Patent ID: 9669030
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,C07D

Claim:
1. A method for preventing or reducing the development of a permanent shift in the auditory threshold due to noise exposure, by administering to a subject a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the subject is at risk of being, or has recently been exposed to noise which could result in acute hearing loss: wherein: W is group (Wa), group (Wb) or group (Wc): wherein: R R R R R A is a 5 or 6 membered saturated or unsaturated heterocycle, with at least one O atom; which heterocycle is optionally fused with a cyclopropyl group, or a cyclobutyl group, or a cyclopentyl group to form a tricycle when considered together with the phenyl; X is CH or N; Y is CR R R R R R or R wherein R