N-phenylbenzamide derivatives as drugs for the treatment of COPD
AssigneeRottapharm S.p.A.
InventorsLucio Rovati, Antonio Giordani, Gianfranco Caselli
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Abstract
The invention relates to the use of a pharmaceutically active derivative of N-phenylbenzamide of Formula (I) or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for preparing a medicament for the therapeutic treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Compounds of Formula (I): wherein R1 is cyano, nitro, halogen, hydroxy, C1-C4 alkyl, methoxy or tetrazol-5-yl group, R2 is hydrogen, hydroxy or methoxy, R3 is a tetrazol-5-yl group or hydrogen, R4 and R5 are hydrogen if R3 is tetrazol-5-yl group, or R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of carboxy, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl and carbamoyl if R3 is hydrogen, and R6 is hydrogen or methyl.
Claims5
A method for the therapeutic treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of a pharmaceutically active derivative of N-phenylbenzamide of formula (I)
- wherein R1 is cyano, nitro, halogen, hydroxy, C1-C4 alkyl, methoxy or tetrazol-5-yl group, R2 is hydrogen, hydroxy or methoxy, R3 is a tetrazol-5-yl group or hydrogen, R4 and R5 are hydrogen if R3 is tetrazol-5-yl group, or R4 and R5 are independently selected from the group consisting of carboxy, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl and carbamoyl if R3 is hydrogen, and R6 is hydrogen or methyl, or of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.