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• the invention relates to a method of treating a warm-blooded animal, especially a human, having leukaemia comprising administering to the animal at least one compound inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity, especially those compounds mentioned herein, in a quantity which is effective against leukaemia; to a method of treating a warm-blooded animal, especially a human, having leukaemia comprising administering to the animal (a) at least one compound decreasing the c-Src activity and (b) N- ⁇ 5-[4-(4-methyl-piperazino-methyl)-benzoylamido]-2-methylphenyl ⁇ -4-(3-pyridyl)-2-pyrimidine-amine (STI571) in a quantity which is jointly therapeutically effective against leukaemia; a combination which comprises (a) at least one compound decreasing the c-Src activity and (b) STI571 or the monomethanesulfonate salt thereof and optional
• Protein tyrosine kinases catalyze the phosphorylation of specific tyrosine residues.
• One member of this class of enzymes is the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase.
• the effect in treating leukaemia of a combination which comprises (a) at least one compound decreasing the c-Src activity and (b) STI571 or the monomethane-sulfonate salt thereof is greater than the effects that can be achieved with either type of combination partner alone, i.e. greater than the effects of a monotherapy using only one of the combination partners (a) and (b) as defined herein.
• the present invention relates to a method of treating a warm-blooded animal having leukaemia comprising administering to the animal at least one compound inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity in a quantity which is therapeutically effective against leukaemia, in which method said compounds can also be present in the form of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
• the present invention relates to a method of treating a warm-blooded animal having leukaemia comprising administering to the animal (a) at least one compound decreasing the c-Src activity and (b) STI571 in a quantity which is jointly therapeutically effective against leukaemia.
• the present invention relates to a combination which comprises (a) at least one compound decreasing the c-Src activity and (b) STI571, wherein the active ingredients are present in each case in free form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and optionally at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; for simultaneous, separate or sequential use.
• the present invention relates to a method of treating a warm-blooded animal having leukaemia, in particular comprising administering to the animal at least one compound inhibiting the activity of a member of the Src kinase family, in particular Src, yes, hck, fyn, lyn, Ick, blk, fgr or Yrk, the activity of a member of the Btk or Tec kinase family or a Raf kinase inhibitor, e.g. BAY 43-9006, in a quantity which is therapeutically effective against leukaemia alone or in combination with a Bcr-Abl inhibitor, in particular STI571.
• leukemia as used herein includes, but is not limited to, chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) and acute lymphocyte leukaemia (ALL), especially Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphocyte leukaemia (Ph+ALL).
• CML chronic myelogenous leukaemia
• ALL acute lymphocyte leukaemia
• Ph+ALL Philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphocyte leukaemia
• the variant of leukaemia to be treated by the methods disclosed herein is CML.
• the term “method of treatment” as used herein includes a treatment effecting the delay of progression of leukemia.
• delay of progression means in particular the administration of a medicament to patients being in a pre-stage or in an early phase of leukaemia, in which patients, for example, a pre-form or an early form of leukaemia is diagnosed or which patients are in a condition, e.g. a condition resulting from an accident, under which it is likely that a corresponding disease will develop.
• compounds inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity means such compounds having an IC 50 in the range of 1 to 3000 nM, preferably in the range of 1 to 500 nM, in the proliferation test using bcr-Abl transfected 32D cells described hereinafter.
• the term includes, but is not limited to, compounds belonging to the structure classes of pyrrolopyrimidines, especially pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines, purines, pyrazo-pyrimidines, especially pyrazo[3,4-d]pyrimidines, pyrazopyrimidines, especially pyrazo[3,4-d]pyrimidines and pyridopyrimidines, especially pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines.
• the term relates to those compounds disclosed in WO 96/10028, WO 97/28161, WO97/32879 and WO97/49706 and, more preferably, to the single compounds of formulae I to VII, most preferably to the compound of formula I and V, in particular the compound of formula I.
• the compound of formula V is also known as PP1.
• the preparation of PP1 is described by T. Schindler, F. Sicheri et al in Molecular Cell, 1999 (3), 639, 647.
• the compounds of formula VI, VII and VIII are described in the following documents and the literature cited therein: J. M. Hamby et al, J. Med. Chem. 40, 1997, 2296-2303; R. L. Panek et al, J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 283,1997,1433-1444; and S. R. Klutchko et al, J. Med. Chem. 41, 1998, 3276-3292.
• STI571 can be prepared and administered as described in WO 99/03854, especially the monomesylate salt of STI571 can be formulated as described in Examples 4 and 6 of WO 99/03854. STI571 can also be administered as marketed under the trademark GLIVECTM or GLEEVECTM.
• compounds decreasing the c-Src activity includes, but is not limited to, compounds inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity as defined above and to SH2 interaction inhibitors such as those disclosed in WO97/07131 and WO97/08193.
• compounds decreasing the c-Src activity are SH2 interaction inhibitors or, more preferably, compounds inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity as defined above.
• references to the pharmacologically active compounds mentioned herein are meant to also include the pharmaceutically acceptable salts. If compounds inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity or a combination partner (a) or (b) have, for example, at least one basic center, they can form acid addition salts.
• the combination partners (a) and (b) having an acid group (for example COOH) can also form salts with bases.
• the pharmacologically active compounds mentioned herein may also be used in form of a hydrate or include other solvents used for crystallization.
• STI571 i.e. the combination partner (b), is preferably used in the present invention in the form of its monomesylate salt.
• the present invention relates to a method of treating a warm-blooded animal having leukaemia comprising administering to the animal at least one compound inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity and the Bcr-Abl tyrosine kinase activity, in a quantity which is therapeutically effective against leukaemia, in which method said compounds can also be present in the form of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
• such compound is a compound of formula V.
• Bcr-Abl-transfected 32D cells (32D pGD p210 Bcr-Abl; Bazzoni, G.; et al. J. Clin. Invest. (1996), 98(2), 521-528) are cultured in RPMI 1640 (BioConcept, Allschwil, Switzerland; cat. No.: 1-41 F01), 10% fetal calf serum, 2 mM glutamine. 10000 cells in 50 ⁇ L per well are seeded into flat bottom 96 well tissue culture plates.
• a combination which comprises (a) at least one compound decreasing the c-Src activity and (b) ST1571, wherein the active ingredients are present in each case in free form or in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and optionally at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier will be referred to hereinafter as a COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION.
• a further benefit is that lower doses of the active ingredients of the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION can be used, for example, that the dosages need not only often be smaller, but can be also applied less frequently, or can be used in order to diminish the incidence of side-effects. This is in accordance with the desires and requirements of the patients to be treated.
• the proliferation test using bcr-Abl transfected 32D cells with a COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION is carried out as described above with the following changes. Two combination partners are mixed in fixed ratios. Threefold serial dilutions of this mixture or the combination partners alone are added to the cells seeded in 96 well tissue culture plates as described above. The effects on 32D-bcr-Abl cell proliferation of a COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION is evaluated and compared with the effects of the single combination partners using CalcuSyn, a dose-effect analyzer software for single and multiple drugs (distributed by Biosoft, Cambridge).
• the leukaemia that can be treated with a compound inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity or with the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION can be such leukaemia which is resistent to monotherapy employing STI571 as sole active agent, e.g. leukaemia of such patients who initially had responded to STI571 and then relapsed.
• compounds inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity and COMBINATIONS OF THE INVENTION can be used for the treatment of patients in the advanced stage (blast crisis phase) of CML.
• the beneficial effects on leukaemia can be determined directly through the results of these studies or by changes in the study design which are known as such to a person skilled in the art.
• the combination partner (b) can be administered with a fixed dose and the dose of the combination partner (a) is escalated until the Maximum Tolerated Dosage is reached.
• a placebo-controlled, double blind study can be conducted in order to prove the benefits of the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION mentioned herein.
• the compound inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity is selected from pyrrolopyrimidines, especially pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines, purines, pyrazopyrimidines, especially pyrazo[3,4-d]pyrimidines, pyrazopyrimidines, especially pyrazo[3,4-d]pyrimidines and pyridopyrimidines, especially pyrido[2,3-d]-pyrimidines.
• Particularly preferred are the compounds of formula I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII and VIII, especially the compound of formula I and formula V.
• a combination comprising a compound of formula I and STI571 or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Furthermore, especially preferred is a combination comprising a compound of formula V and STI571 or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
• the invention pertains also to the use of at least one compound inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity or of the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION for the treatment of leukaemia and for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of leukaemia.
• the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION can be a combined preparation or a pharmaceutical composition.
• a combined preparation defines especially a “kit of parts” in the sense that the combination partners (a) and (b) as defined above can be dosed independently or by use of different fixed combinations with distinguished amounts of the combination partners (a) and (b), i.e., simultaneously or at different time points.
• the parts of the kit of parts can then, e.g., be administered simultaneously or chronologically staggered, that is at different time points and with equal or different time intervals for any part of the kit of parts.
• the time intervals are chosen such that the effect on the treated disease in the combined use of the parts is larger than the effect which would be obtained by use of only any one of the combination partners (a) and (b).
• the ratio of the total amounts of the combination partner (a) to the combination partner (b) to be administered in the combined preparation can be varied, e.g. in order to cope with the needs of a patient sub-population to be treated or the needs of the single patient which different needs can be due to the particular disease, age, sex, body weight, etc. of the patients.
• there is at least one beneficial effect e.g., a mutual enhancing of the effect of the combination partners (a) and (b), in particular a synergism, e.g.
• It is one objective of this invention to provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a quantity, which is jointly therapeutically effective against leukaemia comprising the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION.
• the combination partners (a) and (b) can be administered together, one after the other or separately in one combined unit dosage form or in two separate unit dosage forms.
• the unit dosage form may also be a fixed combination.
• compositions for separate administration of the combination partners (a) and (b) and for the administration in a fixed combination i.e. a single galenical compositions comprising at least two combination partners (a) and (b), according to the invention can be prepared in a manner known per se and are those suitable for enteral, such as oral or rectal, and parenteral administration to mammals (warm-blooded animals), including man, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of at least one pharmacologically active combination partner alone or in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carries, especially suitable for enteral or parenteral application.
• Novel pharmaceutical composition contain, for example, from about 10% to about 100%, preferably from about 20% to about 60%, of the active ingredients.
• Pharmaceutical preparations for the combination therapy for enteral or parenteral administration are, for example, those in unit dosage forms, such as sugar-coated tablets, tablets, capsules or suppositories, and furthermore ampoules. If not indicated otherwise, these are prepared in a manner known per se, for example by means of conventional mixing, granulating, sugar-coating, dissolving or lyophilizing processes. It will be appreciated that the unit content of a combination partner contained in an individual dose of each dosage form need not in itself constitute an effective amount since the necessary effective amount can be reached by administration of a plurality of dosage units.
• a therapeutically effective amount of each of the combination partner of the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION may be administered simultaneously or sequentially and in any order, and the components may be administered separately or as a fixed combination.
• the method of treatment of leukaemia according to the present invention may comprise (i) administration of the combination partner (a) in free or pharmaceutically acceptable salt form and (ii) adminstration of a combination partner (b) in free or pharmaceutically acceptable salt form, simultaneously or sequentially in any order, in jointly therapeutically effective amounts, preferably in synergistically effective amounts, e.g. in daily dosages corresponding to the amounts described herein.
• the individual combination partners of the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION can be administered separately at different times during the course of therapy or concurrently in divided or single combination forms.
• the term administering also encompasses the use of a pro-drug of a combination partner that convert in vivo to the combination partner as such.
• the instant invention is therefore to be understood as embracing all such regimes of simultaneous or alternating treatment and the term administering is to be interpreted accordingly.
• the effective dosage of each of compounds inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity and of the combination partners employed in the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION may vary depending on the particular compound or pharmaceutical composition employed, the mode of administration, the condition being treated, the severity of the condition being treated.
• the dosage regimen the COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION is selected in accordance with a variety of factors including the route of administration and the renal and hepatic function of the patient.
• a physician, clinician or veterinarian of ordinary skill can readily determine and prescribe the effective amount of the single active ingredients required to prevent, counter or arrest the progress of the condition.
• Optimal precision in achieving concentration of the active ingredients within the range that yields efficacy without toxicity requires a regimen based on the kinetics of the active ingredients' availability to target sites.
• N- ⁇ 5-[4-(4-methyl-piperazino-methyl)-benzoylamido]-2-methylphenyl ⁇ -4-(3-pyridyl)-2-pyrimidine-amine monomesylate is preferably administered to a human in a dosage in the range of about 5 to 850 mg/day, more preferably 25 to 600 mg/day and most preferably 100 to 300 mg/day. Unless stated otherwise herein, the compound is preferably administered from one to four times per day.
• Compounds inhibiting the c-Src protein tyrosine kinase activity e.g. the compound of formula I, is preferably administered orally to a human in a dosage in the range of about 100 to 2000 mg/day, more preferably 500 to 1500 mg/day, e.g. 1000 mg/day.
• BAY 43-9006 is employed as a combination partner, it is preferably administered orally at doses of up to 800 mg twice daily.
• the present invention provides a commercial package comprising as active ingredients COMBINATION OF THE INVENTION, together with instructions for simultaneous, separate or sequential use thereof in the treatment of leukaemia.

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