318 results about "Pulmonary emphysema" patented technology

The present application provides sodium channel blockers exemplified by the following structure:The compounds of the invention useful for treating chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, sinusitis, vaginal dryness, dry eye, Sjogren's disease, distal intestinal obstruction syndrome, dry skin, esophagitis, dry mouth (xerostomia), nasal dehydration, ventilator-induced pneumonia, asthma, primary ciliary dyskinesia, otitis media, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, pneumonia, constipation, and chronic diverticulitis, for example.

A long term oxygen therapy system having an oxygen supply directly linked with a patient's lung or lungs may be utilized to more efficiently treat hypoxia caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis. The system includes an oxygen source, one or more valves and fluid carrying conduits. The fluid carrying conduits link the oxygen source to diseased sites within the patient's lungs. A collateral ventilation bypass trap system directly linked with a patient's lung or lungs may be utilized to increase the expiratory flow from the diseased lung or lungs, thereby treating another aspect of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The system includes a trap, a filter / one-way valve and an air carrying conduit. In various embodiments, the system may be intrathoracic, extrathoracic or a combination thereof. In order for the system to be effective, an airtight seal between the parietal and visceral pleurae is required. Chemical pleurodesis is utilized for creating the seal.

The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I),wherein all symbols are as defined in the description,a salt thereof, a solvate thereof, or a prodrug thereof, which has a leukotriene receptor antagonistic activity which is expected to be more effective than those of the leukotriene receptor antagonists currently used in clinical trials. Therefore, it is useful as an agent for the prevention and / or treatment of a leukotriene-mediated disease such as a respiratory diseases such as bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary emphysema, chronic bronchitis, pneumonia (e.g. interstitial pneumonia etc.), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), allergic rhinitis, sinusitis (e.g. acute sinusitis, chronic sinusitis, etc.), or the like, or as an expectorant or an antiitussive.

The present invention is related to:(i) matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors containing sulfonylamino acid derivatives of the formula (Ia); wherein R1 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl etc.; E is -CONR3-, in which R3 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl etc., -NR3CO-, -CO-O-, -O-CO- etc.; A is hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, or Ar; J is bond, C2-4 alkylene etc.; G is -(CH2)m-, in which m is 2, 3 or 4, orin which R6 and R7 is hydrogen, C1-8 alkyl etc.; and non-toxic salts thereof,(ii) sulfonylamino acid derivatives of the formula (Ib):wherein all the symbols are the same meaning as (i); and non-toxic salts thereof, and(iii) process for the preparation of the compound of the formula (Ib).The compounds of the formula (Ia) are useful for prevention and / or treatment of diseases induced by overexpression and excess activity of MMP. The diseases such as above, for example, are rheumatoid, arthrosteitis, unusual bone resorption, osteoporosis, periodontitis, interstitial nephritis, arteriosclerosis, pulmonary emphysema, cirrhosis, cornea injury, metastasis of, invasion of or growth of tumor cell, autoimmune disease (Crohn's disease, Sjogren's syndrome etc.), disease caused by vascular emigration or infiltration of leukocytes, arterialization.

A medicinal composition for inhalation containing a continuous-release type prodrug of an EP2 agonist topically exhibits a prolonged bronchodilating and antiinflammatory effects. Namely, the medicinal composition for inhalation containing a continuous-release type prodrug of an EP2 agonist is useful as a safe preventive and / or a remedy for respiratory diseases (for example, asthma, pulmonary injury, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, adult respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension or the like) without causing any systemic effect such as lowering blood pressure. Thus, a safe and useful remedy for respiratory diseases is provided.

The current invention provide novel compounds, methods of treating or preventing emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders, pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment or prevention of emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders and methods for delivering formulations into the lung of a mammal suffering from emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders.

This invention relates to 2-Aza-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane-3-carboxylic acid (benzyl-cyano-methyl)-amides of formula 1and their use as inhibitors of Cathepsin C, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods of using the same as agents for treatment and / or prevention of diseases connected with dipeptidyl peptidase I activity, e.g. respiratory diseases.

The pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of the invention having 8-azaprostaglandin skeleton represented by formula (I) (wherein, all the symbols have the same meanings as that of the specification.) a salt thereof, a solvate thereof or a cyclodextrin clathrate thereof, or a prodrug thereof and them as active ingredient have EP4 agonistic action and thus are considered useful for the prevention and / or treatment of immunological diseases, asthma, neuronal cell death, arthritis, lung failure, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, liver damage, acute hepatitis, nephritis, renal insufficiency, hypertension, myocardial ischemia, systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis, hemophagous syndrome, macrophage activation syndrome, Still's disease, Kawasaki disease, burn, systemic granulomatosis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, hypercytokinemia at dialysis, multiple organ failure, shock and glaucoma, etc. Furthermore, the compounds also have an action of accelerating bone formation, so it is expected to be useful for the prevention and / or treatment of diseases associated with loss in bone mass, for example, primary osteoporosis, secondary osteoporosis, bone metastasis of cancer, hypercalcemia, Paget's disease, bone loss, osteonecrosis, bone formation after bone operation, alternative treatment for bone grafting.