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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2016
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Ravi K. Amaravadi, Media, PA (US);
Jeffrey Winkler, Wynnewood, PA (US);
The Trustees of The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel bisaminoquinoline compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds and methods for inhibiting autophagy in biological systems. Methods of treating cancer in patients in need using compounds and/or compositions according to the present invention alone or in combination with at least one additional anticancer agent represent additional aspects of the invention. Methods of treating disease states and/or conditions in which inhibition of autophagy plays a favorable treatment role including rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, lupus, chronic urticaria and Sjogren's disease, with compounds according to the present invention represent additional aspects of the invention.