 2 is O.

9. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of Y 1 and Y 2 is independently O or S.

10. The compound of claim 1 , wherein one of Y 1 or Y 2 is O and the other of Y 1 or Y 2 is S.

11. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of L 1 and L 2 is independently C 1 -C 6 alkyl.

12. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of R 3 and R 4 is independently hydrogen, aryl, or heteroaryl, wherein aryl and heteroaryl is optionally substituted with 1-5 R 8 .

13. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is phenyl substituted with 1 R 8 and R 4 is hydrogen.

14. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of R 3 and R 4 is independently phenyl substituted with 1 R 8 .

15. The compound of claim 1 , wherein each of Y 1 and Y 2 is O and each of R 3 and R 4 is independently hydrogen.

16. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R 8 is OC(O)-aryl or C(O)-aryl optionally substituted by 1-5 R 9 .

17. The compound of claim 16 , wherein R 9 is O—C 1 -C 12 alkyl.

18. A compound selected from the group consisting of:

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wherein X + is a pharmaceutically acceptable cation; or

a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

19. A method of ameliorating, alleviating, or improving at least one symptom of cancer in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of claim 1 .

20. A method of ameliorating, alleviating, or improving at least one symptom of a microbial infection or a viral infection in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2024
From: F-STAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
To: INVOX PHARMA LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068859/0948 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2022
From: SPEROVIE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
To: F-STAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059415/0214 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2021
From: IYER, RADHAKRISHNAN P.; MEHER, GEETA; CHALLA, SREERUPA; ZHOU, SHENGHUA
To: SPEROVIE BIOSCIENCES, INC.
Reel/Frame 055770/0543 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62695997 · Jul 10, 2018
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