35 results about "Adrenal Cushing's syndrome" patented technology

The invention relates to a method for treating Cushing's syndrome in a patient, which method comprises administering the patient with a pharmaceutical composition comprising a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, at least twice a day, or an extended-release composition of a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, or a combination of a glucocorticoid receptor antagonist and a inhibitor of cortisol synthesis.

The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of the formula:

where the substituents are defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The derivatives bind selectively to the somatostatin subtype receptors and elicit either an agonist or antagonist effect from the somatostatin subtype receptors. The derivatives are useful for treating a variety of diseases including acromegaly, restenosis, Crohn's disease, systemic sclerosis, external and internal pancreatic pseudocysts and ascites, VIPoma, nesidoblastosis, hyperinsulinism, gastrinoma, Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, diarrhea, AIDS related diarrhea, chemotherapy related diarrhea, scleroderma, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, pancreatitis, small bowel obstruction, gastroesophageal reflux, duodenogastric reflux, Cushing's Syndrome, gonadotropinoma, hyperparathyroidism, Graves' Disease, diabetic neuropathy, Paget's disease, polycystic ovary disease, cancer, cancer cachexia, hypotension, postprandial hypotension, panic attacks, GH secreting adenomas or TSH secreting adenomas.

The invention provides a method for diagnosing a disorder or disease associated with an imbalance of monoamines in a subject, or of diagnosing susceptibility of the subject to the same, wherein the method comprising (a) providing a sample from a subject to be tested, (b) measuring the levels of dopamine, melatonin and/or serotonin in the sample; and (c) comparing the levels measured in step (b) with levels of dopamine, melatonin and/or serotonin associated with a reference population of subjects, wherein a difference in one or more of the levels measured in step (b) with the levels of dopamine, melatonin and serotonin associated with the reference population of subjects is indicative of a positive diagnosis. The invention further provides a method of prevention or treatment of a disorder or disease associated with an imbalance of monoamines, and kits for the same.

The present invention relates to combination of one or more SGLT2 inhibitors or pharmaceutically acceptable forms and/or salts thereof and one or more dopamine receptor agonists or pharmaceutically acceptable forms and/or salts thereof, preferably in the treatment and/or prevention of a metabolic disorder of an equine animal, wherein more preferably the metabolic disorder is one or more disorders selected from Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS), Equine Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID), also known as equine Cushing's syndrome, laminitis, vascular dysfunction, hypertension, hepatic lipidosis, hyperadreeocorticism, glucose intolerance, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinaemia, hirsutism, hyperhidrosis. polyuria, polydipsia, chronic infections, abnormal fat distribution, muscle wasting, abnormal weight loss and/or loss of appetite.

Methods and compositions are provided for treatment of disorders associated with aberrant adrenal cortex cell behavior, including (but not limited to) treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC), Cushing's syndrome and/or pituitary ACTH excess (Cushing's Disease). Such methods involve administration of an effective amount N-(2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)phenyl)-N′-((1-(4-(dimethylamino)phenyl)cyclopentyl)-methyl)urea hydrochloride to the patient.

The present disclosure relates to treatment and management of Cushing's syndrome, Headache disorders and Neuropathic using a composition comprising asiaticoside and madecasosside optionally along with at least one excipient. The treatment can be extended to Myalgia and other related disease conditions.

Methods and agents are provided for treatment of disorders associated with aberrant adrenocortical cell behavior, including (but not limited to) treatment of adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC) and/or Cushing's syndrome. Such methods involve administration of an agent which exhibits an IC₅₀ value against huACAT1 of less than 10 μM, and one or more further characteristics including effects on adrenocortical cells, disruption of cholesterol homeostasis, reduction in steroid biosynthesis, reduction of mitochondrial function, and/or preferential binding to by low-density lipoprotein (LDL).

This invention provides for an improved method for differentially diagnosing ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. Current practice for differentially diagnosing ectopic ACTH syndrome and Cushing's Disease measures relative ACTH concentrations from the inferior petrosal venous sinus compared to fluid obtained from a periphery venous sample. This is performed before and after administration of exogenous corticotropin releasing factor, or after administration of metyrapone. This invention uses glucocorticoid receptor antagonists to induce release of endogenous CRH which stimulates ACTH to increase in patients with ectopic ACTH syndrome but not in those with Cushing's Disease.

The present invention relates to novel dihydropyridine derivatives of formula (I):

as modulators of nuclear receptors selected from androgen receptor and glucocorticoid receptor, to processes for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds and to the use of said for manufacturing a medicament for the treatment of pathological conditions or diseases that can improve by modulation of androgen receptor and/or glucocorticoid receptor, selected from cancer, metastasizing cancers, benign prostate hyperplasia, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), hair loss, hirsutism, acne, hypogonadism, muscle wasting diseases, cachexia, Cushing's syndrome, anti-psychotic drug induced weight gain, obesity, post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism.

Methods are provided for treatment of disorders associated with excess cortisol production, including, but not limited to, treatment of Cushing's syndrome. Such methods involve administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a combination of: (a) an inhibitor of CYP11B1; and (b) ACAT1 inhibitor N-(2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)phenyl)-N′-((1-(4-(dimethyl-lamino)phenyl)cyclopentyl)-methyl)urea or a salt thereof; or (a) an inhibitor of CYP11B1; (b) an inhibitor of CYP11B2; and (c) ACAT1 inhibitor N-(2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)phenyl)-N′-((1-(4-(dimethyl-lamino)phenyl)cyclopentyl)-methyl)urea or a salt thereof.

The present invention discloses a ulipristal acetate compound (the chemical name of 17alpha-acetoxy-11beta-(4-N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)-19-norpregn-4,9-diene-3,20-dione and the English name of Ulipristal acetate) crystal form K, a preparation method, a composition and uses thereof, particularly a ulipristal acetate crystal form K solid substance state form under a solid state, a preparation of the crystal form K solid substance sample, and applications of the ulipristal acetate crystal form K substance as the pharmaceutical active ingredient in preparation of pregnancy prevention drugs 120 h after various unprotected sex behaviors or contraceptive failure, and drugs for treatment of uterine fibroids, endometriosis, cushing's syndrome, glaucoma.

Novel methods of treating tumors, including neuroendocrine tumors (NET), such as a catecholamine-secreting tumor (CST), are disclosed. The methods include treating Cushing's syndrome in a Cushing's syndrome patient having a NET, such as a CST. Tumors may be treated with a glucocorticoid receptor (GR) modulator (GRM), such as a GR antagonist (GRA). The novel treatments may treat Cushing's syndrome,may reduce catecholamine production by the tumor, may reduce catecholamine excess, may ameliorate symptoms of catecholamine excess, and may improve the efficacy of alpha- or beta-adrenergic blockade,somatostatin or somatostatin analog treatment or imaging, or Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy, in patients with a CST. The GRM may reduce the activation of a GR, and may bind to a GR with higheraffinity than it binds to a progesterone receptor (PR). In embodiments, the drug may only poorly bind to PR, or may not measurably bind to PR.

To provide an antineutrophilia agent effective for treatment of development and progress of acute infections, collagen diseases (chronic rheumatoid arthritis, Wegener's granulomatosis and Behcet's disease), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema, small airway disease, gout, Cushing's syndrome, myelofibrosis, neoplastic neutrophilia, polycythemia vera and diseases caused by administration of steroid drugs.

An antineutrophilia agent containing a 3(2H)-pyridazinone compound represented by the formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof [wherein each of R¹, R² and R³ is independently a hydrogen atom or a C_1-6 alkyl group, X is a halogen atom, cyano or a hydrogen atom, Y is a halogen atom, trifluoromethyl or a hydrogen atom, and A is a C_1-8 alkylene which may be substituted with a hydroxyl group].

The present invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity in the treatment of vascular cholesterol accumulation, plasma low-density lipoproteins (LDL) abnormal aggregation and/or inhibition or reduction of the formation of VSMC foam cells, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and their use in therapy and/or prophylaxis of conditions wherein decrease of vascular cholesterol accumulation, inhibition of LDL aggregation, inhibition or reduction of the formation of VSMC foam cells and/or prevention of aggregated LDL (agLDL) internalization is useful such as atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, angina pectoris, thrombosis, hyperlipidemia, hyperlipoproteinemia type II, familial hypercholesterolemia, familial combined hyperlipidemia, type II diabetes, hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome and obesity.