| CPC A61K 31/351 (2013.01) [A61K 9/0078 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); A61P 29/00 (2018.01)] | 39 Claims |
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1. A method for preventing at least one of: neonatal lung injury, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), or BPD-associated pulmonary hypertension (BPD-PH), comprising:
administering to the subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a lung surfactant isolated from a lung extract or a synthetic equivalent thereof; and
a compound of formula (I) or stereoisomer, enantiomer, tautomer or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
![]() wherein X═O; Y=Phenyl, a phenyl group substituted with at least one methyl, a phenyl group substituted with at least one nitro, a phenyl group substituted with at least one nitrogen containing group, a phenyl group substituted with at least one boron containing group; Z=none; R═H, C(O)R2, SO2R2; R1═H, C(O)R2, SO2R2; R2=ethyl, methyl, isopropyl, n-propyl, t-butyl, n-butyl, NH2, NR3R4; R3, R4=ethyl, methyl, isopropyl, n-propyl, t-butyl, n-butyl, three to six membered cycloalkyl, wherein an amount of the compound is selected to prevent the at least one of: neonatal lung injury, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), or BPD-associated pulmonary hypertension (BPD-PH), wherein the compound of formula (I) is provided in an amount of about 0.5 to 100 mg/kg that is synergistic with the lung surfactant.
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