Pyrazole derivatives, compositions containing such compounds and methods of use
View Patent ↗Pyrazoles having a naphthyl group attached are disclosed. The compounds are useful for treating type 2 diabetes and related conditions. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment are also included.
1. A method of treating a condition selected from diabetes, hyperglycemia and insulin resistance, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment, a compound of the formula:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
2. A method of treating a condition selected from diabetes. hyperglycemia and insulin resistance comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment, a compound of formula:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. and further comprising administering to the patient a compound selected from the group consisting of: (a) DP-IV inhibitors; (b) insulin sensitizers selected from the group consisting of (i) PPAR agonists and (ii) biguanides; (c) insulin and insulin mimetics; (d) sulfonylureas and other insulin secretagogues; (e) alpha glucosidase inhibitors; (f) other glucagon receptor antagonists; (g) GLP-1, GLP-1 mimetics, and GLP-1 receptor agonists; (h) GIP,GIP mimetics, and GIP receptor agonists; (i) PACAP, PACAP mimetics, and PACAP receptor 3 agonists; (j) cholesterol lowering agents selected from the group consisting of (i) HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, (ii) sequestrants, (iii) nicotinyl alcohol, nicotinic acid and salts thereof, (iv) PPAR alpha agonists, (v) PPAR alpha/gamma dual agonists, (vi) inhibitors of cholesterol absorption, (vii) acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase inhibitors, (viii) anti-oxidants and (ix) LXR modulators; (k) PPAR delta agonists; (1) antiobesity compounds; (m) an ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor; (n) anti-inflammatory agents excluding glucocorticoids; and (o) protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B (PTP-1B) inhibitors,
said compounds being administered to the patient in amounts that are effective to treat said condition.
3. A method of treatment in accordance with claim 2 wherein the HMG Co-A reductase inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin, fluvastatin, atorvastatin, itavastatin, ZD-4522 and rivastatin.
4. A method in accordance with claim 2 wherein the DPP-IV inhibitor is selected from the group consisting of:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
5. A method in accordance with claim 2 wherein the biguanide is selected from the group consisting of buformin, metformin and phenformin.
6. A method in accordance with claim 2 wherein the insulin secretagogue is selected from the group consisting of acetohexamide, carbutamide, chlorpropamide, glibornuride, gliclazide, glimerpiride, glipizide, gliquidine, glisoxepid, glyburide, glyhexamide, glypinamide, phenbutamide, tolazamide, tolbutamide, tolcyclamide, nateglinide and repaglinide.
7. A method of treatment in accordance with claim 1 wherein the condition is diabetes.
8. A method of treatment in accordance with claim 7 wherein the diabetes is type II diabetes.
9. A method in accordance with claim 5 wherein the biguamide is metformin.
10. A method of treatment in accordance with claim 4 wherein the DPP-IV inhibitor is
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.