Patent ID: 8633189
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method of treating or lessening the severity of a disease in a patient, wherein said disease is selected from cystic fibrosis, hereditary emphysema, COPD, or dry-eye disease, said method comprising the step of administering to said patient an effective amount of a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Ar W is a bond or is an optionally substituted C R m is 0-5; k is 0-3; each R X is a bond or is an optionally substituted C R R R R′ is independently selected from hydrogen, an optionally substituted group selected from a C 1 -C 8 aliphatic group, a 3-8-membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated monocyclic ring having 0-3 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, or a 7-12 membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated bicyclic ring system having 0-5 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur; or two occurrences of R′ are taken together with the atom(s) to which they are bound to form an optionally substituted 3-12 membered saturated, partially unsaturated, or fully unsaturated monocyclic or bicyclic ring having 0-4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur.