IP Library Granted Patent US 12,318,383
Granted Patent B2
US 12,318,383 · App. 17/412,102 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Dual MAGL and FAAH inhibitors

Inventors: Cheryl A. Grice (Encinitas, CA); Justin S. Cisar (San Diego, CA); Katharine K. Duncan (San Diego, CA); Yu Feng (San Diego, CA); John J. M. Wiener (La Jolla, CA); Olivia D. Weber (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Lundbeck La Jolla Research Center, Inc.
A61K31/496A61K31/506A61P25/04A61K2121/00
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Patent No.
US 12,318,383
App. No.
17/412,102
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds useful as modulators of MAGL and/or FAAH. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of pain and neurological disorders.

Claims (33)

1. A method of treating pain in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound having the structure of Formula (I):

wherein:

each R 1 is independently selected from halogen, —CN, C 1-6 alkyl, C 2-6 alkynyl, C 1-6 alkyl-OR 7 , C 1-6 haloalkyl, C 3-8 cycloalkyl, —NR 5 R 6 , —C(O)NR 5 R 6 , —OR 7 , —SO 2 R 12 , —SF 5 , —SR 8 , aryl, heteroaryl, and aryl or heteroaryl substituted with one or two groups independently selected from halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 haloalkyl, and —C(O) NR 8 R 9 ; or two adjacent R 1 form a heterocycloalkyl ring or a heterocycloalkyl ring substituted with one or two R 11 ;

R 2 is C 1-6 alkyl;

R 3 is selected from halogen, —CN, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 haloalkyl, —NR 8 R 9 , —C(O) NR 8 R 9 , —NR 8 C(O)R 9 , and —NR 9 SO 2 R 8 ;

R 3a is selected from halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, and C 1-6 haloalkyl;

each R 4 is independently selected from H and C 1-6 alkyl;

each R 5 and R 6 is independently selected from H, C 1-6 alkyl, and C 3-8 cycloalkyl; or R 5 and R 6 , together with the nitrogen to which they are attached, form a heterocycloalkyl ring or a heterocycloalkyl ring substituted with one or two R 10 ;

each R 7 is independently selected from C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 haloalkyl, C 3-8 cycloalkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl;

each R 8 and R 9 is independently selected from H, C 1-6 alkyl, C 3-8 cycloalkyl, aryl, and heteroaryl;

each R 10 is independently selected from C 1-6 alkyl, C 3-8 cycloalkyl, C 1-6 haloalkyl, halogen, oxo, —CN, —C(O) OR 8 , —C(O) R 8 , —C(O) NR 8 R 9 , —SO 2 R 8 , —NR 8 C(O)R 8 , and —NR 9 SO 2 R 8 ;

each R 11 is independently selected from halogen and C 1-6 alkyl;

each R 12 is independently selected from C 1-6 alkyl and C 3-8 cycloalkyl;

m is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5;

n is 0, 1, 2, or 3;

p is 1; and

q is 0 or 1;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 2 is —CH 3 .

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein m is 1 or 2.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is C 1-6 haloalkyl.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein R 3 is —CF 3 .

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is halogen.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is —C(O)NH 2 .

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 3 is —CN.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein q is 0.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein q is 1.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein each R 1 is independently selected from halogen, C 1-6 alkyl, C 1-6 haloalkyl, and —OR 7 .

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 7 is independently selected from C 1-6 alkyl and C 1-6 haloalkyl.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein each R 4 is H.

15. A method of treating pain in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Nov 9, 2022
From: ABIDE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
To: LUNDBECK LA JOLLA RESEARCH CENTER, INC.
Reel/Frame 061714/0091 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2021
From: GRICE, CHERYL A.; CISAR, JUSTIN S.; DUNCAN, KATHARINE K.; FENG, YU; WIENER, JOHN J. M.; WEBER, OLIVIA D.
To: ABIDE THERAPEUTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058388/0051 →
Continuity (4)
Division 16431632 · Jun 4, 2019
Division 15919113 · Mar 12, 2018
Provisional Application 62470830 · Mar 13, 2017
Related Publication 20210386734A1 · Dec 16, 2021
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