Patent classifications
G01N33/5748
Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against prostate cancer and other cancers
A method of treating a patient who has prostate cancer includes administering to said patient a composition containing a population of activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in the patient that aberrantly express a peptide. A pharmaceutical composition contains activated T cells that selectively recognize cells in a patient that aberrantly express a peptide, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the T cells bind to the peptide in a complex with an MHC class I molecule, and the composition is for treating the patient who has prostate cancer. A method of treating a patient who has prostate cancer includes administering to said patient a composition comprising a peptide in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, thereby inducing a T-cell response to the prostate cancer.
METHODS OF EVALUATING A CELLULAR SAMPLE FOR HER-2/NEU EXPRESSION AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRACTICING THE SAME
Methods of evaluating a cellular sample for HER-2/neu expression are provided. Aspects of the methods include flow cytometrically obtaining fluorescence emission data from a cellular sample fluorescently labelled HER-2/neu specific binding member and employing the sample fluorescence emission data with standard fluorescence emission data to obtain a value of fluorescently labelled HER-2/neu specific binding members bound per cell. Compositions, devices and kits for performing these methods are also provided
METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND TREATING IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR-RESPONSIVE NEOPLASMS AND CELLS, TRANSGENIC ANIMALS AND KITS FOR USE THEREIN
Provided are methods of identifying whether a subject having cancer will be responsive to agents that combat immune evasion, such as immune checkpoint inhibitors. Methods of treating a subject having cancer are also provided. Such methods may include those that involve identifying whether the cancer will be responsive to an immune checkpoint inhibitor and/or is an immune-evasive cancer and administering an agent, e.g., an immune checkpoint inhibitor and/or a MYC inhibitor, to the subject to treat the cancer. Also provided are methods of identifying cancer therapeutics that are effective during MYC-regulated immune evasion as well as cancer cell lines and transgenic animals useful in such methods. Kits for use in the described methods are also provided.
HLA CLASS II-RESTRICTED T CELL RECEPTORS AGAINST MUTATED RAS
Disclosed is an isolated or purified T cell receptor (TCR), wherein the TCR has antigenic specificity for mutated Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog (KRAS) presented by a human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Class II molecule. Related polypeptides and proteins, as well as related nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, populations of cells, and pharmaceutical compositions are also provided. Also disclosed are methods of detecting the presence of cancer in a mammal and methods of treating or preventing cancer in a mammal.
METHODS BASED ON THE DETECTION OF RAD51 FOCI IN TUMOR CELLS
The invention provides a method allowing to determine whether a subject diagnosed with cancer is sensitive or resistant to an anti-cancer treatment, based on the level of cells with RAD51 foci in a sample containing tumor cells isolated from said subject, wherein the subject has not received at 24 hours prior to the isolation of the sample, a chemotherapy selected from the group consisting of AC, FEC, ECF and navelbine/epirubicin, and wherein the sample has not been treated with a method that induces DNA damage before determining the level of cells with RAD51 foci.
ANTICANCER THERAPY
The present invention relates to a Son of Sevenless 1 (SOS1) inhibitor and/or a mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor for use in the treatment and/or prevention of cancer, wherein the SOS1 inhibitor or the MEK inhibitor is administered alone or the SOS1 inhibitor is administered in combination with the MEK inhibitor, wherein the cancer is resistant to treatment with an inhibitor of KRAS G12C.
HER3-BINDING ANTIBODY-DRUG CONJUGATE
Methods of treating cancer are provided, as well as compositions including an antigen-binding molecule that binds to HER3, comprising (i) a HER3-binding moiety, and (ii) a linker-payload moiety comprising exatecan or a derivative thereof.
PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR EMPLOYING GC7 (N1-GUANYL-1,7-DIAMINOHEPTANE) BASED ANTIGEN BINDING CONJUGATES IN CANCER THERAPY
The present invention generally relates to methods of theranostic compounds and their use to selectively kill a class of cancer cells. Methods and means related to the treatment of cancers which overexpress the KRAS gene and/or eIF5A gene with inhibitors of eIF5A hypusination, including G7, are disclosed.
Diagnostic/prognostic marker and therapeutic target for cancer
Embodiments of the present disclosure concern methods and compositions for prognosis, diagnosis, and/or treatment of prostate cancer or breast cancer, for example. Certain embodiments of the disclosure concern assaying for the expression level of TDRD1. Particular embodiments concern treating an individual with a particular cancer therapy when the expression level of TDRD1 is overexpressed.
Akt-specific capture agents, compositions, and methods of using and making
The present application provides stable peptide-based Akt capture agents and the use thereof as detection, diagnosis, and treatment agents. The application further provides novel methods of developing stable peptide-based capture agents, including Akt capture agents, using iterative on-bead in situ click chemistry.