Patent ID: 7365225

Claim:
A method of treating type II diabetes or obesity, comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of at least one member selected from the group consisting of an aryl dicarboxamide of formula (Ia), formula (Ib), and formula (Ic): a geometrical isomer thereof, an optically active form thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: A is an aminocarbonyl moiety of the formula—CO—NHR 6 , wherein R 6 is a phenyl group attached directly or through an alkylene group, a phenyl-phenoxy group or an octyl group; Cy is a phenyl group or a thiazole-phenyl group; n is either 0 or 1; R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen; R 3 is selected from the group consisting of: (i) an alkyl group optionally substituted with an amino group, and (ii) a cyclopentyl group, a cyclohexyl group, a phenyl group, or a pyridyl group, attached directly or through an alkylene group or an oxo group, and optionally substituted with a cyano group or a fluoromethyl group.