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  Dalbavancin compositions for treatment of bacterial infectionsRelated Patent Categories: Drug, Bio-affecting And Body Treating Compositions, Designated Organic Active Ingredient Containing (doai), Peptide Containing (e.g., Protein, Peptones, Fibrinogen, Etc.) Doai, Glycoprotein (carbohydrate Containing)Dalbavancin compositions for treatment of bacterial infections description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060074014, Dalbavancin compositions for treatment of bacterial infections. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/834,395, filed Apr. 27, 2004, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/714,261, filed Nov. 14, 2003, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. Nos. 60/427,654, filed Nov. 18, 2002, 60/485,694, filed Jul. 8, 2003, 60/495,048, filed Aug. 13, 2003, and 60/496,483, filed Aug. 19, 2003, the disclosures of all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This application relates to dalbavancin compositions and methods of use of such compositions in methods of treatment of bacterial infections. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, nosocomial bloodstream infections are a leading cause of death in the United States. Approximately five percent of the seven million central venous catheters (CVCs) inserted annually in the United States are associated with at least one episode of bloodstream infection (approximately 350,000 a year). Catheter-related bloodstream infections occur when bacteria enter the bloodstream through an intravenous catheter and can be life threatening. [0004] Skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs) (also known as complicated and/or uncomplicated skin and skin structure infections (SSSIs)) are a common medical condition and often the consequence of trauma or surgical procedures. Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes are the pathogens most frequently isolated from patients with deep tissue infections, although any pathogenic organism, including those found on healthy skin, may cause infection. Many SSTIs are mild to moderate in severity, permitting successful treatment with oral antimicrobial agents and local cleansing. In contrast, more severe or complicated infections, which frequently occur in patients with underlying risk factors (e.g., vascular compromise, diabetes) and/or infections caused by difficult-to-treat or multiply-resistant bacteria, may require potent intravenous antimicrobial therapy and aggressive surgical debridement. [0005] Staphylococci are a clinical and therapeutic problem and have been increasingly associated with nosocomial infections since the early 1960s. The coagulase-positive species methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has long been problematic in both community-acquired and nosocomial infections, and several coagulase-negative staphylococci have been recognized as opportunistic human pathogens, especially in the treatment of critically ill patients in intensive care units. Another major cause for clinical concern is the increasing isolation of penicillin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in many parts of the world. [0006] The glycopeptide antibiotics vancomycin and teicoplanin have been used against serious nosocomial infections caused by multi-drug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens, particularly MRSA, coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS), and enterococci. Vancomycin and teicoplanin are used for infections caused by MRSA, and until recently, all isolates were uniformly susceptible. However, the isolation of Staphylococcus aureus strains with intermediate susceptibility or resistance to teicoplanin as well as vancomycin has now been reported with increasing frequency. A number of vancomycin-resistant strains, classified "VanA," "VanB," or "VanC," based on the mechanism of resistance, have been reported. Thus, alternative treatment options are needed. [0007] Teicoplanin is at least as active as vancomycin against most Gram-positive bacteria and appears to cause fewer adverse events. Both forms of treatment require at least once daily dosing to effect complete recovery. Currently, the therapeutic options for severe infections caused by some of these pathogens are quite limited. The emerging resistance of Gram-positive pathogens to vancomycin makes the availability of new antibiotics with potential for increased effectiveness highly desirable. [0008] In addition, less frequent dosing regimens than currently-available therapies would be desirable to enhance patient comfort, especially for parenteral, e.g., intravenous or intramuscular, antibiotic administration. Hospital stays are sometimes necessitated by the need for multi-daily antibiotic administration by parenteral means, and less frequent dosing would be advantageous to permit such treatment to be done on an outpatient basis. [0009] Although less frequent dosing is a desirable feature of an antibiotic administration regimen, the "pharmaceutical window," i.e., the toxicity profile, of the administered antibiotic must be sufficiently acceptable to permit a large single dose to be administered without jeopardizing treatment by causing severe adverse reactions in the treated patient. Further, even when an antibiotic exhibits a suitable pharmaceutical window, less frequent dosing is possible only if the antibiotic exhibits a suitable serum half-life to maintain therapeutic effectiveness over the dosing interval desired. The serum half-life of an antibiotic dictates both the longevity of a drug in vivo and the length of time after administration when the serum level will reach a minimum trough level which is still bactericidally effective. The serum trough level over time after administration of a first dose of antibiotic dictates when a further dose must be administered to retain a minimum bactericidal level of the antibiotic in vivo. [0010] Recently, successful glycopeptide antibiotics have been rationally synthesized from natural glycopeptides. For example, the semisynthetic glycopeptide dalbavancin was synthesized from the natural antibiotic A 40926, originally isolated from an Actinomadura culture (Malabarba et al., 1998, U.S. Pat. No. 5,750,509). Dalbavancin has shown greater efficacy against various bacterial strains than vancomycin or the antibiotic linezolid and represents a promising new treatment for skin and soft tissue infections (see, e.g., Jabes et al., 2004, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 48:1118-1123). According to U.S. Pat. No. 5,750,509, dalbavancin is a glycopeptide antibiotic with a monomethyl moiety at its N.sup.15 amino (see FIG. 1 for numbering), and this N.sup.15-monomethyl amino could be free (i.e. --NHCH.sub.3) or protected with an amino protecting group such as t-butoxycarbonyl, carbobenzyloxy, arylalkyl or benzyl. The method for making certain of the dalbavancin components reported in the '509 patent also produced N.sup.15,N.sup.15-dialkyl analogs of dalbavancin in minor-quantities, but these molecules were not characterized. [0011] In view of the above pathogens, further antibiotics possessing activity against one or more microbes, including antibiotic resistant bacteria, would be of commercial value and would satisfy a long-felt need in the art. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0012] The invention provides compositions, methods and kits for treatment or prevention of a bacterial infection with dalbavancin. Surprisingly, stabilized formulations of dalbavancin have been found to exhibit both a pharmaceutical window as well as a prolonged serum half-life to permit treatment regimens of about once every 5-7 days or longer, while retaining antibacterial properties in vivo. [0013] Accordingly, in one aspect, a pharmaceutical composition is provided that includes a unit dose of dalbavancin in an amount sufficient to provide a therapeutically or prophylactically effective plasma level of dalbavancin in an individual for at least five days, a stabilizer, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. [0014] Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are generally formulated in a pharmaceutically acceptable form for administration to an individual, such as a pharmaceutically acceptable aqueous formulation. Such pharmaceutical compositions are preferably administered by parenteral, e.g., intravenous or intramuscular, routes. Accordingly, in this preferred embodiment, these pharmaceutical compositions are typically sterile. [0015] In some embodiments, a unit dose of dalbavancin is provided in dry powder (e.g., lyophilized) form and reconstituted in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, such as a sterile aqueous formulation, prior to administration to an individual. In one embodiment, the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier includes 5% dextrose in water. A pharmaceutical composition of the invention may be administered to a mammal in need of treatment or prevention of a bacterial infection, such as a human. In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition may include at least one antibiotic that is not dalbavancin, such as an antibiotic that is effective (e.g., bactericidal) against a Gram-negative bacterium and/or an antibiotic that is effective against Gram-positive species against which dalbavancin is not effective, such as VanA vancomycin-resistant bacterial strains. [0016] The invention provides compositions, methods of making, and methods for treatment or prevention of a bacterial infection with a room-temperature stable dalbavancin pharmaceutical composition. [0017] In some embodiments, one or more stabilizing substances are employed to inhibit degradation of one or more dalbavancin components during storage as a dry powder (e.g., lyophilized) formulation and/or as an aqueous formulation prior to administration to an individual. Over time, degradation can result in the undesirable formation of less active and/or inactive components which could potentially cause adverse effects in vivo. Preferred stabilizers include nonionic components such as sugars or sugar alcohols, e.g., a mono-, di-, or polysaccharide, or derivative thereof, such as, for example, mannitol, lactose, sucrose, sorbitol, glycerol, cellulose, trehalose, maltose, or dextrose, or mixtures thereof. [0018] In one embodiment, the invention encompasses a pharmaceutical composition comprising stable dalbavancin. [0019] In another embodiment, the invention encompasses a pharmaceutical composition comprising dalbavancin and a stabilizer. [0020] In yet another embodiment, the invention encompasses a pharmaceutical composition comprising dalbavancin and a stabilizer at a pH of about 1-7, more preferably 2-6. In another embodiment, the composition is at a pH of about 3-5. The stabilizer may comprise a carbohydrate or an amino acid. The carbohydrate may be mannitol, lactose, or a combination of mannitol and lactose. The mannitol and lactose may be added in equal or unequal amounts. In one embodiment, equal amounts of mannitol and lactose are added and the pH is adjusted to about pH 4.5. Continue reading about Dalbavancin compositions for treatment of bacterial infections... 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