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• the present invention relates to new types of terminally-activated polymeric materials which are useful in forming long-acting conjugates of bioactive materials.
• the invention relates to polymeric-based conjugates having increased therapeutic payloads and methods of preparing the same.
• Prodrugs include chemical derivatives of a biologically-active parent compound which, upon administration, eventually liberate the parent compound in vivo. Prodrugs allow the artisan to modify the onset and/or duration of action of an agent in vivo and can modify the transportation, distribution or solubility of a drug in the body.
• prodrug formulations often reduce the toxicity and/or otherwise overcome difficulties encountered when administering pharmaceutical preparations.
• Typical examples of prodrugs include organic phosphates or esters of alcohols or thioalcohols. See Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences. 16th Ed., A. Osol, Ed. (1980), the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference herein.
• Prodrugs are often biologically inert or substantially inactive forms ofthe parent or active compound. The rate of release ofthe active drug, i.e. the rate of hydrolysis, is influenced by several factors but especially by the type of bond joining the parent drug to the modifier. Care must be taken to avoid preparing prodrugs which are eliminated through the kidney or reticular endothelial system, etc. before a sufficient amount of hydrolysis ofthe parent compound occurs.
• E M are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C 1-6 alkyls, C ⁇ . n branched alkyls, C 3-g cycloalkyls, C 1-6 substituted alkyls, C 3-g substituted cycloalkyls, aryls, substituted aryls, aralkyls, C ⁇ heteroalkyls, substituted C ⁇ heteroalkyls, C, ⁇ alkoxy, phenoxy, C ⁇ heteroalkoxy,
• E M includes a B moiety, wherein B is a leaving group, OH, a residue of a hydroxyl- or amine- containing moiety or
• J is the same as J, or another member of the group defining J and E 5 is the same as E M , or another member ofthe group defining E M ;
• Y 1-2 are independently O or S;
• R 2 . 5 and R 7 . g are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C w alkyls, C 3 . 12 branched alkyls, C 3 . g cycloalkyls, C, ⁇ substituted alkyls, C 3 . g substituted cycloalkyls, aryls, substituted aryls, aralkyls, C ⁇ heteroalkyls, substituted C ⁇ heteroalkyls, C ⁇ alkoxy, phenoxy and C ⁇ heteroakoxy;
• Z is an electron withdrawing group
• R ⁇ is a polymeric residue such as a water-soluble polyalkylene oxide, preferably having a molecular weight of at least about 20,000 Daltons.
• the polymeric residue is also substituted on the distal portion with another branching group to provide compounds ofthe formula (I'):
• bifunctional compounds are thus formed when the polymeric residue (R,) includes both an alpha and an omega terminal linking group so that two, four or more equivalents of a biologically active agent, drug or protein, designated herein as B, can be delivered.
• Multifunctional compounds represented by the formula (V) are preferred.
• other oncolytic agents non-oncolytic agents such as anti- inflammatory agents, including steroidal compounds, as well as therapeutic low molecular weight peptides such as insulin are also contemplated.
• B can be a leaving group such as N-hydroxybenzotriazolyl, N-hydroxyphthalimidyl, halogen, / nitrophenoxy, imidazolyl, N-hydroxysuccinimidyl, thiazolidyl thione, or other activating groups.
• the term "residue” shall be understood to mean that portion of a biologically active compound which remains after the biologically active compound has undergone a substitution reaction in which the prodrug carrier portion has been attached.
• alkyl shall be understood to include straight, branched, substituted, e.g. halo-, alkoxy-, and nitro- C 2 alkyls, C 3 . 8 cycloalkyls or substituted cycloalkyls, etc.
• substituted shall be understood to include adding or replacing one or more atoms contained within a functional group or compound with one or more different atoms.
• the prodrugs have a higher payload per unit of polymer than previous techniques.
• Another advantage is that the linkers achieve a proper balance between the rate of parent daig-polymer linkage hydrolysis and the rate of clearance of prodrug from the body.
• the linkages between the polymer and the parent compounds also referred to herein as a biologically-active nucleophiles, hydrolyze at a rate which allows a sufficient amount ofthe parent molecules to be released in vivo before clearance ofthe prodrug from the plasma or body.
• the high payload polymeric conjugates ofthe present invention are thus unique delivery systems which can contain up to four or a greater number of molecules of a drug.
• Figures la, lb, 2a, 2b schematically illustrate methods of forming compounds ofthe present invention.
• FIGS 3-9 schematically illustrate compounds synthesized in the Examples.
• compositions ofthe invention comprise the formula:
• E M are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C, ⁇ alkyls, C 3 . 12 branched alkyls, cycloalkyls, C M substituted alkyls, C 3 . g substituted cycloalkyls, aryls, substituted aryls, aralkyls, C, ⁇ heteroalkyls, substituted C 1-6 heteroalkyls, C M alkoxy, phenoxy, C M heteroalkoxy,
• E M includes a B moiety, wherein B is a leaving group, OH, a residue of a hydroxyl-or amine-containing moiety or
• J is the same as J, or another member ofthe group defining J; optionally when J ! is the same as J, ml,nl and pi, etc. are different from those used in J; and E 5 is the same as E w , or another member ofthe group defining E ⁇ ;
• R 2 _ 5 and R 7 . g are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C ⁇ alkyls, C 3 . 12 branched alkyls, C 3-g cycloalkyls, C, ⁇ substituted alkyls, C 3 . g substituted cycloalkyls, aryls, substituted aryls, aralkyls, C, ⁇ heteroalkyls, substituted C ⁇ heteroalkyls, C ⁇ alkoxy, phenoxy and C ⁇ heteroakoxy;
• Z is an electron withdrawing group; and R, is a polymeric residue.
• the polymer residue portion designated Rj herein, is further substituted with a terminal capping moiety (A,) which is distal to the linker portion containing the branched amine.
• a non-limiting list of suitable capping groups includes hydrogen, CO 2 H, C, ⁇ alkyl moieties, biologically active and inactive moieties, dialkyl acyl urea alkyls, and moieties of Formula (V):
• Y x and Y 2 are preferably oxygen, R 2 . j are preferably H or methyl, (n) is 1 or 2, (p) is 1 and (q) is 1.
• R 2 . j are preferably H or methyl, (n) is 1 or 2, (p) is 1 and (q) is 1.
• X and Z are variables which represent electron withdrawing groups.
• X is either O or NR_j and Re is preferably H.
• X is oxygen
• the oxygen is provided as the terminal portion ofthe PEG polymer.
• the terminal oxygen can be substituted to provide the other X moieties described herein using techniques apparent to those of ordinary skill without undue experimentation.
• the polymer, R, is preferably attached to Q via a heteroatom such as oxygen.
• Q can be selected from the non-limiting list of cycloalkyls, aryls, aralkyl groups substituted with O, S or NR ⁇ ,, where R g is one of hydrogen, C,_ 6 alkyls, C 3-12 branched alkyls, C 3 . 8 cycloalkyls, C,. 6 substituted alkyls, C 3 .
• R 9 is H, a C,. 6 alkyl or substituted C,. 6 alkyl.
• the free electron pair can be anywhere along the Q moiety as long as the defined spacing between the free electron pair and the oxygen is maintained.
• R is attached to Q via NR 9 , O, or S.
• Q assists hydrolysis ofthe prodmg linkage by anchimeric assistance because the free electron pair moiety can generate a three- to six- membered, but preferably five-membered, ring by-product upon hydrolysis ofthe preferably ester linkage.
• the prodmg compounds ofthe present invention are designed so that the t 1/2 of hydrolysis is ⁇ t 1/2 elimination in plasma.
• the linkages included in the compounds have hydrolysis rates in the plasma ofthe mammal being treated which is short enough to allow sufficient amounts of the parent compounds, i.e. the amino- or hydroxyl-containing bioactive compound, to be released prior to elimination.
• Some preferred compounds ofthe present invention i.e. those in which (n) is 1, have a t 1/2 for hydrolysis in plasma ranging from about 5 minutes to about 12 hours.
• the compositions have a plasma t 1/2 hydrolysis ranging from about 0.5 to about 8 hours and most preferably from about 1 to about 6 hours.
• R is a polymeric residue which is preferably substantially non-antigenic.
• R further includes a capping group A which can be hydrogen, CO 2 H, C,. 6 alkyl moieties, carboxyalkyl, dialkyl acyl urea alkyls, or a compound of formula (V) shown below which forms a bis- system:
• polymers include polyalkylene oxides such as polyethylene glycols.
• polyalkylene oxides such as polyethylene glycols.
• water-soluble polymer can be functionalized for attachment to the linkage via M, X or Q herein.
• polyethylene glycols PEG's
• mono-activated, C 1-4 alkyl-terminated PAO's such as mono-methyl-terminated polyethylene glycols (mPEG's) are preferred when mono- substituted polymers are desired.
• mono- or di-acid activated polymers such as PEG acids or PEG diacids can be used as well as mono- or di-PEG amines and mono- or di-PEG diols.
• Suitable PAO acids can be synthesized by first converting mPEG-OH to an ethyl ester followed by saponification. See also Gehrhardt, H, et al. Polymer Bulletin 18: 487 (1987) and Veronese, F.M., et al., J. Controlled Release 10; 145 (1989).
• the PAO-acid can be synthesized by converting mPEG-OH into a t-butyl ester followed by acid cleavage. See, for example, commonly assigned U.S. Patent No. 5,605,976. The disclosures of each ofthe foregoing are incorporated by reference herein.
• PAO's and PEG's can vary substantially in number average molecular weight
• polymers ranging from about 2,000 to about 100,000 are usually selected for the purposes ofthe present invention. Molecular weights of from about 5,000 to about 50,000 are preferred and 20,000 to about 40,000 are particularly preferred.
• the number average molecular weight ofthe polymer selected for inclusion in the prodrug must be sufficient so as to provide sufficient circulation of the prodrug before hydrolysis ofthe linker.
• polymers having molecular weight ranges of at least 20,000 are preferred for chemotherapeutic and organic moieties.
• the number average molecular weight ofthe polymeric residue can range from about 2,000 to about 20,000.
• the polymeric substances included herein are preferably water-soluble at room temperature.
• a non-limiting list of such polymers include polyalkylene oxide homopolymers such as polyethylene glycol (PEG) or polypropylene glycols, polyoxyethylenated polyols, copolymers thereof and block copolymers thereof, provided that the water solubility ofthe block copolymers is maintained.
• effectively non-antigenic materials such as dextran, polyvinyl alcohols, carbohydrate-based polymers, hydroxypropylmethacrylamide (HPMA), and copolymers thereof etc. and the like can be used if the same type of activation is employed as described herein for PAO's such as PEG.
• PAO's such as PEG.
• Camptothecin is a water-insoluble cytotoxic alkaloid produced by Camptolheca accumuiala trees indigenous to China and nothapodyles foetida trees indigenous to India. Camptothecin and related compounds and analogs are also known to be potential anticancer or antitumor agents and have been shown to exhibit these activities in vitro and in vivo. Camptothecin and related compounds are also candidates for conversion to the prodrugs o the present invention. Camptothecin and certain related analogues share the structure:
• the A ring in either or both ofthe 10- and 1 1 -positions can be substituted with an OH.
• the A ring can also be substituted in the 9-position with a straight or branched C,. 30 alkyl or C,. 17 alkoxy, optionally linked to the ring by a heteroatom i.e.- O or S.
• the B ring can be substituted in the 7-position with a straight or branched C,. 30 alkyl or substituted alkyl-, C 5 . 8 cycloakyl, C,.
• camptothecin derivatives for use herein include those which include a 20-OH or another OH moiety which is capable of reacting directly with activated forms ofthe polymer transport systems described herein or to the linking moiety intermediates, e.g. iminodiacetic acid, etc., which are then attached to a polymer such as PEG.
• PEG polymer
• camptothecin analogs herein has been made for purposes of illustration and not limitation.
• taxanes One class of compounds included in the prodrug compositions of the present invention is taxanes.
• taxanes include all compounds within the taxane family of terpenes.
• taxol paclitaxel
• 3 '-substituted teri-butoxy-carbonyl-amine derivatives taxoteres
• Representative taxanes are shown below.
• the prodrug formulations ofthe present invention can be prepared using many other compounds.
• biologically-active compounds such as bis-PEG conjugates derived from compounds such as gemcitabine:
• triazole-based antifungal agents such as fluconazole:
• the parent compounds selected for prodrug forms need not be substantially water-insoluble, although the polymer-based prodrugs ofthe present invention are especially well suited for delivering such water-insoluble compounds.
• Other useful parent compounds include, for example, certain low molecular weight biologically active proteins, enzymes and peptides, including peptido glycans, as well as other anti-tumor agents; cardiovascular agents such as forskolin; anti-neoplasties such as combretastatin, vinblastine, doxorubicin, maytansine, etc.; anti-infectives such as vancomycin, erythromycin, etc.; anti-fungals such as nystatin, amphotericin B, triazoles, papulocandins, pneumocandins, echinocandins, polyoxins, nikkomycins, pradimicins, benanomicins, etc.
• prodrug conjugates ofthe present invention may also include minor amounts of compounds containing not only one equivalent of drug and polymer but also a moiety which does not effect bioactivity in vivo. For example, it has been found that in some instances, in spite of reacting diacids with drug molecules having a single linkage point, the reaction conditions do not provide quantitative amounts of prodrugs with two equivalents of drug per polymer. By-products ofthe reactants can sometimes be formed such as acyl ureas if carbodiimides are used.
• B is a residue of an amine-containing compound
• suitable compounds include residues of organic compounds, enzymes, proteins, polypeptides, etc.
• Organic compounds include, without limitation, moieties such as anthracycline compounds including daunorubicin, doxorubicin; /;-aminoaniline mustard, melphalan, Ara-C (cytosine arabinoside) and related anti-metabolite compounds, e.g., gemcitabine, etc.
• B can be a residue of an amine-containing cardiovascular agent, anti- neoplastic, anti-infective, anti-fungal such as nystatin and amphotericin B, anti- anxiety agent, gastrointestinal agent, central nervous system-activating agent, analgesic, fertility agent, contraceptive agent, anti-inflammatory agent, steroidal agent, anti-urecemic agent, vasodilating agent, vasoconstricting agent, etc.
• the amino-containing compound is a biologically active compound that is suitable for medicinal or diagnostic use in the treatment of animals, e.g., mammals, including humans, for conditions for which such treatment is desired.
• animals e.g., mammals, including humans
• the amino-containing compound is a biologically active compound that is suitable for medicinal or diagnostic use in the treatment of animals, e.g., mammals, including humans, for conditions for which such treatment is desired.
• the foregoing list is meant to be illustrative and not limiting for the compounds which can be modified. Those of ordinary skill will realize that other such compounds can be similarly modified without undue experimentation. It is to be understood that those biologically active materials not specifically mentioned but having suitable amino-groups are also intended and are within the scope ofthe present invention.
• amino-containing molecules suitable for inclusion herein there is available at least one (primary or secondary) amine- containing position which can react and link with a carrier portion and that there is not substantial loss of bioactivity after the prodmg system releases and regenerates the parent compound.
• parent compounds suitable for incorporation into the prodmg compositions ofthe invention may themselves be substances/compounds which are not active after hydrolytic release from the linked composition, but which will become active after undergoing a further chemical process/reaction.
• an anticancer drug that is delivered to the bloodstream by the double prodmg transport system may remain inactive until entering a cancer or tumor cell, whereupon it is activated by the cancer or tumor cell chemistry, e.g., by an enzymatic reaction unique to that cell.
• the prodrugs ofthe present invention can be prepared in at least two general fashions.
• the polymer residue is attached to the branching groups and thereafter the biologically active moiety or drug, e.g. D g-OH or Drug-NH 2 is attached to the polymeric terminal branches.
• the biologically active moiety or drug e.g. Dmg-OH or Drug-NH 2 is attached to the branching groups and thereafter, the resultant intermediate is attached to the polymeric residue.
• Figures la and 2a schematically illustrate methods in which symmetrical branches are used. Methods in which asymmetrical branches are used are illustrated in Figures lb and 2b. 1.
• the branched amine-containing group is provided in a protected form (IX): .
• E 4 and J are as defined above and B 3 is a cleavable or reversible protecting group.
• An example of a compound of formula (IX) is tBoc aspartic acid.
• Suitable protecting groups useful for this purpose may be any of a variety of organic moieties known to those of ordinary skill in the art and include, without limitation, t-Boc (te/7-butyloxycarbonyl), Cbz (carbobenzyloxy) and TROC (trichloroethoxycarbonyl).
• compound (IXa) shows
• the protecting group is removed by treatment of (IXa) with a strong acid such as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) or other haloacetic acid, HCl, sulfuric acid, etc., or by using catalytic hydrogenation.
• a strong acid such as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) or other haloacetic acid, HCl, sulfuric acid, etc.
• Y 2 is O or S and B 2 is a leaving group which is capable of reacting with an unprotected amine, such as an activated carbonate moiety like/?-nitrophenyl or succinimidyl carbonate; a thiazolidine thione or other art recognized activating group to form (IXc).
• an unprotected amine such as an activated carbonate moiety like/?-nitrophenyl or succinimidyl carbonate
• a thiazolidine thione or other art recognized activating group to form (IXc).
• a biologically active moiety having an available OH or NH 2 group is reacted with (IXc) to form the polymeric transport form (D d).
• Attachment ofthe B moiety e.g. Drug-OH or Drug-NH 2 is preferably carried out in the presence of a coupling agent.
• suitable coupling agents include 1,3-diisopropylcarbodiimide (DD?C), any suitable dialkyl carbodiimides, 2-halo-l-alkyl-pyridinium halides, (Mukaiyama reagents), l-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethyl carbodiimide (EDC), propane phosphonic acid cyclic anhydride (PPACA) and phenyl dichlorophosphates, etc. which are available, for example from commercial sources such as Sigma- Aldrich Chemical, or synthesized using known techniques.
• Figure lb shows a similar reaction scheme except that asymmetric branches are used, i.e. J is the same as in Figure la and E 4 is
• the substituents are reacted in an inert solvent such as methylene chloride, chloroform, toluene, DMF or mixtures thereof.
• the reaction also preferably is conducted in the presence of a base, such as dimethylaminopyridine, diisopropylethyl amine, pyridine, triethylamine, etc. to neutralize any acids generated and at a temperature from 0°C up to about 22°C (room temperature).
• a base such as dimethylaminopyridine, diisopropylethyl amine, pyridine, triethylamine, etc.
• (x) represents the degree of polymerization and "Drug” represents a residue of a hydroxyl- or amine-containing biologically active compound which has undergone a substitution reaction which results in the attachment ofthe biologically active moiety to the branched polymer.
• Another aspect ofthe present invention provides methods of treatment for various medical conditions in mammals.
• the methods include administering to the mammal in need of such treatment, an effective amount of a prodrug, such as a camptothecin-20-PEG ester, which has been prepared as described herein.
• a prodrug such as a camptothecin-20-PEG ester
• the compositions are useful for, among other things, treating neoplastic disease, reducing tumor burden, preventing metastasis of neoplasms and preventing recurrences of tumor/neoplastic growths in mammals.
• the amount ofthe prodrug administered will depend upon the parent molecule included therein. Generally, the amount of prodrug used in the treatment methods is that amount which effectively achieves the desired therapeutic result in mammals. Naturally, the dosages ofthe various prodrug compounds will vary somewhat depending upon the parent compound, rate of in vivo hydrolysis, molecular weight ofthe polymer, etc. In general, however, prodrug taxanes are administered in amounts ranging from about 5 to about 500 mg/m 2 per day, based on the amount ofthe taxane moiety. Camptothecin prodrugs are also administered in amounts ranging from about 5 to about 500 mg/m 2 per day.
• the range set forth above is illustrative and those skilled in the art will determine the optimal dosing of the prodrug selected based on clinical experience and the treatment indication. Actual dosages will be apparent to the artisan without undue experimentation.
• the prodrugs of the present invention can be included in one or more suitable pharmaceutical compositions for administration to mammals.
• the pharmaceutical compositions may be in the form of a solution, suspension, tablet, capsule or the like, prepared according to methods well known in the art. It is also contemplated that administration of such compositions may be by the oral and/or parenteral routes depending upon the needs ofthe artisan.
• a solution and/or suspension ofthe composition may be utilized, for example, as a carrier vehicle for injection or infiltration ofthe composition by any art known methods, e.g., by intravenous, intramuscular, subdermal injection and the like.
• Such administration may also be by infusion into a body space or cavity, as well as by inhalation and/or intranasal routes.
• the prodrugs are parenterally administered to mammals in need thereof.
• PEG (40 kDa) dithiazolidine thione (8, 1 g, 0.025 mmol) is added to the mixture of 1 (14 mg, 0.1 1 mmol) and NJV-diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA, 37 ⁇ L,
• Example 14 Compound 20: Coupling of TRIS (18) with mPEG (20 kDa Thiazolidine Thione
• Example 15 Compound 21 A solution of 20 (10 g, 2 mmol) in 100 mL of toluene is azeotroped for 2 hours and is cooled to 35 °C followed by the addition of 10.5 mL (10.5 mmol) of 1.0 M potassium t-butoxide in t-butanol. The mixture is stirred for 1 hour at 35 °C followed by the addition of 3.9 g (20 mmol) of t-butyl bromoacetate. The reaction mixture is stirred at 40 °C overnight, filtered through celite and solvent removed in vacuo. The residue is recrystallized from chilled CH 2 Cl 2 -ethyl ether to yield ester of
• DIPC (0.72 g, 5.8 mmol) was added to a solution of jty-t-Boc-L-aspartic acid (23, 1.34 g, 5.8 mmol), 3 (2.0 g, 5.8 mmol), DMAP (0.7 g, 5.8 mmol), and in anhydrous CH 2 C1 2 (25 L) at 0 °C.
• the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight, followed by washing with 1% aqueous sodium bicarbonate (4 x 15 mL) and 0.1 N HCl (2 x 15 mL). The organic layer was dried over anhydrous MgSO 4 .
• the solution was concentrated to give a crude product as a solid which was recrystallized in methanol to give 24 (2.1 g, 40%).
• PEG (40 kDa) dicarboxylic acid (6, 1.0 g, 0.025 mmol) was azeotroped for 2 h in toluene, followed by removal ofthe solvent / ' /; vacuo. Anhydrous CH 2 C1 2 (20 mL) was added to the residue followed by the addition of 25 (94 mg, 0.10 mmol),
• Example 27 Compound 39
• a polymeric conjugate of gemcitabine is prepared by repeating the procedures of Examples 24-26 using gemcitabine in place of Ara-C ( ).
• PAPTPA diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid

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