| abstract |
The present invention relates to novel carboxamide compounds and their use as 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 and to a method for the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment by administering an effective amount of at least one of these carboxamide compounds. n The carboxamide compounds are compounds of the general formula I n nin whichn nW—R 2 is selected fromn n nand R 1 , R 2 , R 3a , R 3b , Y 1 , Y 2 , Y 3 , Y 4 , X, Q, m, k, R w and R w* have the meanings mentioned in the claims, the tautomers thereof and the pharmaceutically suitable salts thereof. Of these compounds those are preferred wherein Y 1 , Y 2 , Y 3 and Y 4 are CR y , or one or two of the variables Y 1 to Y 4 are a nitrogen atom and the remaining variables are CR y , wherein the radicals R y may be identical or different and have the meanings mentionend in the claims. |