Purpose. The soft drug approach was applied to the design of analogs of highly potent synthetic steroids but with a metabolically labile ester group which at the same time served as an activating group.Methods. Several structural modifications of soft antiinflammatory steroids were synthesized and tested in several assays of biological activity. The hydrolytic stability of the compounds was also determined.Results. One of the compounds synthesized was determined to be a very potent steroid and had a highly significant separation of topical from systemic activity. However, the compound demonstrated greater than expected stability in the hydrolysis studies.Conclusions. The goal of the soft drug approach has been achieved with the development of a highly potent drug which displays little or no systemic activity as measured in the tests presented here. The anticipated hydrolytic instability of the compounds was not corroborated, however, in view of other results, the interpretation is allowed that the rapid hydrolysis of the unbound fraction of the drug is an important factor in its lack of systemic effects.
ENHANCEMENT OF ACTIVITY AND/OR DURATION OF ACTION OF SOFT ANTI-INFLAMMATORY STEROIDS FOR TOPICAL OR OTHER LOCAL APPLICATION
申请人:BODOR, Nicholas S.
公开号:EP1653974B1
公开(公告)日:2010-01-06
COMBINATION OF STEROIDS HAVING TRANSPORTER-ENHANCED CORTICOSTEROID ACTIVITY
申请人:Bodor, Nicholas S.
公开号:EP2026818B1
公开(公告)日:2010-12-22
Enhancement of activity and/or duration of action of soft anti-inflammatory steroids for topical or other local application
申请人:Bodor S. Nicholas
公开号:US20050026892A1
公开(公告)日:2005-02-03
Methods and compositions for enhancing the activity and/or duration of action of loteprednol etabonate and other soft anti-inflammatory steroids of the haloalkyl 17α-alkoxycarbonyloxy-11β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one-17β-carboxylate type and the corresponding Δ
1,4
-compounds are described. The enhancing agents have the formula:
wherein R is H or C
1
-C
4
alkyl; Z
1
is carbonyl or β-hydroxymethylene; X
1
is —O— or —S—; R
5
is —OH, —OR
6
, —OCOOR
6
or —OCOR
7
wherein R
6
is C
1
-C
4
alkyl and R
7
is C
1
-C
4
alkyl, fluoromethyl or chloromethyl; and the dotted line in ring A indicates that the 1,2-linkage is saturated or unsaturated; with the proviso that when R is C
1
-C
4
alkyl, then R
5
is —OH.
Transporter enhanced corticosteroid activity
申请人:Bodor S. Nicholas
公开号:US20080004246A1
公开(公告)日:2008-01-03
Methods and compositions for enhancing the activity and/or duration of action of loteprednol etabonate and other soft anti-inflammatory steroids of the haloalkyl 17α-alkoxycarbonyloxy-11β-hydroxyandrost-4-en-3-one-17β-carboxylate type and the corresponding Δ
1,4
-compounds are described. The enhancing agents have the formula:
wherein Z
1
is carbonyl, β-hydroxymethylene or methylene; R
2
is H, —OH or —OCOR
3
wherein R
3
is C
1
-C
5
alkyl; Y is —OH, —SH or —OCOR
4
wherein R
4
is C
1
-C
5
alkyl, cyclopentylethyl or diethylaminoethyl; and the dotted line in ring A indicates that the 1,2-linkage is saturated or unsaturated.
TRANSPORTER-ENHANCED CORTICOSTEROID ACTIVITY AND METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING DRY EYE
申请人:Bodor Nicholas S.
公开号:US20080194468A1
公开(公告)日:2008-08-14
Methods and compositions for enhancing the activity and/or duration of action of loteprednol etabonate and other soft anti-inflammatory steroids of the haloalkyl 17α-alkoxycarbonyloxy-11β-hydroxyandrost-4-cn-3-one-17β-carboxylate type and the corresponding Δ
1,4
-compounds are described. The enhancing agents have the formula:
wherein Z
1
is carbonyl, β-hydroxymethylene or methylene; R
2
is H, —OH or —OCOR
3
wherein R
3
is C
1-5
alkyl; Y is —OH, —SH or —OCOR
4
wherein R
4
is C
1-5
alkyl, cyclopentylethyl or diethylaminoethyl; and the dotted line in ring A indicates that the 1,2-linkage is saturated or unsaturated. Ophthalmic administration in the treatment of dry eye is specifically targeted.