| abstract |
Disclosed herein are compounds of formula Ia, wherein the variables are defined in the specification. Compounds of the present invention find utility in the treatment of mammalian cancers and especially human cancers including, but not limited to, malignant melanomas, solid tumors, glioblastomas, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancers, breast cancers, kidney cancers, hepatic cancers, cervical carcinomas, metastasis of primary tumor sites, myeloproliferative diseases, chronic myelogenous leukemia, leukemias, papillary thyroid carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, hypereosinophilic syndrome, gastrointestinal stromal tumors, colonic cancers, ocular diseases characterized by hyperproliferation leading to blindness including various retinopathies, diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mastocytosis, mast cell leukemia, and diseases caused by PDGFR-α kinase, PDGFR-β kinase, c-KIT kinase, cFMS kinase, c-MET kinase, and oncogenic forms, aberrant fusion proteins and polymorphs of any of the foregoing kinases. Specific embodiments of the compound of formula I include the following: N-(2-fluoro-4-(2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyridin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-N’-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide; N-(2,5-difluoro-4-(2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyridin-4-yloxy)phenylcarbamoyl)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)acetamide; and N-(5-chloro-2-fluoro-4-(2-(1-methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)pyridin-4-yloxy)phenyl)-N-(4-fluorophenyl)cyclopropane-1,1-dicarboxamide. |