| abstract |
The present invention relates to methods of identifying patients suffering from various types of cancer who are more likely to respond to treatment with a CDK7 inhibitor conforming to structural Formula (I), (la), a species thereof, or a specified form thereof (as described herein), either when administered or used alone or in combination with a second therapeutic agent (e.g., another anti-cancer therapy). Patients are identified based on one or more features (e.g., gene copy number or expression level) of certain biomarkers (e.g., RB1 or another member of the E2F pathway). In addition, the present invention relates to methods of treating an identified patient with a compound conforming to structural Formula (I), (la), a species thereof, or a specified form thereof, either alone or in combination with a second therapeutic agent. In another aspect, the present invention features kits including instructions for treating a patient identified as described herein. |