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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Christian Lavedan, Potomac, MD (US);
Simona Volpi, Derwood, MD (US);
Louis Licamele, Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6883 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6883 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/136 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention describes an association between genetic polymorphisms in the FAM13A1 (family with sequence similarity 13, member A1) gene and a predisposition to prolongation of the QT interval, and provides related methods for the prediction of such a predisposition, the administration of QT interval-prolonging compounds to individuals having such a predisposition, and determining whether a compound is capable of inducing QT prolongation.