RUFINAMIDE AND DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN MODULATING THE GATING PROCESS OF HUMAN VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNELS
申请人:THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
公开号:US20150368211A1
公开(公告)日:2015-12-24
The present invention provides compounds of formula I or a salt, solvate, or stereoisomer thereof, wherein X is H, or an electron withdrawing group such as a halogen, NH
2
, NO
2
, SO
2
, CN, or a C
1
-C
6
alkyl group; Alk is C
1
-C
3
alkyl; R
1
is H, C
1
-C
6
alkyl, which may be substituted with OH, NH
2
, acyl, sulfonyl, and cyano groups; and R
2
, is C
1
-C
6
alkyl, which may be substituted with OH, NH
2
, acyl, sulfonyl, and cyano groups. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and/or rufinamide are also provided. Methods for prevention and treatment of epilepsy disorders such as Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS), and modulation of voltage-gated sodium (Nay) channels are Nav1.1 channels by administration of these compounds and/or rufinamide are also provided.