CPC A61K 31/4545 (2013.01) [A61K 31/519 (2013.01); A61K 31/5377 (2013.01); A61K 31/675 (2013.01); A61K 39/001131 (2018.08); A61K 39/3955 (2013.01); A61P 35/00 (2018.01); A61K 2039/545 (2013.01)] | 3 Claims |
1. A method of treating a patient suffering from a non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), or metastatic forms thereof, responsive to an Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK) Inhibitor and expressing the ELM4-ALK fusion gene and a mutated form of an Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), comprising:
administering to the patient the ALK Inhibitor and an immunogenic polypeptide comprising amino acids cysteine 6 to cysteine 42 of an Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) at an amount effective to generate an immune response against the EGF, wherein the cysteine residues are numbered relative to amino acids 1 to 52 of SEQ ID NO: 2, or an immunogenic polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 2;
wherein the ALK Inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of Crizotinib, Ceritinib, Alectinib, Brigatinib, Lorlatinib, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof;
wherein the ALK Inhibitor is administered in a therapeutically effective daily dose in a range of about 10 mg to about 250 mg and the immunogenic polypeptide is administered according to a therapeutically effective repeated thrice, twice or once a week, once in two weeks, once in three weeks or at least once monthly to generate polyclonal antibodies targeting EGF.
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