IP Library Granted Patent US 12,295,948
Granted Patent B2
US 12,295,948 · App. 18/513,888 · Granted May 13, 2025

Crenolanib for treating FLT3 mutated proliferative disorders relapsed/refractory to prior treatment

Inventors: Vinay K. Jain (Dallas, TX); Bothayna Messahel (Coppell, TX)
Assignee: Arog Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
A61K31/4709A61P35/02C12Q1/6886C12Q2600/156
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Patent No.
US 12,295,948
App. No.
18/513,888
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention includes methods for treating a proliferative disorder in a subject with mutated or constitutively active FLT3 in a subject relapsed/refractory to one or more prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors comprising: obtaining a tumor sample from the subject that is relapsed/refractory to one or more prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors; measuring expression of mutated or constitutively active FLT3 mutant in the tumor sample; and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof sufficient to treat the proliferative disorder.

Claims (21)

1. A method of inhibiting or reducing mutant FLT3 tyrosine kinase activity or expression in a subject suffering from a proliferative disorder comprising:

identifying that the subject discontinued a prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy due to refractory or relapsed proliferative disease;

obtaining a tumor sample from the subject;

measuring expression of a mutated FLT3 or a constitutively active FLT3 mutant in the tumor sample; and

if the subject has the mutated FLT3 or constitutively active FLT3 mutant, administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the crenolanib or salt thereof reduces a proliferative disorder burden or prevents proliferative disease progression.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of:

the mutated or constitutively active FLT3 is at least one of FLT3-ITD; FLT3-TKD; an activating mutation in FLT3; a copy number gain or amplification of the FLT3 gene; or a gene fusion comprising a fusion of FLT3 with another gene;

the subject is relapsed or refractory to the prior tyrosine inhibitor and wherein the subject has a resistance-conferring FLT3 mutation selected from a missense mutation occurring in at least one of amino acid residues K429, A627, N676, A680, F691, Y693, G697, D698, N701, D835, N841, Y842, A848 present alone, or in combination with a FLT3-ITD mutation; or

the resistance-conferring FLT3 mutation was present before administration of the prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor or wherein the resistance conferring FLT3 mutation was acquired during or after administration of the prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject has been provided a prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor selected from midostaurin, sorafenib, gilteritinib, quizartinib, pexidartinib, FF-10101, CG-806, lestaurtinib, AG1295, AG1296, CEP-5214, CEP-7055, HM43239, pacritinib, MAX-40279, FYSYN, NMS-03592088, or TG02 citrate; or the subject has a FLT3 mutation that confers resistance to the prior tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the proliferative disorder is selected from at least one of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor, leukemia, myeloma, myeloproliferative disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES), bladder cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, CNS cancer, colon cancer, esophageal cancer, head and neck cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, neuroendocrine cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, renal cancer, salivary gland cancer, small cell lung cancer, skin cancer, stomach cancer, testicular cancer, thyroid cancer, uterine cancer, and hematologic malignancy.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of:

the therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are from about 50 to 500 mg per day, 100 to 450 mg per day, 200 to 400 mg per day, 300 to 500 mg per day, 350 to 500 mg per day, or 400 to 500 mg per day;

the therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered at least one of continuously, intermittently, systemically, or locally;

the therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered orally, intravenously, or intraperitoneally;

the therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered up to three times or more a day for as long as the subject is in need of treatment for the proliferative disorder; or

the therapeutically effective amount of crenolanib or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is:

provided at least one of sequentially or concomitantly with another pharmaceutical agent to maintain remission of an existing patient;

provided as a single agent or in combination with another pharmaceutical agent in a patient to maintain remission, or in a relapsed/refractory proliferative disorder patient;

provided as a single agent or in combination with another pharmaceutical agent to maintain remission, or in a relapsed/refractory proliferative disorder pediatric patient; or

the crenolanib or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is crenolanib besylate, crenolanib phosphate, crenolanib lactate, crenolanib hydrochloride, crenolanib citrate, crenolanib acetate, crenolanib toluenesulphonate, or crenolanib succinate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2023
From: MESSAHEL, BOTHAYNA; JAIN, VINAY K.
To: AROG PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
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Continuity (3)
Division 17830682 · Jun 2, 2022
Provisional Application 63270887 · Oct 22, 2021
Related Publication 20240100040A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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