Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Designated organic active ingredient containing – Nitrogen containing other than solely as a nitrogen in an...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-23
2001-10-16
Lambkin, Deborah C. (Department: 1626)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Designated organic active ingredient containing
Nitrogen containing other than solely as a nitrogen in an...
C564S189000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06303658
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides 7-[5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxy-hydrocarbyl or heteroatom-substituted hydroxyhydrocarbyl)-3-hydroxycyclopentyl(enyl)] heptanoic or heptenoic acids and amine, amide, ether, ester and alcohol derivatives of said acids, wherein one or more of said hydroxy groups are replaced by an ether group. The compounds of this invention are potent ocular hypotensives, and are particularly suitable for the management of glaucoma. Moreover, the compounds of this invention are smooth muscle relaxants with broad application in systemic hypertensive and pulmonary diseases; with additional application in gastrointestinal disease, reproduction, fertility, incontinence, shock, inflammation, immune regulation, disorders of bone metabolism, renal dysfunction, cancer and other hypoproliferative diseases.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Ocular hypotensive agents are useful in the treatment of a number of various ocular hypertensive conditions, such as post-surgical and post-laser trabeculectomy ocular hypertensive episodes, glaucoma, and as presurgical adjuncts.
Glaucoma is a disease of the eye characterized by increased intraocular pressure. On the basis of its etiology, glaucoma has been classified as primary or secondary. For example, primary glaucoma in adults (congenital glaucoma) may be either open-angle or acute or chronic angle-closure. Secondary glaucoma results from pre-existing ocular diseases such as uveitis, intraocular tumor or an enlarged cataract.
The underlying causes of primary glaucoma are not yet known. The increased intraocular tension is due to the obstruction of aqueous humor outflow. In chronic open-angle glaucoma, the anterior chamber and its anatomic structures appear normal, but drainage of the aqueous humor is impeded; In acute or chronic angle-closure glaucomas the anterior chamber is shallow, the filtration angle is narrowed, and the iris may obstruct the trabecular meshwork at the entrance of the canal of Schlemm. Dilation of the pupil may push the root of the iris forward against the angle, and may produce pupillary block and thus precipitate an acute attack. Eyes with narrow anterior chamber angles are predisposed to acute angle-closure glaucoma attacks of various degrees of severity.
Secondary glaucoma is caused by any interference with the flow of aqueous humor from the posterior chamber into the anterior chamber and subsequently, into the canal of Schlemm. Inflammatory disease of the anterior segment may prevent aqueous escape by causing complete posterior synechia in iris bombe and may plug the drainage channel with exudates. Other common causes are intraocular tumors, enlarged cataracts, central retinal vein occlusion, trauma to the eye, operative procedures and intraocular hemorrhage.
Considering all types together, glaucoma occurs in about 2% of all persons over the age of 40 and may be asymptotic for years before progressing to rapid loss of vision. In cases where surgery is not indicated, topical &bgr;-adrenoreceptor antagonists have traditionally been the drugs of choice for treating glaucoma.
Prostaglandins were earlier regarded as potent ocular hypertensives; however, evidence accumulated in the last two decades shows that some prostaglandins are highly effective ocular hypotensive agents and are ideally suited for the long-tern medical management of glaucoma. (See, for example, Starr, MS.
Exp. Eye Res
. 1971, 11, pp. 170-177; Bito, L. Z.
Biological Protection with Prostaglandins
Cohen, M. M., ed., Boca Raton, Fla., CRC Press Inc., 1985, pp. 231-252; and Bito, L. Z.,
Applied Pharmacology in the Medical Treatment of Glaucomas
Drance, S. M. and Neufeld, A. H. eds., New York, Grune & Stratton, 1984, pp. 477-505). Such prostaglandins include PGF
2&agr;
, PFG
1&agr;
, PGE
2
, and certain lipid-soluble esters, such as C
1
to C
5
alkyl esters, e.g. 1-isopropyl ester, of such compounds.
In the U.S. Pat. No. 4,599,353 certain prostaglandins, in particular PGE
2
and PGF
2&agr;
and the C
1
to C
5
alkyl esters of the latter compound, were reported to possess ocular hypotensive activity and were recommended for use in glaucoma management.
Although the precise mechanism is not yet known, recent experimental results indicate that the prostaglandin-induced reduction in intraocular pressure results from increased uveoscleral outflow [Nilsson et al.,
Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci
. 28 (suppl), 284 (1987)].
The isopropyl ester of PGF
2&agr;
has been shown to have significantly greater hypotensive potency than the parent compound, which was attributed to its more effective penetration through the cornea. In 1987 this compound was described as “the most potent ocular hypotensive agent ever reported.” [See, for example, Bito, L. Z.,
Arch. Ophthalmol
. 105, 1036 (1987), and Siebold et al.,
Prodrug
5, 3 (1989)].
Whereas prostaglandins appear to be devoid of significant intraocular side effects, ocular surface (conjunctival) hyperemia and foreign-body sensation have been consistently associated with the topical ocular use of such compounds, in particular PGF
2&agr;
and its prodrugs, e.g. its 1-isopropyl ester, in humans. The clinical potential of prostaglandins in the management of conditions associated with increased ocular pressure, e.g. glaucoma, is greatly limited by these side effects.
Certain phenyl and phenoxy mono, tri and tetra nor prostaglandins and their 1-esters are disclosed in European Patent Application 0,364,417 as useful in the treatment of glaucoma or ocular hypertension.
In a series of copending United States patent applications assigned to Allergan, Inc. prostaglandin esters with increased ocular hypotensive activity accompanied with no or substantially reduced side-effects are disclosed. The co-pending USSN 386,835 (filed Jul. 27, 1989), relates to certain 11-acyl-prostaglandins, such as 11-pivaloyl 11-acetyls, 11-isobutyryl, 11-valeryl, and 11-isovaleryl PGF
2&agr;
. Intraocular pressure reducing 15-acyl prostaglandins are disclosed in the co-pending application USSN 357,394 (filed May 25, 1989). Similarly, 11,15- 9,15- and 9,11-diesters of prostaglandins, for example 11,15-dipivaloyl PGF
2&agr;
are known to have ocular hypotensive activity. See the co-pending patent applications USSN No. 385,645 filed Jul. 27, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,494,274; 584,370 which is a continuation of USSN No. 386,312, and 585,284, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,034,413 which is a continuation of USSN 386,834, where the parent applications were filed on Jul. 27, 1989. The disclosures of these patent applications are hereby expressly incorporated by reference.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
We have found that certain 7-[5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxy-hydrocarbyl or heteroatom-substituted hydroxyhydrocarbyl)-3-hydroxycyclopentyl(enyl)] heptanoic or heptenoic acids and amine, amide, ether, ester and alcohol derivatives of said acids, wherein one or more of said hydroxy groups are replaced by an ether group are potent ocular hypotensive agents. We have further found that such compounds may be significantly more potent than their respective parent compounds and, in the case of glaucoma surprisingly, cause no or significantly lower ocular surface hyperemia than the parent compounds.
The present invention relates to methods of treating cardiovascular, pulmonary-respiratory, gastrointestinal, reproductive, allergic disease, shock and ocular hypertension which comprises administering an effective amount of a compound represented by the formula I
wherein either the cyclopentane radical or the &agr; or &ohgr; chain may be unsaturated; R is a hydrocarbyl radical or a heteroatom substituted hydrocarbyl radical comprising up to ten carbon atoms and one or more of the hydrogen or carbon radicals in said hydrocarbyl radical may be substituted with oxygen, sulfur, nitrogen, phosphorus or halogen, e.g. chloro and fluoro; R
1
, R
2
and R
3
are selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, hydrocarbyloxy and heteroatom substituted hydrocarbyloxy wherein said hydrocarbyl radical comprises up to 20, e.g. 10 carbon atoms; Y repres
Allergan Sales Inc.
Baran Robert J.
Fisher Carlos A.
Lambkin Deborah C.
Voet Martin A.
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