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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Brian Derhua LU, Westfield, NJ (US);
Siu-long Yao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Cynthia Seidel-dugan, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Yan Wang, Warren, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Brian DerHua Lu, Westfield, NJ (US);
Siu-Long Yao, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Cynthia Seidel-Dugan, Mountainside, NJ (US);
Yan Wang, Warren, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 51/00 (2006.01); A61M 36/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to methods for evaluating the efficacy of an IGF1R inhibitor, such as an anti-IGF1R antibody, for the treatment of an Ewing's sarcoma tumor by determining the level of tumoral glucose metabolism. Tumoral glucose metabolism is determining at an early point in the treatment regimen by any of several methods known in the art including FDG-PET/CT scan.