A method of treating acute, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, dental pain, general headache, migraine, cluster headache, mixed-vascular and non-vascular syndromes, tension headache, general inflammation, arthritis, rheumatic diseases, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disorders, depression, anxiety, inflammatory eye disorders, inflammatory or unstable bladder disorders, psoriasis, skin complaints with inflammatory components, chronic inflammatory conditions, inflammatory pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, neuropathic pain and associated hyperalgesia and allodynia, diabetic neuropathy pain, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, deafferentation syndromes, asthma, epithelial tissue damage or dysfunction, herpes simplex, disturbances of visceral motility at respiratory, genitourinary, gastrointestinal or vascular regions, wounds, burns, allergic skin reactions, pruritus, vitiligo, general gastrointestinal disorders, gastric ulceration, duodenal ulcers, diarrhea, gastric lesions induced by necrotising agents, hair growth, vasomotor or allergic rhinitis, bronchial disorders or bladder disorders in a subject, the method comprising:
- administering to the subject a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, a tautomer thereof, a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of the tautomer, a stereoisomer thereof or a mixture thereof, wherein the compound of Formula I has the structure:
- wherein:
- m is 0, 1, 2 or 3;
- n is 0 or 1;
- X1 is C(R4) or N;
- X2 is CH or N;
- Y is NH, NR1a, or O;
- Z is O or S;
- R1 is C1-6alk, —(C═O)—O—C1-6alk, or a direct-bonded, C1-6alk-linked, C1-2alkO-linked, —C(═O)—O linked, —C(═O)— linked, saturated, partially-saturated or unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-membered monocyclic or 7-, 8-, 9-, 10- or 11-membered bicyclic ring containing 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, the C1-6alk, the C1-6alk of the C1-6alk-link, and the monocyclic or bicyclic ring being substituted by 0, 1, 2 or 3 substituents independently selected from halo, oxo, C1-6alk, C1-6alkOH, C1-6alk-C(═O)Ra, C1-6alk-C(═O)ORa, C1-4haloalk, cyano, nitro, —C(═O)Ra, —C(═O)ORa, —C(═O)NRaRa, —C(═NRa)NRaRa, —ORa, —OC(═O)Ra, —OC(═O)NRaRa, —OC(═O)N(Ra)S(═O)2Ra, —OC2-6alkNRaRa, —OC2-6alkORa, —SRa, ═S, —S(═O)Ra, —S(═O)2Ra, —S(═O)2NRaRa, —S(═O)2N(Ra)C(═O)Ra, —S(═O)2N(Ra)C(═O)ORa, —S(═O)2N(Ra)C(═O)NRaRa, —NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═O)Ra, —N(Ra)C(═O)ORa, —N(Ra)C(═O)NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═NRa)NRaRa, —N(Ra)S(═O)2Ra, —N(Ra)S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaC2-6alkNRaRa and —NRaC2-6alkORa, wherein the ring is additionally substituted by 0 or 1 directly bonded, SO2 linked, C(═O) linked or CH2 linked saturated, partially-saturated or unsaturated 3-, 4-, 5-, 6- or 7-membered monocyclic ring containing 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, and substituted by 0, 1, 2 or 3 groups selected from halo, C1-6alk, C1-4haloalk, cyano, oxo, nitro, —C(═O)Ra, —C(═O)ORa, —C(═O)NRaRa, —C(═NRa)NRaRa, —ORa, —OC(═O)Ra, —SRa, —S(═O)Ra, —S(═O)2Ra, —S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaRa, and —N(Ra)C(═O)Ra;
- or R1a and R1, together with the N atom to which they are attached, form a saturated, partially-saturated or unsaturated 4-, 5-, 6-, or 7-membered monocyclic or a 9- or 10-membered bicylic ring containing 0, 1, or 2 additional heteroatoms independently selected from N, O, and S, wherein the ring formed by R1a and R1 is substituted with 0, 1, or 2 substituents independently selected from halo, oxo, C1-6alk, C1-6alkOH, C1-6alk-C(═O)Ra, C1-6alk-C(═O)ORa, C1-4haloalk, cyano, nitro, —C(═O)Ra, —C(═O)ORa, or —C(═O)NRaRa;
- R2 is H, halo, cyano, Rc, —C(═O)Rb, —C(═O)ORb, —C(═O)NRaRa, —C(═NRa)NRaRa, —ORa, —OC(═O)Rb, —OC(═O)NRaRa, —OC2-6alkNRaRa, —OC2-6alkORa, —SRa, —S(═O)Rb, —S(═O)2Rb, —S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═O)Rb, —N(Ra)C(═O)ORb, —N(Ra)C(═O)NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═NRa)NRaRa, —N(Ra)S(═O)2Rb, —N(Ra)S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaC2-6alkNRaRa and —NRaC2-6alkORa;
- or R2 is C1-6alk substituted by 0, 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from C1-4haloalk, halo, cyano, nitro, —C(═O)Rb, —C(═O)ORb, —C(═O)NRaRa, —C(═NRa)NRaRa, —ORa, —OC(═O)Rb, —OC(═O)NRaRa, —OC2-6alkNRaRa, —OC2-6alkORa, —SRa, —S(═O)Rb, —S(═O)2Rb, —S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═O)Rb, —N(Ra)C(═O)ORb, —N(Ra)C(═O)NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═NRa)NRaRa, —N(Ra)S(═O)2Rb, —N(Ra)S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaC2-6alkNRaRa and —NRaC2-6alkORa, or R2 is C1-6alk substituted by 0, 1, 2 or 3 halo substituents and additionally substituted by 0 or 1 substituents selected from Rc;
- R3 is H, C1-8alk, C1-8alkOH, C1-4haloalk, halo, cyano, —C(═O)Rb, —C(═O)ORb, —C(═O)NRaRa, —C(═NRa)NRaRa, —ORa, —OC(═O)Rb, —OC(═O)NRaRa, —OC2-6alkNRaRa, —OC2-6alkORa, —SRa, —S(═O)Rb, —S(═O)2Rb, —S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═O)Rb, —N(Ra)C(═O)ORb, —N(Ra)C(═O)NRaRa, —N(Ra)C(═NRa)NRaRa, —N(Ra)S(═O)2Rb, —N(Ra)S(═O)2NRaRa, —NRaC2-6alkNRaRa or —NRaC2-6alkORa;
- R4 is independently, at each instance, H, C1-6alk, —C1-3haloalk, —OC1-6alk, —OC1-3haloalk, —N(C1-6alk)C1-6alk, —NHC1-6alk, —NC(═O)C1-6alk, —N(C1-6alk)C1-6alk, F, Cl, Br, CN, OH or NH2;
- or R3 and R4 together form a four-atom unsaturated bridge containing 0 or 1 N atoms, wherein the bridge is substituted by 0, 1 or 2 R5 substituents;
- R5 is independently, in each instance, Cl, Br, F, CH3, CF3, or ORa;
- R6 is F, CF3, C1-6alk, or ORa;
- Ra is independently, at each instance, H or Rb;
- Rb is independently, at each instance, phenyl, benzyl or C1-6alk, the phenyl, benzyl and C1-6alk being substituted by 0, 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from halo, oxo, C1-4alk, C1-3haloalk, —OC1-4alk, —OH, —NH2, —OC1-4alk, —OC1-4haloalk, —NHC1-4alk, and —N(C1-4alk)C1-4alk;
- and
- Rc is independently, at each instance, a saturated, partially saturated or unsaturated 4-, 5- or 6-membered monocyclic ring containing 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, wherein the C1-6alkyl and ring are substituted by 0 or 1 oxo groups substituted by 0, 1, 2 or 3 substituents selected from C1-8alk, C1-4haloalk, halo and cyano.