| abstract |
The present invention relates to a novel class of N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide derivatives. The N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide compounds can be used to treat cancer. The N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide compounds can also inhibit histone deacetylase and are suitable for use in selectively inducing terminal differentiation, and arresting cell growth and/or apoptosis of neoplastic cells, thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Thus, the compounds of the present invention are useful in treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. The compounds of the invention may also be useful in the prevention and treatment of TRX-mediated diseases, such as autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases, and in the prevention and/or treatment of diseases of the central nervous system (CNS), such as neurodegenerative diseases. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide derivatives and safe dosing regimens of these pharmaceutical compositions, which are easy to follow, and which result in a therapeutically effective amount of the N-hydroxy-naphthalene dicarboxamide and N-hydroxy-biphenyl-dicarboxamide derivatives in vivo. |