Patent ID: 7910601
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A61P,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method for increasing muscle mass and/or strength or maintaining strength and function in the elderly which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I: wherein R R R R Y is a linking group selected from the group consisting of alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, arylene and heteroarylene, said linking group may optionally be substituted with one or more functional group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycle, alkoxyalkyl, heteroaryl, arylalkyl, arylalkyloxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, cycloalkylalkoxyalkyl, heteroarylalkyl, —OR R Ra and Rb for each occurrence are each independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, halogen, cyano, —CN, aryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, alkoxyalkyl, aryloxy, aryloxyalkyl, heterocycle, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, —OR R R R R X is selected from the group consisting of —CR m is an integer between 1 and 6; p is an integer from 0 to 5; w is an integer between 0 and 5; and q and s are each independently an integer between 1 and 3, with the proviso that R