Pharmaceutical Composition, Methods for Treating and Uses Thereof

Abstract

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical combination comprising an SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitor according to the formula (I) wherein R1 to R6, and X are as defined herein, and an SGLT2 inhibitor. In addition the present invention relates to methods for preventing, slowing the progression of, delaying or treating fibrotic disorders, metabolic disorders, inflammation disorders, ocular diseases, neuroinflammatory disorders or cancer in a patient in need thereof characterized in that the pharmaceutical combination according to the invention is administered to the patient.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A pharmaceutical combination comprising
 (a) an SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitor of formula (I):   
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: 
         R 1  and R 4  are independently hydrogen or optionally substituted C 1-6 -alkyl; 
         R 2  and R 3  are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, chlorine and fluorine; provided, however, that R 2  and R 3  are not hydrogen at the same time; 
         R 5  is an optionally substituted arylene group; 
         R 6  is selected from 
       
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         R 7  and R 8  are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, optionally substituted C 1-6 -alkyl and optionally substituted C 3-7 -cycloalkyl; and 
         X is CH 2 , oxygen, sulfur or SO 2 , and 
         (b) an SGLT2 inhibitor. 
       
     
     
         2 . The pharmaceutical combination according to  claim 1  wherein the SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitor is of formula (II) 
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: 
         R 5  is an unsubstituted phenylene group or a phenylene group substituted by one or more groups independently selected from alkyl, halo, alkoxy and haloalkyl; 
         R 6  is selected from 
       
       
         
           
           
               
               
           
         
         R 7  and R 8  are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, optionally substituted C 1-6 alkyl and optionally substituted C 3-7 cycloalkyl; and 
         X is oxygen. 
       
     
     
         3 . The pharmaceutical combination according to  claim 1  wherein the SSAO/VAP-1 inhibitor is selected from a group consisting of
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)benzamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)benzene-sulfonamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N,N-dimethylbenzamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N,N-dimethylbenzenesulfonamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-tert-butylbenzenesulfonamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-tert-butyl-3-fluorobenzamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-tert-butyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-tert-butylbenzamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N,N-diethylbenzamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-methylbenzamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-methylbenzenesulfonamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-ethylbenzenesulfonamide; 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-isopropylbenzenesulfonamide; and 
 (E)-4-(2-(Aminomethyl)-3-fluoroallyloxy)-N-isopropylbenzamide. 
 
     
     
         4 . The pharmaceutical combination according to  claim 1  wherein the SGLT2 inhibitor is selected from the group of empagliflozin, dapagliflozin, canagliflozin, ipragliflozin, tofogliflozin, luseogliflozin, atigliflozin, remogliflozin, sergliflozin, ertugliflozin and sotagliflozin. 
     
     
         5 . A method for preventing, slowing the progression of, delaying or treating fibrotic disorders, metabolic disorders, inflammation disorders, ocular disease, neuroinflammatory disorders or cancer in a patient in need thereof comprising administering the pharmaceutical combination according to  claim 1  to a patient in need thereof. 
     
     
         6 . The method according  claim 5  wherein the fibrotic disorder is selected from the group consisting of cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, liver fibrosis, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), alcohol induced fatty liver, alcohol induced liver fibrosis, toxic fatty liver and cirrhosis of the liver, kidney fibrosis, scleroderma, radiation-induced fibrosis and other diseases where excessive fibrosis contributes to disease pathology. 
     
     
         7 . The method according  claim 5  wherein the metabolic disorder is selected from the group consisting of pre-diabetes mellitus, type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus, complications associated with diabetes mellitus, overweight, obesity, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), impaired fasting blood glucose (IFG), hyperglycemia, postprandial hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, fatty liver, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome. 
     
     
         8 . The method according  claim 7  wherein the metabolic disorder is a complication associated with diabetes mellitus selected from the group consisting of cataracts and micro- and macrovascular diseases, such as diabetic nephropathy, glomerulosclerosis, diabetic retinopathy, choroidal neovascularisation, non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), diabetic neuropathy, diabetic pain, tissue ischaemia, diabetic foot, diabetic ulcer, arteriosclerosis, myocardial infarction, accute coronary syndrome, unstable angina pectoris, stable angina pectoris, stroke, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, cardiovascular death, heart rhythm disorders and vascular restenosis.