CA2840211A1 — Method of administration and treatment
Assigned to GlaxoSmithKline Intellectual Property No 2 Ltd · Expires 2013-01-03 · 13y expired
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This invention relates to a method of treating cancer in a human in need thereof, comprising determining the presence or absence of a detectable amount of a gene product of the Neurofibromin-2 (NF2) gene in a sample from said human, and administering to said human an effective am…
USPTO Abstract
This invention relates to a method of treating cancer in a human in need thereof, comprising determining the presence or absence of a detectable amount of a gene product of the Neurofibromin-2 (NF2) gene in a sample from said human, and administering to said human an effective amount of a focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, if no gene product or no isoform 1 gene product is detected. This invention also relates to a method of treating cancer in a human in need thereof, comprising determining the presence or absence of a detectable amount of a functional isoform 1 protein of the NF2 gene, or a functional fragment thereof, in a sample from said human, and administering to said human an effective amount of a focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, if no gene product or no isoform 1 gene product is detected.
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