| abstract |
The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use for the manufacture of a medicament. The carboxamide compounds are inhibitors of calpain (calcium dependant cysteine proteases). The invention therefore also relates to the use of these carboxamide compounds for treating a disorder associated with an elevated calpain activity. n The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I n n n n n n n n n n in which R 1 , R 2 , R 3a , R 3b , R 4 , Q, Y, A and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims and the description, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. In particular, the compounds have the general formula Ia and Ib n n n n n n n n n n in which R 1 , r, R 2b , R 3a , R 3b , R 4 , Y and X have the meanings mentioned in the claims, including the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. Of these compounds those are preferred wherein Y is a moiety CH 2 —CH 2 , CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 , N(R y# )—CH 2 , N(R y# )—CH 2 —CH 2 or CH═CH—CH═, each optionally having 1 or 2 H-atoms replaced with identical or different radicals R y , wherein R y and R y# have the meanings mentioned in the claims. |