This invention is directed to a [di(ether or thioether)heteroaryl or fluoro substituted aryl] compound or an N-oxide thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which is useful for inhibiting the production or physiological effects of TNF in the treatment of a patient suffering from a disease state associated with a physiologically detrimental excess of tumor necrosis factor (TNF).
Compounds within the scope of the present invention also inhibit cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, and are useful in treating a disease state associated with pathological conditions that are modulated by inhibiting cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, such disease states including inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, in particular type IV cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase. The present invention is therefore directed to their pharmacological use for inhibiting TNF and/or cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase, pharmacological compositions comprising the compounds and methods for their preparation.
SUBSTITUTED VINYLPYRIDINE DERIVATIVES AND DRUGS CONTAINING THE SAME
申请人:SS Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
公开号:EP0882714A1
公开(公告)日:1998-12-09
The present invention relates to a substituted vinylpyridine derivative represented by the following formula (1):
(wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, etc., R2 represents an alkyl group; one of R3 and R4, which are different from each other, represents a hydrogen atom and the other represents a nitrile group, R5 represents an aryl group or a heteroaryl group, X represents an oxygen atom, etc., and one of Q1, Q2, and Q3 represents a nitrogen atom and the other two represent CH); a salt of the derivative; and a drug containing the derivative or salt as the active ingredient. Due to strong PDE inhibitory action and TNF-α production inhibitory action, the derivative, salt, and drug are useful for the prevention and treatment of a wide variety of inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases.