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Compositions for use in diagnosing and treating melanoma, including metastatic melanoma and methods related to same

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OSTI ID:1860015
The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds comprising a cyclic peptide wherein the compound binds to a MSH receptor to image and treat cancers, especially, melanoma, including metastatic melanoma in vivo. The present invention represents a clear advance in the art which presently relies on tissue biopsy for diagnoses of these cancers. The novel imaging probes are capable of detecting cancerous melanoma cells, as well as their metastatic spread in tissues. This represents a quantum step forward in the diagnosis and treatment of melanoma, including metastatic melanoma using non-invasive molecular imaging techniques. The novel probes of the present invention will also be useful to initiate therapy for melanoma as well as monitor patients response to chemotherapy treatments and other interventions or therapies used in the treatment of melanoma/metastatic melanoma. Compounds according to the present invention may be used as diagnostic tools for a number of conditions and diseases states as well as therapeutic agents for treating such conditions and disease states.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); UNM Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
Assignee:
UNM Rainforest Innovations (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
11,160,887
Application Number:
16/267,477
OSTI ID:
1860015
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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