| abstract |
The invention relates to the use of compounds of formula (I), wherein ring C is an 8, 9, 10, 12 or 13-membered bicyclic or tricyclic moiety which optionally may contain 1-3 heteroatoms selected independently from O, N and S; Z is -O-, -NH-, -S-, -CH2- or a direct bond; n is 0-5; m is 0-3; R2 represents hydrogen, hydroxy, halogeno, cyano, nitro, trifluoromethyl, C1-3alkyl, C1-3alkoxy, C1-3alkylsulphanyl, -NR3R4 (wherein R3 and R4, which may be the same or different, each represents hydrogen or C1-3alkyl), or R5X1- (wherein X1 and R5 are as defined herein; R1 represents hydrogen, oxo, halogeno, hydroxy, C1-4alkoxy, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkoxymethyl, C1-4alkanoyl, C1-4haloalkyl, cyano, amino, C2-5alkenyl, C2-5alkynyl, C1-3alkanoyloxy, nitro, C1-4alkanoylamino, C1-4alkoxycarbonyl, C1-4alkylsulphanyl, C1-4alkylsulphinyl, C1-4alkylsulphonyl, carbamoyl, N-C1-4alkylcarbamoyl, N,N-di(C1-4alkyl)carbamoyl, aminosulphonyl, N-C1-4alkylaminosulphonyl, N,N-di(C1-4alkyl)aminosulphonyl, N-(C1-4alkylsulphonyl)amino, N-(C1-4alkylsulphonyl)-N-(C1-4alkyl)amino, N,N-di(C1-4alkylsulphonyl)amino, a C3-7alkylene chain joined to two ring C carbon atoms, C1-4alkanoylaminoC1-4alkyl, carboxy or a group R56X10 (wherein X10 and R56 are as defined herein); and salts thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for use in the production of an antiangiogenic and/or vascular permeability reducing effect in warm-blooded animals, processes for the preparation of such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient and compounds of formula (I). The compounds of formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof inhibit the effects of VEGF, a property of value in the treatment of a number of disease states including cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. |