Patent ID: 7105566

Claim:
A method for treating vascular trauma, comprising administering to an individual undergoing vascular trauma a therapeutically effective amount of a retinoic acid receptor (RAR) antagonist represented by the following structural formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R 2 is H, F, CF 3 or alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbons; R 2 * is H, F or CF 3 ; R 8 is H, or lower alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons; R 14 is unsubstituted phenyl, thienyl or pyridyl, or phenyl, thienyl or pyridyl substituted with one to three R 15 groups; and R 15 is lower alkyl of 1 to 6 carbons, chlorine, CF 3 or alkoxy of 1 to 6 carbons.