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Title:
REMEDY FOR HYPERACTIVE BLADDER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2006/004115
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
It is intended to provide a remedy for hyperactive bladder which comprises, as the active ingredient, nicorandil represented by the following structural formula or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. In this remedy for hyperactive bladder, nicorandil that serves as the active ingredient has an effect of opening the KATP channel and a nitric acid drug-like effect. Further, the remedy for hyperactive bladder is expected as exhibiting an effect of contributing to the achievement of the state wherein the contraction/relaxation motions of the abdominal wall and bladder wall muscles and the contraction/relaxation motions of the urethral sphincter reflexively and appropriately act in harmony in the course of urination and urine collection while neither inducing hypouresis/anuria nor exhibiting serious side effects.

Inventors:
HORIE SHIGEO (JP)
SAITO KEIJI (JP)
ISHIZUKA NOBUHIKO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2005/012402
Publication Date:
January 12, 2006
Filing Date:
July 05, 2005
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Assignee:
CHUGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD (JP)
HORIE SHIGEO (JP)
SAITO KEIJI (JP)
ISHIZUKA NOBUHIKO (JP)
International Classes:
A61K31/455; A61P9/08; A61P13/00; A61P13/10; A61P43/00; C07D213/82
Domestic Patent References:
WO2002072564A12002-09-19
Foreign References:
JP2003206230A2003-07-22
JPH09110695A1997-04-28
Other References:
BUCKNER S.A. ET AL: "Spontaneous phasic activity of the pig urinary bladder smooth muscle: characteristics and sensitivity to potassium channel modulators", BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, vol. 135, no. 3, 2002, pages 639 - 648, XP002999371
SATO Y.: "K Channel Kaikoyaku no Tenbo", FOLIA PHARMACOLOGICA JAPONICA, vol. 100, no. 3, September 1992 (1992-09-01), pages 219 - 227, XP002999372
NAKAMURA Y. ET AL: "Effects of Adenosine triphosphate dependent potassium channel opener on bladder overactivity in rats with cerebral infarction", JOURNAL OF UROLOGY, vol. 168, no. 5, November 2002 (2002-11-01), pages 2275 - 2279, XP005369100
MURAKI K. ET AL: "Effects of KRN 2391 on ionic currents in rabbit femoral arterial myocytes", BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY, vol. 132, no. 5, 2001, pages 1154 - 1160, XP002999373
See also references of EP 1767208A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shamoto, Ichio (Section 206 New Ohtemachi Bldg., 2-1, Ohtemachi 2-chome, Chiyoda-k, Tokyo 04, JP)
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