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US 12,251,382 · App. 17/261,407 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Substituted amino-pyrimidine compound for use in a method for treatment and prevention of multiple sclerosis

Inventors: Martin Dyroff (Wayland, MA); David Mitchell (Broomfield, CO); Orestis Papasouliotis (Geneva, CH)
Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
A61K31/506A61K9/0053A61P25/28
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Patent No.
US 12,251,382
App. No.
17/261,407
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, compositions, and medical kits are useful for treating and preventing multiple sclerosis using 1-(4-(((6-amino-5-(4-phenoxyphenyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)amino)methyl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, according to preferred dosing regimens.

Claims (47)

1. A method for treating multiple sclerosis, the method comprising:

orally administering to a patient in need thereof, a compound of Formula I at a daily amount ranging from about 85 mg to about 95 mg, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Formula I is represented by:

wherein the multiple sclerosis is relapsing multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis, or progressive-relapsing multiple sclerosis,

wherein the compound of Formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered twice per day, and

wherein

(i) the patient has consumed food within 1 hour prior to receiving said compound;

(ii) the administering is performed at a time the patient consumes a meal; or

(iii) the patient consumes a meal within 1 hour of receiving said compound.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient is orally administered the compound of Formula I at the daily amount of about 90 mg, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient is orally administered twice per day a unit dosage, wherein each unit dosage contains the compound of Formula I in an amount of about 45 mg, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has consumed food within 1 hour prior to receiving said compound.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient has not consumed food within 1 hour prior to receiving said compound.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient consumes a meal within 1 hour of receiving said compound.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the administering is performed at a time the patient consumes a meal.

8. A method for treating multiple sclerosis, the method comprising:

orally administering to a patient in need thereof, two times per day a unit dosage containing a compound of Formula I in an amount ranging from about 25 mg to about 50 mg, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Formula I is represented by:

wherein the multiple sclerosis is relapsing multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis, or progressive-relapsing multiple sclerosis,

and wherein

(i) the patient has consumed food within 2 hours prior to receiving the unit dosage;

(ii) said administering is performed at the time the patient consumes a meal; or

(iii) the patient consumes food within 30 minutes of receiving the unit dosage.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the unit dosage is administered to the patient in the form of two unit formulations containing the compound of Formula I, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the unit dosage is administered to the patient in the form of a single unit formulation containing the compound of Formula I, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the unit formulation(s) are a tablet or a capsule.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein there is at least 8 hours between administration of a first unit dosage and a second unit dosage to the patient on the same day.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein a first unit dosage is administered to the patient in the morning, and a second unit dosage is administered to the patient in the evening.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the patient has consumed food within 2 hours prior to receiving the unit dosage.

15. The method of claim 8 , wherein the patient has consumed food within 1 hour prior to receiving the unit dosage.

16. The method of claim 8 , wherein the patient consumes food within 30 minutes of receiving the unit dosage.

17. A method for treating multiple sclerosis, the method comprising:

orally administering to a patient in need thereof, twice daily a unit dosage containing a compound of Formula I in an amount of about 45 mg or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the patient consumes a meal within about 1 hour of said administering, and Formula I is represented by:

wherein the multiple sclerosis is relapsing multiple sclerosis, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis, or progressive-relapsing multiple sclerosis.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the unit dosage is administered to the patient in the form of one or more unit formulations containing the compound of Formula I, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the unit formulation(s) are a tablet or a capsule.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein said administering is performed at the time the patient consumes the meal.

21. The method of claim 17 , wherein there is at least 8 hours between administration of a first unit dosage and a second unit dosage to the patient on the same day.

22. The method of claim 17 , wherein a first unit dosage is administered to the patient in the morning, and a second unit dosage is administered to the patient in the evening.

23. The method of claim 17 , wherein a first unit dosage is administered to the patient at the time the patient consumes a breakfast meal in the morning, and a second unit dosage is administered to the patient at the time the patient consumes a dinner meal in the evening.

24. The method of claim 17 , wherein the multiple sclerosis is relapsing multiple sclerosis.

25. The method of claim 1 , wherein the multiple sclerosis is relapsing multiple sclerosis.

26. The method of claim 1 , wherein the patient experiences at least a 5% reduction in the number of gadolinium positive T1 magnetic resonance imaging lesions after receiving for a duration of 24 weeks the compound of Formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

27. The method of claim 8 , wherein the patient experiences at least a 5% reduction in the number of gadolinium positive T1 magnetic resonance imaging lesions after receiving for a duration of 24 weeks the compound of Formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

28. The method of claim 17 , wherein the patient experiences at least a 5% reduction in the number of gadolinium positive T1 magnetic resonance imaging lesions after receiving for a duration of 24 weeks the compound of Formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

29. The method of claim 1 , which comprises treating multiple sclerosis with a twice daily unit dosage containing a compound of Formula I in an amount of about 45 mg or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and wherein said administering is performed at the time the patient consumes a meal.

30. The method of claim 17 , which comprises treating multiple sclerosis with a twice daily unit dosage containing a compound of Formula I in an amount of about 45 mg or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and wherein said administering is performed at the time the patient consumes a meal.

31. The method of claim 3 , wherein the administering is performed at a time the patient consumes a meal.

32. The method of claim 29 , wherein the administering is performed at a time the patient consumes a meal.

Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 62839273 · Apr 26, 2019
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