BioXcel Therapeutics. has filed a patent for a method of diagnosing, prognosing, and treating prostate cancer patients. The patent claims a method of selecting patients with castration resistant prostate cancer (CrPC) for combination therapy using a selective dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitor and a PD-1 axis antagonist. The patent also includes a method of treating CrPC patients with this combination therapy. GlobalData’s report on BioXcel Therapeutics gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Method for treating castration resistant prostate cancer with combination therapy
A recently filed patent (Publication Number: US20230227918A1) describes a method for treating castration-resistant prostate adenocarcinoma cancer or castration-resistant neuroendocrine prostate cancer. The method involves administering two specific drugs to the subject: talabostat or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a PD-1 axis antagonist.
The patent claims that prior to treatment, a biological sample from the subject is analyzed to determine the amplification and/or expression level of certain genes. These genes include DPP-8, DPP-9, FAP, and programmed death ligand-1 (PDL-1) or CD274. If the amplification and/or expression level of these genes exceeds a predetermined threshold level, the treatment method described in the patent can be used.
The amplification and/or expression level of the genes can be determined using various methods such as amplification assays, hybridization assays, immunoassays, immunohistochemistry, western blot, northern blot, probe-based quantitative amplification assays, whole genomic sequencing, whole proteomic sequencing, RNA sequencing, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).
The biological sample used for analysis can include tumor cells, tumor-associated stromal cells, tumor-associated fibroblasts, tumor-associated macrophages, other immune-related cells like CD8+ T cells, MDSCs, and Tregs, NK cells, circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), circulating tumor cells, or a combination of these.
The treatment method described in the patent is applicable to human subjects. The PD-1 axis antagonist used in the treatment can be a PD-1 antagonist, PDL-1 antagonist, or PDL-2 antagonist. Examples of PD-1 antagonists include ANA011, AUNP-12, BGB-A317, KD033, pembrolizumab, MCLA-134, mDX400, MEDI0680, muDX400, nivolumab, PDR001, PF-06801591, REGN-2810, SHR-1210, STI-Al 110, TSR-042, and XCE853, either alone or in combination.
Similarly, PDL-1 antagonists can include avelumab, BMS-936559, CA-170, durvalumab, MCLA-145, SP142, STI-A1011, STI-A1012, STI-AIOIO, STI-A1014, atezolizumab, or combinations thereof. PDL-2 antagonists can include AMP-224 and rHIgM12B7, either alone or in combination.
The PD-1 axis antagonist is administered at a dose ranging from about 0.01 to 30 mg/kg, while the total daily amount of talabostat administered to the subject is from about 100 micrograms to 2.0 milligrams.
In summary, the patent describes a method for treating castration-resistant prostate adenocarcinoma cancer or castration-resistant neuroendocrine prostate cancer by administering talabostat and a PD-1 axis antagonist to the subject. The treatment is determined based on the amplification and/or expression level of specific genes in a biological sample from the subject. The patent provides a range of PD-1 axis antagonists and dosage ranges for their administration.
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