HETEROARYL-SUBSTITUTED UREA MODULATORS OF FATTY ACID AMIDE HYDROLASE
申请人:Apodaca Richard
公开号:US20090062294A1
公开(公告)日:2009-03-05
Certain heteroaryl-substituted piperidinyl and piperazinyl urea compounds are described, which are useful as FAAH inhibitors. Such compounds may be used in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment of disease states, disorders, and conditions mediated by fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) activity, such as anxiety, pain, inflammation, sleep disorders, eating disorders, insulin resistance, diabetes, osteoporosis, and movement disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis).
[Object] To provide a compound which can be used for the treatment of a disease associated with fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), particularly urinary frequency, urinary incontinence and/or overactive bladder.
[Means for solution] It is confirmed that a urea compound chemical-structurally characterized by having a piperidine or piperazine ring or a salt thereof has an excellent FAAH-inhibitory activity, and thus the present invention is completed. The urea compound or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the present invention can increase the effective bladder capacity and ameliorate the state of urinary frequency, and is therefore useful as an agent for treating urinary frequency, urinary incontinence and/or overactive bladder.