The present invention relates to methods of treating cancer using a combination of at least two Akt inhibitors or a compound which is an inhibitor of Akt and an inhibitor of a protein kinase, which methods comprise administering to a mammal, either sequentially in any order or simultaneously, amounts of at least two therapeutic agents selected from a group consisting of a compound(s) which are inhibitors of Akt and compound(s) which are inhibitors of protein kinases. The invention also relates to methods of preparing such compositions.
The present invention is directed to a method of treating cancer which comprises administration of a compound which selectively inhibits the activity of one or two of the isoforms of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is particularly directed to the method wherein the compound is dependent on the presence of the pleckstrin homology domain of Akt for its inhibitory activity.
The present invention is directed to compounds comprising a 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline moiety which inhibit the activity of Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for treating cancer comprising administration of the compounds of the invention.