The present invention provides novel tricyclic pyridyl carboxamides as well as methods and pharmaceutical compositions utilizing them compounds for the treatment and/or prevention and/or suppression of disorders which may be remedied or alleviated by oxytocin antagonist activity, including prevention and/or suppression of preterm labor, suppression of labor at term prior to caesarean delivery, and for the treatment of dysmenorrhea. These compounds are also useful in enhancing fertility rates, enhancing survival rates and synchronizing estrus in farm animals; and may be useful in the prevention and treatment of disfunctions of the oxytocin system in the central nervous system including obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and neuropsychiatric disorders.
本发明提供了一种新型的
三环吡啶基羧酰胺,以及利用这些化合物的方法和药物组合物,用于治疗和/或预防和/或抑制可能通过
催产素拮抗剂活性得到缓解或减轻的疾病,包括预防和/或抑制早产、剖腹产前期抑制分娩、以及治疗痛经。这些化合物还可用于提高农场动物的生育率、提高存活率并同步动物的发情期;并且可能有助于预防和治疗中枢神经系统中
催产素系统的功能障碍,包括强迫症(OCD)和神经精神障碍。