IP Library Granted Patent US 12662470
Granted Patent B2
US 12662470 · App. 18/566,305 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Hydroxy and (halo)alkoxy substituted tetrahydrofurans as modulators of sodium channels

Inventors: Elizabeth Mary Beck (Abingdon, GB); Robert Pullin (Oxford, GB); Gorka Etxebarria Jardi (Badalona, ES); Dean Stamos (Lexington, MA); Yvonne Schmidt (San Diego, CA); Joseph Pontillo (San Diego, CA); Stephen Andrew Thomson (Durham, NC); David Matthew Shaw (Oxford, GB); Nadia M. Ahmad (Hayes, GB); Lidio Marx Carvalho Meireles (San Marcos, CA); Sarah Skerratt (Cambridge, GB); Sara S. Hadida Ruah (La Jolla, CA); Timothy Donald Neubert (San Diego, CA); Dennis James Hurley (San Marcos, CA); Steven John Durrant (Headington, GB); Christopher Wray (Berkshire, GB); Anisa Nizarali Virani (Thatcham, GB); Kiri North (Oxford, GB); Bhairavi Galan (Abingdon, GB); Ronald Marcellus Knegtel (Abingdon, GB); Ewa Iwona Chudyk (Wantage, GB); Joanne Louise Pinder (Didcot, GB); Bruno Artur Sousa (Reading, GB); Francoise Pierard (Abingdon, GB)
Assignee: VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED
C07D405/12A61K31/443A61K31/501
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Patent No.
US 12662470
App. No.
18/566,305
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Compounds of formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful as inhibitors of sodium channels are provided. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts and methods of using the compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and pharmaceutical compositions in the treatment of various disorders, including pain.

Claims (51)

1 . A compound of formula (I)

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein:

X 2a is N, N + —O − , or C—R 2a ;

X 3a is N, N + —O − , C—R 3a , C—CONR 2 , or C—CH 1-n (R A )(OH)(CH 2 OH) n ;

X 4a is N, N + —O − , C—R 4a , C—CONR 2 , or C—CH 1-n (R A )(OH)(CH 2 OH) n ;

X 5a is N, N + —O − , or C—R 5a ;

X 6a is N, N + —O − , or C—R 6a ;

each R is independently H or C 1 -C 6 alkyl;

n is 0 or 1;

R A is H or CH 3 ;

R 2a , R 3a , R 4a , R 5a , and R 6a are each independently H, halo, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl;

one of R 4b1 and R 4b2 is OH, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy, and the other is H;

R 5b1 and R 5b2 are each independently H, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl;

X 3c is N or C—R 3c ;

X 4c is N or C—R 4c ;

X 5c is N or C—R 5c ;

X 6c is N or C—R 6c ;

R 2c is H, OH, halo, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 2 -C 6 alkenyl, C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy, or -L 1 -L 2 -(C 3 -C 6 cycloalkyl), wherein said cycloalkyl is optionally substituted with 1-2 halo;

L 1 is a bond or O;

L 2 is a bond or C 1 -C 6 alkylene;

R 3c is H, halo, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl;

R 4c is H, halo, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl;

R 5c is H, halo, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl; and

R 6c is H, halo, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl;

provided that no more than two of X 2a , X 3a , X 4a , X 5a , and X 6a are N or N + —O − ;

provided that at least one of X 3a and X 4a is N, N + —O − , C—R 3a , or C—R 4a , and

provided that no more than one of X 3c , X 4c , X 5c , and X 6c is N.

2 . The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound has formula (I-A)

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

3 . The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound has formula (I-A-1)

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

4 . The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound has formula (I-B)

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

5 . The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound has formula (I-B-1)

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

6 . The compound of claim 1 , or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X 2a is C—R 2a , and R 2a is H.

7 . The compound of claim 1 , or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X 3a is N, C—CONR 2 , or C—CH 1-n (R A )(OH)(CH 2 OH) n .

8 . The compound of claim 1 , or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X 4a is N, C—CONR 2 , or C—CH 1-n (R A )(OH)(CH 2 OH) n .

9 . The compound of claim 1 , or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein one of X 3a and X 4a is N and the other is C—CONR 2 , or C—CH 1-n (R A )(OH)(CH 2 OH) n .

10 . The compound of claim 1 , or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R 5b1 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl; and/or R 5b2 is C 1 -C 6 alkyl or C 1 -C 6 haloalkyl.

11 . The compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R 2c is OH, halo, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, or C 1 -C 6 haloalkoxy; and/or R 3c is halo or C 1 -C 6 alkyl; and/or R 4c is halo; and/or R 5c is H; and/or R 6c is H.

12 . The compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R 4b2 is C 1 -C 6 alkoxy; or R 4b1 is C 1 -C 6 alkoxy.

13 . A compound selected from:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

14 . The compound of claim 13 in non-salt form.

15 . A pharmaceutical composition comprising: (i) a therapeutically effective amount of the compound of claim 1 and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or vehicles; or (ii) the compound of claim 1 and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or vehicles.

16 . A method of inhibiting a voltage-gated sodium channel in a subject, wherein the voltage-gated sodium channel is Na V 1.8, comprising administering to the subject the compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

17 . A method of treating or lessening the severity in a subject of chronic pain, gut pain, neuropathic pain, musculoskeletal pain, acute pain, inflammatory pain, cancer pain, idiopathic pain, postsurgical pain, visceral pain, multiple sclerosis, Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome, incontinence, pathological cough, or cardiac arrhythmia comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of the compound of claim 1 , or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

18 . The method of claim 17 , where the method comprises treating or lessening the severity in the subject of one or more of neuropathic pain, musculoskeletal pain, acute pain, postsurgical pain, or visceral pain.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the neuropathic pain comprises one or more of post-herpetic neuralgia, small-fiber neuropathy, idiopathic small-fiber neuropathy, or diabetic neuropathy.

20 . The method of claim 17 , wherein said subject is treated with one or more additional therapeutic agents administered concurrently with, prior to, or subsequent to treatment with the compound or pharmaceutically acceptable salt.