| abstract |
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, comprising a PPAR agonist, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, alone or in combination with at least one active ingredient selected from the group consisting of (i) HDL increasing compounds; (ii) anti-diabetics; (iii) an anti-hypertensive agent; (iv) cholesterol absorption modulator; (v) apo-A1 analogs and mimetics; (vi) renin inhibitors; (vii) thrombin inhibitors; (viii) aldosterone inhibitors; (ix) GLP-1 agonists; (x) glucagon receptor antagonists; (xi) cannabinoid receptor 1 antagonists; (xii) anti-obesity agents; and (xiii) inhibitors of platelet aggregation or, in each case, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and optionally a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition may be employed for the treatment of addictions (for example, nicotine and cocaine), dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesteremia, atherosclerosis, hypertriglyceridemia, heart failure, myocardial infarction, vascular diseases, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, intermittent claudication, restenosis after PCTA, hypertension, obesity including reduction in CV risk in obese patients, inflammation, arthritis, cancer including breast, colon and prostate cancer, Alzheimer's disease, skin disorders, respiratory diseases, ophthalmic disorders, IBDs (irritable bowel disease), Crohn's disease, hypofibrinolysis, hypercoaguable state, metabolic/cardiometabolic syndrome, elevated CRP, appearance of microalbuminuria, reduction of proteinuria, renal failure (DM, non-DM), NASH (non alcoholic steato hepatitis) non-alcoholic fatty liver, CV events in patients with high CRP, vascular dementia, psoriasis, ischaemia reperfusion injury, asthma, COPD, eosinophilia, RA, airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), inflammatory digestive diseases (e.g. ulcerative colitis) diseases of anitgen-induced inflammatory responses. The compounds of the present invention are particularly useful in mammals as hypoglycemic agents for the treatment and prevention of conditions such as impaired glucose tolerance, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, type-1 and type-2 diabetes and Syndrome X. Also contemplated is the administration of the combinations of the present invention for the improvement of cardiac metabolism and cardioprotection in heart transplant patients, to facilitate smoking cessation or reduction and to prevent or treat conditions associated with smoking. |