Triazolone compounds as mPGES-1 inhibitors
The present disclosure is directed to compounds of formula (I), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as mPGES-1 inhibitors. These compounds are inhibitors of the microsomal prostaglandin E synthase-1 (mPGES-1) enzyme and are therefore useful in the treatment of pain and/or inflammation from a variety of diseases or conditions, such as asthma, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, acute or chronic pain and neurodegenerative diseases.
1. A method of relieving a mPGES-1 mediated disease, disorder, syndrome or condition in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the mPGES-1 mediated disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is selected from the group consisting of inflammation, pain, inflammatory pain, chronic pain, acute pain, arthritis, osteoarthritis and cancer.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is pain.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is inflammation.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is rheumatoid arthritic pain, osteoarthritic pain, or neuropathic pain.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is rheumatoid arthritic pain.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is osteoarthritic pain.
7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is cancer.
8. A method of relieving a mPGES-1 mediated disease, disorder, syndrome or condition in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,
wherein the mPGES-1 mediated disease, disorder, syndrome or condition is selected from the group consisting of inflammation, a brain tumor, breast cancer, a gastrointestinal carcinoid tumor, kidney cancer, thyroid cancer, colon cancer, adrenocortical carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, carcinoma of unknown primary, cardiac (heart) tumors, ductal carcinoma in situ, lobular carcinoma in situ, merkel cell carcinoma, midline tract carcinoma involving NUT gene, squamous cell carcinoma, thymoma and thymic carcinoma, and carcinoma of ureter and renal pelvis.