IP Library Granted Patent US 9,334,242
Granted Patent B2
US 9,334,242 · App. 12/981,233 · Granted May 10, 2016

Compounds for treatment of cancer

Inventors: Yan Lu (Bartlett, TN); Chien-Ming Li (Memphis, TN); Zhao Wang (Downingtown, PA); Jianjun Chen (Memphis, TN); Wei Li (Germantown, TN); James T. Dalton (Lakeland, TN); Duane D. Miller (Germantown, TN); Charles Duke (Memphis, TN); Sunjoo Ahn (Memphis, TN)
Assignees: GTX, INC.; UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
C07D233/64A61K31/4164A61K31/425A61K45/06C07D263/32C07D277/24C07D277/28C07D277/56C07D417/04
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Patent No.
US 9,334,242
App. No.
12/981,233
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to novel compounds having anti-cancer activity, methods of making these compounds, and their use for treating cancer and drug-resistant tumors, e.g. melanoma, metastatic melanoma, drug resistant melanoma, prostate cancer and drug resistant prostate cancer.

Claims (44)

1. A compound represented by the structure of formula XV:

wherein R 4 and R 5 are independently H, O-alkyl, I, Br, Cl, F, alkyl, haloalkyl, —(CH 2 ) i NHCH 3 , —(CH 2 ) i NH 2 , —(CH 2 ) i N(CH 3 ) 2 , OCH 2 Ph, OH, CN, NO 2 , —NHCO-alkyl, COOH, C(O)O-alkyl or C(O)H;

i is an integer between 0-5; and

n is an integer between 1-4.

2. A compound represented by the structure of formula (XVI):

wherein R 4 and R 5 are independently H, O-alkyl, I, Br, Cl, F, alkyl, haloalkyl, —(CH 2 ) i NHCH 3 , —(CH 2 ) i NH 2 , —(CH 2 ) i N(CH 3 ) 2 , OCH 2 Ph, OH, CN, NO 2 , —NHCO-alkyl, COOH, C(O)O-alkyl or C(O)H;

R 3 is I, Br, Cl, F;

i is an integer between 0-5; and

n is an integer between 1-4.

3. The compound of claim 2 , wherein said R 3 is F or Cl.

4. The compound of claim 2 , wherein said R 4 is Cl or OCH 3 .

5. The compound of claim 2 , wherein said R 5 is hydrogen.

6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein said compound is (2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)methanone (12fa):

7. An optical isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, tautomer, hydrate, N-oxide, or combinations thereof, of a compound represented by the structure of formula XV:

wherein R 4 and R 5 are independently H, O-alkyl, I, Br, Cl, F, alkyl, haloalkyl, —(CH 2 ) i NHCH 3 , —(CH 2 ) i NH 2 , —(CH 2 ) i N(CH 3 ) 2 , OCH 2 Ph, OH, CN, NO 2 , —NHCO-alkyl, COOH, C(O)O-alkyl or C(O)H;

i is an integer between 0-5; and

n is an integer between 1-4.

8. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to claim 7 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

9. A method of treating, suppressing or reducing the severity of, reducing the risk of, or inhibiting cancer comprising administering a compound according to claim 7 to a subject having cancer under conditions effective to treat the cancer.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein said cancer is selected from the group consisting of prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, skin cancer, melanoma, lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, renal cancer, CNS cancer, and combinations thereof.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein said cancer is melanoma cancer, metastatic melanoma, prostate cancer or ovarian cancer.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein said administering is carried out in combination with another cancer therapy.

13. A method of treating a drug resistant tumor or tumors comprising administering a compound according to claim 7 to a subject suffering from cancer under conditions effective to treat the drug resistant tumor or tumors.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein said tumor is melanoma cancer tumor, metastatic melanoma tumor, prostate cancer tumor or ovarian cancer tumor.

15. The method according to 13 , wherein said administering is carried out in combination with another cancer therapy.

16. The compound of claim 2 , wherein said compound is (2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)(4-fluorophenyl)methanone (12fb):

or

(4-fluorophenyl)(2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methanone (12cb):

17. An optical isomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, pharmaceutical product, tautomer, hydrate, N-oxide, or combinations thereof, of a compound represented by the structure of formula (XVI):

wherein R 4 and R 5 are independently H, O-alkyl, I, Br, Cl, F, alkyl, haloalkyl, —(CH 2 ) i NHCH 3 , —(CH 2 ) i NH 2 , —(CH 2 ) i N(CH 3 ) 2 , OCH 2 Ph, OH, CN, NO 2 , —NHCO-alkyl, COOH, C(O)O-alkyl or C(O)H;

R 3 is I, Br, Cl, F;

i is an integer between 0-5; and

n is an integer between 1-4.

18. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to claim 17 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

19. A method of treating, suppressing or reducing the severity of, reducing the risk of, or inhibiting cancer comprising administering a compound according to claim 17 to a subject having cancer under conditions effective to treat the cancer.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein said cancer is selected from the group consisting of prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, skin cancer, melanoma, lung cancer, colon cancer, leukemia, renal cancer, CNS cancer, and combinations thereof.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein said administering is carried out in combination with another cancer therapy.

22. A method of treating a drug resistant tumor or tumors comprising administering a compound according to claim 19 to a subject suffering from cancer under conditions effective to treat the drug resistant tumor or tumors, wherein said tumor is melanoma cancer tumor, metastatic melanoma tumor, prostate cancer tumor or ovarian cancer tumor.

23. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

24. A method of treating, suppressing or reducing the severity of, reducing the risk of, or inhibiting cancer comprising administering a compound according to claim 1 to a subject having cancer under conditions effective to treat the cancer.

25. A method of treating a drug resistant tumor or tumors comprising administering a compound according to claim 1 to a subject suffering from cancer under conditions effective to treat the drug resistant tumor or tumors.

26. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound according to claim 2 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

27. A method of treating, suppressing or reducing the severity of, reducing the risk of, or inhibiting cancer comprising administering a compound according to claim 2 to a subject having cancer under conditions effective to treat the cancer.

28. A method of treating a drug resistant tumor or tumors comprising administering a compound according to claim 2 to a subject suffering from cancer under conditions effective to treat the drug resistant tumor or tumors.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 17, 2020
From: GTX, INC
To: ONCTERNAL THERAPEUTICS, INC
Reel/Frame 052184/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2011
From: LI, CHIEN-MING; DALTON, JAMES T.; AHN, SUNJOO
To: GTX, INC.
Reel/Frame 026648/0967 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2011
From: LU, YAN; WANG, ZHAO; CHEN, JIANJUN; LI, WEI; MILLER, DUANE D.; DUKE, CHARLES
To: UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 026649/0022 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 61376675 · Aug 24, 2010
Provisional Application 61315790 · Mar 19, 2010
Provisional Application 61309360 · Mar 1, 2010
Related Publication 20110257196A1 · Oct 20, 2011