Use of a compound of formula (Ia) or (Ib) for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of latent tuberculosis, wherein the compound of formula (Ia) or (Ib) is
- a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salt thereof, a quaternary amine thereof, a N-oxide thereof, a tautomeric form thereof or a stereochemically isomeric form thereof wherein
- R1 is hydrogen, halo, haloalkyl, cyano, hydroxy, Ar, Het, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkylthio, alkyloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, Ar-alkyl or di(Ar)alkyl;
- p is an integer equal to 1, 2, 3 or 4;
- R2 is hydrogen, hydroxy, mercapto, alkyloxy, alkyloxyalkyloxy, alkylthio, mono or di(alkyl)amino or a radical of formula
- wherein Y is CH2, O, S, NH or N-alkyl;
- R3 is alkyl, Ar, Ar-alkyl, Het or Het-alkyl;
- q is an integer equal to zero, 1, 2, 3 or 4;
- R4 and R5 each independently are hydrogen, alkyl or benzyl;
- or
- R4 and R5 together and including the N to which they are attached may form a radical selected from the group of pyrrolidinyl, 2-pyrrolinyl, 3-pyrrolinyl, pyrrolyl, imidazolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, 2-imidazolinyl, 2-pyrazolinyl, imidazolyl, pyrazolyl, triazolyl, piperidinyl, pyridinyl, piperazinyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, triazinyl, morpholinyl and thiomorpholinyl, each of said ring systems optionally substituted with alkyl, halo, haloalkyl, hydroxy, alkyloxy, amino, mono- or dialkylamino, alkylthio, alkyloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl and pyrimidinyl;
- R6 is hydrogen, halo, haloalkyl, hydroxy, Ar, alkyl, alkyloxy, alkylthio, alkyloxyalkyl, alkylthioalkyl, Ar-alkyl or di(Ar)alkyl;
- or
- two vicinal R6 radicals may be taken together to form a bivalent radical of formula —CH═CH—CH═CH—;
- r is an integer equal to 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5
- R7 is hydrogen, alkyl, Ar or Het;
- R8 is hydrogen or alkyl;
- R9 is oxo;
- or
- R8 and R9 together form the radical ═N—CH═CH—;
- alkyl is a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
- or is a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms;
- or is a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms attached to a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms;
- wherein each carbon atom can be optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, alkyloxy or oxo;
- Ar is a homocycle selected from the group of phenyl, naphthyl, acenaphthyl, tetrahydronaphthyl, each homocycle optionally substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents, each substituent independently selected from the group of hydroxy, halo, cyano, nitro, amino, mono- or dialkylamino, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkyloxy, haloalkyloxy, carboxyl, alkyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, morpholinyl and mono- or dialkylaminocarbonyl;
- Het is a monocyclic heterocycle selected from the group of N-phenoxypiperidinyl, piperidinyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, furanyl, thienyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl and pyridazinyl;
- or a bicyclic heterocycle selected from the group of quinolinyl, quinoxalinyl, indolyl, benzimidazolyl, benzoxazolyl, benzisoxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzisothiazolyl, benzofuranyl, benzothienyl, 2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dioxinyl or benzo[1,3]dioxolyl;
- each monocyclic and bicyclic heterocycle may optionally be substituted with 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from the group of halo, hydroxy, alkyl, alkyloxy or Ar-carbonyl;
- halo is a substituent selected from the group of fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo;
- and
- haloalkyl is a straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or a cyclic saturated hydrocarbon radical having from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein one or more carbon atoms are substituted with one or more halo-atoms.