Embodiments of the instant disclosure relate to novel methods and compositions for treating tumors resistant to platinum-based chemotherapy. In certain embodiments, methods of treating tumors herein can include administering an effective amount of at least one ursolic acid derivative. In certain embodiments, methods of treating tumors herein can include administering an effective amount of at least one ursolic acid derivative in combination with at least one platinum-based chemotherapeutic separately or in a combination therapy. In some embodiments, methods of treating tumors disclosed herein can include screening and/or selecting a subject suitable for treatment on the basis of SENP1 tumor expression. In other embodiments, methods of treating tumors can include administering a composition disclosed herein to a subject, the composition having a combination of at least one ursolic acid derivative and at least one platinum-based chemotherapeutic.

The present disclosure novel pyrazine compounds targeting adenosine receptors (especially A1 and A2, particularly A2a). The present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the compounds as an active ingredient, and use of the compounds in the treatment of adenosine receptor (AR) associated diseases, for example cancer such as NSCLC, RCC, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.

The present disclosure novel pyrazine compounds targeting adenosine receptors (especially A1 and A2, particularly A2a). The present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the compounds as an active ingredient, and use of the compounds in the treatment of adenosine receptor (AR) associated diseases, for example cancer such as NSCLC, RCC, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.

The present disclosure novel pyrazine compounds targeting adenosine receptors (especially A1 and A2, particularly A2a). The present disclosure also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the compounds as an active ingredient, and use of the compounds in the treatment of adenosine receptor (AR) associated diseases, for example cancer such as NSCLC, RCC, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.

The present invention relates to the combination of PM01183 with several anticancer drugs, in particular other anticancer drugs selected from antitumor platinum coordination complexes, antimetabolites, mitotic inhibitors, anticancer antibiotics, topoisomerase I and/or II inhibitors, proteasome inhibitors, histone deacetylase inhibitors, nitrogen mustard alkylating agents, nitrosourea alkylating agents, nonclassical alkylating agents, estrogen antagonists, androgen antagonists, mTOR inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and other agents selected from aplidine, ET-743, PM02734 and PM00104, and the use of these combinations in the treatment of cancer.

The present invention relates to the combination of PM01183 with several anticancer drugs, in particular other anticancer drugs selected from antitumor platinum coordination complexes, antimetabolites, mitotic inhibitors, anticancer antibiotics, topoisomerase I and/or II inhibitors, proteasome inhibitors, histone deacetylase inhibitors, nitrogen mustard alkylating agents, nitrosourea alkylating agents, nonclassical alkylating agents, estrogen antagonists, androgen antagonists, mTOR inhibitors, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, and other agents selected from aplidine, ET-743, PM02734 and PM00104, and the use of these combinations in the treatment of cancer.

The present disclosure generally relates to therapeutic nanoparticles. Exemplary nanoparticles disclosed herein may include about 0.1 to about 40 weight percent of a therapeutic agent and about 10 to about 90 weight percent a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol copolymer or a diblock poly(lactic)-co-poly(glycolic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol copolymer, wherein the diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol copolymer comprises poly(lactic) acid having a number average molecule weight of about 30 kDa to about 90 kDa or the diblock poly(lactic)-co-poly(glycolic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol copolymer comprises poly(lactic)-co-poly(glycolic) acid having a number average molecule weight of about 30 kDa to about 90 kDa.

Methods of treating cancer comprising administering a fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) extracellular domain (ECD) and/or an FGFR1 ECD fusion molecule in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent selected from docetaxel, paclitaxel, vincristine, carboplatin, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin, pemetrexed, and bevacizumab are provided. Dosage packs comprising an FGFR1 ECD and/or an FGFR1 ECD fusion molecule and/or at least one additional therapeutic agent selected from docetaxel, paclitaxel, vincristine, carboplatin, cisplatin, oxaliplatin, doxorubicin, 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), leucovorin, pemetrexed, and bevacizumab are also provided. In some embodiments, a dosage pack comprises instructions for administering FGFR1 ECD and/or FGFR1 ECD fusion molecule with at least one additional therapeutic agent.

Methods and compositions for treating a urothelial and/or a micropapillary carcinoma, such as a micropapillary urothelial carcinoma are disclosed.

The present invention provides methods for modulating the immune response of a subject to a therapeutic agent, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a triphenylethylene (TRIP) compound with an effective amount of the therapeutic agent. In particular embodiments, the TRIP compound enhances the immune response of the subject to the therapeutic agent. In some embodiments, the TRIP compound is administered in different dosing schedules to provide a biphasic immunomodulation effect.