Patent ID: 7601748

Claim:
A method for the treatment of a disease of the human or animal body, which disease can be influenced by inhibition of androgen receptors, wherein the disease treated is prostate cancer, benign prostate hyperplasia, androgenetic alopecia, hirsutism or acne, comprising administering to a human or animal in need thereof an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable adjuvant and/or vehicle and at least one compound of formula I: in which n means an integer between 6 and 9, R 1 and R 2 , independently of one another, mean a hydrogen atom, methyl, a branched C 3 -C 5 -alkyl group, an unbranched hydroxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl group, a branched hydroxy-C 3 -C 5 -alkyl group, an unbranched C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl group, a branched C 1 -C 4 -alkoxy-C 3 -C 5 -alkyl group, an unbranched C 1 -C 4 -alkanoyloxy-C 1 -C 4 -alkyl group, a branched C 1 -C 4 -alkanoyloxy-C 3 -C 5 -alkyl group, a (pyrrolidin-1-yl)methyl group, a carboxy group, a C 1 -C 4 -alkoxycarbonyl group or an aminocarbonyl group, or R 1 and R 2 together mean a 2-hydroxypropane-1,3-diyl bridge; R 3 means a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.