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Last Updated: March 28, 2024

Claims for Patent: 6,194,415


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Summary for Patent: 6,194,415
Title: Method of using (2-imidazolin-2-ylamino) quinoxoalines in treating neural injury
Abstract:The present invention provides a method of protecting the optic or retinal nerve cells of a mammal comprising administering to said mammal suffering from or at risk of suffering a noxious action on said nerve cells an effective amount of a compound of formula I to inhibit or prevent nerve cell injury or death ##STR1## wherein the 2-imidazolin-2-ylamino group is in either the 5- or 6-position of the quinoxaline nucleus; x, y and z are in any of the remaining 5-, 6-, 7- or 8-positions and are selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or trifluoromethyl; and R is an optional substituent in either the 2- or 3-position of the quinoxaline nucleus and may be hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and mixtures thereof. Such noxious action may result from glaucomatous optic neuropathy, age related macular degeneration or retinitis pigmentosa.
Inventor(s): Wheeler; Larry A. (Irvine, CA), Woldemussie; Elizabeth (Laguna Niguel, CA), Lai; Ronald K. (Irvine, CA)
Assignee: Allergan Sales, Inc. (
Application Number:09/225,036
Patent Claims: 1. A method of protecting the optic nerve and retina of a mammal comprising administering to said mammal suffering from or at risk of suffering a noxious action on said nerve cells an effective amount of a compound of formula I to inhibit or prevent nerve cell injury or death ##STR7##

wherein the 2-imidazolin-2-ylamino group is in either the 5- or 6-position of the quinoxaline nucleus; x, y and z are in any of the remaining 5-, 6-, 7- or 8-positions and are selected from hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or trifluoromethyl; and R is an optional substituent in either the 2- or 3-position of the quinoxaline nucleus and may be hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and mixtures thereof, wherein said noxious action is selected from the group consisting of glaucomatous optic neuropathy, atrophy associated with dry ARMD, laser light directed into the eye in a procedure for treatment of wet ARMD, ischemia secondary to glaucoma and photoreceptor cell damage associated with retinitis pigmentosa.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the noxious action is glaucomatous optic neuropathy.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the noxious action is atrophy associated with dry ARMD.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the noxious action is laser light directed into the eye in a procedure for treatment of wet ARMD.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the noxious action is ischemia secondary to glaucoma.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the noxious action is photoreceptor cell damage associated with retinitis pigmentosa.

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