US2004141924A1PendingUtilityA1

Treatment of asthma with MEK inhibitors

Priority: Jan 7, 1999Filed: Jan 7, 2004Published: Jul 22, 2004

Est. expiryJan 7, 2019(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority

Inventors:Alexander James Bridges David T. Dudley James Leslie Mobley Alan R. Saltiel

A61P 11/06A61K 31/196A61K 31/166

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Abstract

This invention provides a method of preventing or treating asthma by administering to a patient in need of treatment an effective amount of a selective MEK inhibitor, especially a phenyl amine of Formula I and II:

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What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A method for preventing or treating asthma in patients, said method comprising the step of administering an antiasthmatic-effective amount of a MEK inhibitor to a patient in need of treatment, or to a patient suspected of developing asthma and in need of prophylactic treatment.  
     
     
         2 . A method according to  claim 1  wherein the patient being treated has been diagnosed as having asthma and is in need of treatment.  
     
     
         3 . A method according to  claim 1 , wherein the MEK inhibitor is a selective MEK inhibitor.

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