Patent ID: 7659299

Claim:
A method for treatment of osteoarthritis in a subject, which comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a medicament comprising an agent of the formula wherein, R 1 is hydrogen or halogen; X is —(CH 2 ) n —; —CH(R 2 )(CH 2 ) n —; —CH 2 O(CH 2 ) n —; —CH 2 NH—; benzyl; —C(R 2 )═CH—; —CH 2 CH(OH)—; or thiazol-2,5-diyl; Y is —S—S—; —(CH 2 ) n —; —O—; —NH—; —N(R 2 )—; —CH═CH—; —NHC(O)NH—; —N(R 2 )C(O)N(R 2 )—; —N[CH 2 C 6 H 3 (OCH 3 ) 2 ]—; N(CH 2 C 6 H 5 )—; —N(CH 2 C 6 H 5 )—; —N(CH 2 C 6 H 5 )C(O)N(CH 2 C 6 H 5 )—; —N(alkoxyalkyl)-; N(cycloalkyl-methyl); 2,6-pyridyl; 2,5-furanyl; 2,5-thienyl; 1,2-cyclohexyl; 1,3-cyclohexyl; 1,4-cyclohexyl; 1,2-naphthyl; 1,4-naphthyl; 1,5-naphthyl; 1,6-naphthyl; biphenylen; or 1,2-phenylen, 1,3-phenylen and 1,4-phenylen, wherein the phenylen groups are optionally substituted by 1-4 substituents, selected from halogen, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, hydroxyl, carboxy, —COO-lower alkyl, nitrilo, 5-tetrazol, (2-carboxylic acid pyrrolidin-1-yl)-2-oxo-ethoxy, N-hydroxycarbamimidoyl, 5-oxo[1,2,4]oxadiazolyl, 2-oxo-[1,2,3,5]oxathiadiazolyl, 5-thioxo[1,2,4]oxadiazolyl and 5-tert-butylsulfanyl-[1,2,4]oxadiazolyl; X′ is —(CH 2 ) n —; —(CH 2 ) n CH(R 2 )—; —(CH 2 ) n OCH 2 —; —NHCH 2 —; benzyl, —CH═C(R 2 )—; —CH(OH)CH 2 —; or thiazol-2,5-diyl; R 2 is a lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or benzyl; and n is 0-3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or mono- or diester thereof, wherein the agent is capable of inhibiting serum amyloid P component (SAP) ligand binding activity or depleting SAP from the plasma of the subject.