4区 · 医学
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作者: Chen, Robert H. ; Villani, Frank J. ; Look, Richard ; Patel, Mona ; Rybczynski, Philip J. ; Minor, Lisa K. ; Gunnet, Joseph W. ; Wang, Yuanping ; Zhang, Han-Cheng ; Zhong, H. Marlon ; Damiano, Bruce P. ; McComsey, David F. ; Demarest, Keith T. ; Xiang, Min Amy ; Maryanoff, Bruce E.
We have continued to explore spirobenzazepines as vasopressin receptor antagonists to follow up on RWJ-339489 (2), which had advanced into preclinical development. Further structural modifications were pursued to find a suitable backup compound for human clinical studies. Thus, we identified carboxylic acid derivative 3 (RWJ-676070; JNJ-17158063) as a potent, balanced vasopressin V(1a)/V(2) receptor antagonist with favorable properties for clinical development. Compound 3 is currently undergoing human clinical investigation.