IP Library Granted Patent US 12,497,403
Granted Patent B2
US 12,497,403 · App. 18/262,399 · Granted Dec 16, 2025

Factor XIa inhibitors

Inventors: John S. Debenham (Scotch Plains, NJ); Cheng Zhu (Edison, NJ); Amjad Ali (Freehold, NJ); Sung-Sau So (Verona, NJ); Ying-Duo Gao (Middletown, NJ)
Assignee: Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
C07D487/08
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Patent No.
US 12,497,403
App. No.
18/262,399
Granted
Dec 16, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a compound of Formula I and pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more compounds of Formula I compounds, and methods for using the compounds for treating or preventing thromboses, embolisms, hypercoagulability or fibrotic changes. The compounds are selective Factor XIa inhibitors or dual inhibitors of Factor XIa and plasma kallikrein.

Claims (40)

1 . A compound of the formula I:

wherein

R 1 is hydrogen, OCHF 2 , or a pyrazole optionally substituted with CF 3 ;

R 2 is chloro or fluoro;

R 3 is hydrogen or fluoro;

R 4 is hydrogen or C 1-3 alkyl;

X is CH or N;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

2 . The compound of claim 1 of the formula Ia:

wherein

R 2 is chloro or fluoro;

R 4 is hydrogen, CH 3 or CH 2 CH 3 ;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

3 . The compound of claim 1 of the formula Ib:

wherein

R 2 is chloro or fluoro;

R 4 is CH 3 or CH 2 CH 3 ;

X is CH or N;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

4 . The compound of claim 3 of the formula Ic:

wherein

R 2 is chloro or fluoro;

R 4 is CH 3 or CH 2 CH 3 ;

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

5 . The compound of claim 1 wherein X is CH; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

6 . The compound of claim 1 wherein X is N; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

7 . The compound of claim 1 wherein R 1 is OCHF 2 ; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

8 . The compound of claim 1 wherein R 4 is methyl or ethyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

9 . The compound of claim 1 wherein R 2 is fluoro; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

10 . The compound of claim 1 wherein R 2 is chloro; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

11 . The compound of claim 1 wherein R 3 is hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

12 . The compound of claim 1 wherein R 3 is fluoro; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

13 . The compound of claim 1 selected from:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

14 . A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of claim 1 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

15 . A method for inhibiting thrombus formation in blood or treating thrombus formation in blood comprising administering a composition of claim 14 to a mammal in need of thereof.

16 . A method for preventing thrombus formation in blood comprising administering a composition of claim 14 to a mammal in need thereof.

17 . A method of treating venous thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism in a mammal comprising administering a composition of claim 14 to a mammal in need thereof.

18 . A method of treating deep vein thrombosis in a mammal comprising administering a composition of claim 14 to a mammal in need thereof.

19 . A method of treating thromboembolic stroke in a mammal comprising administering a composition of claim 14 to a mammal in need thereof.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2023
From: DEBENHAM, JOHN S.; ZHU, CHENG; ALI, AMJAD; SO, SUNG-SAU; GAO, YING-DUO
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
Reel/Frame 064336/0886 →
MERGER Recorded Jul 21, 2023
From: MERCK SHARP & DOHME CORP.
To: MERCK SHARP & DOHME LLC
Reel/Frame 064337/0222 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63142550 · Jan 28, 2021
Related Publication 20240101567A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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