| CPC A61K 31/4155 (2013.01) [A61K 35/17 (2013.01); A61K 35/18 (2013.01); A61K 35/761 (2013.01); A61K 39/3955 (2013.01); A61P 35/00 (2018.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A method for the treatment of cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an HDAC inhibitor of formula I or a salt or solvate thereof in combination with a CD137 agonist,
formula I
 in which
R1, R4 and R5 are independently hydrogen, 1-4C-alkyl, halogen, or 1-4C-alkoxy,
R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen or 1-4C-alkyl,
R6 is -T1-Q1, in which T1 is a bond or 1-4C-alkylene,
either Q1 is substituted by R61 and/or R62, and is Aa1, Hh1, Ha1, Ha2, Ha3, Ha4 or Ah1, or Q1 is unsubstituted, and is Ha2, Ha3 or Ha4,
in which
R61 is 1-4C-alkyl, phenyl-1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkoxy, hydroxyl, trifluoromethyl, cyano, halogen, completely fluorine-substituted 1-4C-alkoxy or 1-4C-alkoxy wherein more than half of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by fluorine atoms, hydroxy-1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkoxy-1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkylsulphonylamino, tolylsulphonylamino, phenylsulphonylamino, 1-4C-alkylcarbonylamino, carbamoyl, sulphamoyl, mono- or di-1-4C-alkylaminocarbonyl, mono- or di-1-4C-alkylaminosulphonyl, -T2-N(R611)R612, -U-T3-N(R613)R614, -T4-Het3, or -V-T5-Het4, in which
T2 is a bond or 1-4C-alkylene,
R611 is hydrogen, 1-4C-alkyl, 3-7C-cycloalkyl, 3-7C-cycloalkylmethyl, hydroxy-2-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkoxy-2-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkylcarbonyl, or 1-4C-alkylsulphonyl,
R612 is hydrogen or 1-4C-alkyl,
or R611 and R612 together and with inclusion of the nitrogen atom, to which they are bonded, form a heterocyclic ring Het1, in which Het1 is morpholino, thiomorpholino, S-oxo-thiomorpholino, S,S-dioxo-thiomorpholino, piperidino, pyrrolidino, piperazino, or 4N-(1-4C-alkyl)-piperazino,
U is —O-(oxygen) or —C(O)NH—,
T3 is 2-4C-alkylene,
R613 is hydrogen, 1-4C-alkyl, 3-7C-cycloalkyl, 3-7C-cycloalkylmethyl, hydroxy-2-4C-alkyl or 1-4C-alkoxy-2-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkylcarbonyl, or 1-4C-alkylsulphonyl
R614 is hydrogen or 1-4C-alkyl,
or R613 and R614 together and with inclusion of the nitrogen atom, to which they are bonded, form a heterocyclic ring Het2, in which
Het2 is morpholino, thiomorpholino, S-oxo-thiomorpholino, S,S-dioxo-thiomorpholino, piperidino, pyrrolidino, piperazino, or 4N-(1-4C-alkyl)-piperazino,
T4 is a bond or 1-4C-alkylene,
Het3 is 1N-(1-4C-alkyl)-piperidinyl or 1N-(1-4C-alkyl)-pyrrolidinyl,
V is —O-(oxygen) or —C(O)NH—,
T5 is a bond or 1-4C-alkylene,
Het4 is 1N-(1-4C-alkyl)-piperidinyl or 1N-(1-4C-alkyl)-pyrrolidinyl,
R62 is 1-4C-alkyl, 1-4C-alkoxy or halogen,
Aa1 is a bisaryl radical made up of two aryl groups,
which are selected independently from a group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl, and
which are linked together via a single bond,
Hh1 is a bisheteroaryl radical made up of two heteroaryl groups,
which are selected independently from a group consisting of monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl radicals comprising one or two heteroatoms, each of which is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and
which are linked together via a single bond,
Ah1 is an arylheteroaryl radical made up of an aryl group selected from a group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl, and a heteroaryl group selected from a group consisting of monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl radicals comprising one or two heteroatoms, each of which is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, wherein said aryl and heteroaryl groups are linked together via a single bond, and wherein Ah1 is bonded via said heteroaryl moiety to the parent molecular group,
Ha1 is a heteroarylaryl radical made up of a heteroaryl group selected from a group consisting of monocyclic 5- or 6-membered heteroaryl radicals comprising one or two heteroatoms, each of which is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and an aryl group selected from a group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl, wherein said heteroaryl and aryl groups are linked together via a single bond, and wherein Ha1 is bonded via said aryl moiety to the to the parent molecular group,
Ha2 is a heteroarylaryl radical made up of a heteroaryl group selected from a group consisting of fused bicyclic 9- or 10-membered heteroaryl radicals comprising one, two or three heteroatoms, each of which is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and an aryl group selected from a group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl, wherein said heteroaryl and aryl groups are linked together via a single bond, and wherein Ha2 is bonded via said aryl moiety to the parent molecular group,
Ha3 is a heteroarylaryl radical made up of a heteroaryl group selected from a group consisting of monocyclic 5-membered heteroaryl radicals comprising three or four heteroatoms, each of which is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and an aryl group selected from a group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl, wherein said heteroaryl and aryl groups are linked together via a single bond, and wherein Ha3 is bonded via said aryl moiety to the to the parent molecular group,
Ha4 is a heteroarylaryl radical made up of a heteroaryl group selected from a group consisting of partially saturated fused bicyclic 9- or 10-membered heteroaryl radicals comprising a heteroatom-free benzene ring and one or two heteroatoms, each of which is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and an aryl group selected from a group consisting of phenyl and naphthyl, wherein said heteroaryl and aryl groups are linked together via a single bond, and wherein Ha4 is bonded via said aryl moiety to the to the parent molecular group,
R7 is hydroxyl, or Cyc1, in which Cyc1 is a ring system of formula Ia
 in which
A and B are C (carbon),
R71 and R72 are independently hydrogen, halogen, 1-4C-alkyl, or 1-4C-alkoxy,
M with inclusion of A and B is either a ring Ar2 or a ring Har2, in which Ar2 is a benzene ring, Har2 is a monocyclic 5- or 6-membered unsaturated heteroaromatic ring comprising one to three heteroatoms, each of which is selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
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