# US 10,478,495 B2 · Methods for treating cancer using nanoparticle complexes of paclitaxel, cetuximab, and albumin

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- Number: US 10,478,495 B2
- Document ID: US10478495B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/412,581
- Filed: 2017-01-23
- Published: 2017-05-11
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-01
- Assignees: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Applicants: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Inventors: Svetomir N. Markovic; Wendy K. Nevala
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10478495B2

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## Abstract

The invention relates to methods for treating cancer (e.g., EGFR-expressing cancer) in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and antibody-albumin nanoparticle complexes, said complexes comprising albumin, a cetuximab antibody and paclitaxel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and antibody-albumin nanoparticle complexes, said complexes comprising albumin, a cetuximab antibody, and paclitaxel, wherein the nanoparticle complexes have been, pre-formed in vitro by mixing aqueous albumin-paclitaxel nanoparticles with the antibody under conditions to form the nanoparticle complexes, such that the nanoparticle complexes have EGFR binding specificity, wherein the cancer expresses EGFR, and wherein the average diameter of said complexes is between 0.1 μm and 1 μm.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the average diameter of said complexes is between 0.1 μm and 0.9 μm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the average diameter of said complexes is between 0.1 μm and 0.3 μm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the ratio of albumin-paclitaxel nanoparticle to antibody is between 5:1 and 1:2.5.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered by intravenous injection.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the subject is a human.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the cancer is head and neck cancer, lung cancer, or colon cancer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the therapeutically effective amount is between about 30 mg/m2 and about 70 mg/m2 antibody.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the therapeutically effective amount is between about 5 mg/kg and about 20 mg/kg antibody.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the therapeutically effective amount is between about 50 mg/m2 and about 175 mg/m2 albumin-paclitaxel nanoparticles.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered from about once a month to about three times a month.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method, of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is administered three times per 28 day cycle for at least two cycles.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said composition comprises an alkylating agent.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein said alkylating agent is a platinum compound.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier is saline, water, lactic acid, mannitol, or a combination thereof.