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US20100234359A1
US20100234359A1 US12/673,598 US67359808A US2010234359A1 US 20100234359 A1 US20100234359 A1 US 20100234359A1 US 67359808 A US67359808 A US 67359808A US 2010234359 A1 US2010234359 A1 US 2010234359A1
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  • Insomnia is one of the most common complaints in general medical practice. Approximately 10% to 15% of adults suffer from chronic insomnia and an additional 25% to 35% have transient or short-term insomnia.
  • Chronic insomnia is typically accepted to involve episodes greater than three (3) weeks in duration.
  • Transient insomnia is an insomnia that is present for one to several days, and is less than one week in duration.
  • Short-term insomnia is an insomnia of one to three weeks in duration (Roth, Int. J. Clin. Pract. 2001; (Suppl.):3-8).
  • insomnia sleep onset insomnia (difficulty in falling asleep); (2) sleep maintenance insomnia (difficulty staying asleep); and (3) terminal insomnia (early-morning awakenings coupled with an inability to return to sleep).
  • Terminal insomnia is sometimes referred to as sleep offset insomnia.
  • insomnia drugs There are various medications that have been used to treat insomnia.
  • the early type of insomnia drugs are what have come to be known as classic benzodiazepines. These benzodiazepines exert their pharmacological actions by interacting with the benzodiazepine binding sites associated with the GABA A receptor.
  • GABA A receptors are ligand-gated ion channels, and functional receptors are made up from combinations of different subunit proteins. Subunits are divided in three main classes of alpha ( ⁇ ), beta ( ⁇ ) and gamma ( ⁇ ) subunits.
  • GABA A receptors that have a benzodiazepine binding site are formed from either ⁇ 1 , ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 or ⁇ 5 subunits in combination with ⁇ and ⁇ 2 subunits (Paul J. Whiting, DDT Vol. 8, No. 10, May 2003).
  • Classic benzodiazepines typically reduce slow wave sleep (SWS), rapid eye movement (REM) sleep and generally adversely affect sleep architecture.
  • SWS slow wave sleep
  • REM rapid eye movement
  • agents with shorter half-lives have been investigated.
  • examples of such agents include the so-called non-benzodiazepines, such as zolpidem and zaleplon, that also act as full agonists at the GABA A receptor benzodiazepine site.
  • non-benzodiazepines such as zolpidem and zaleplon
  • these newer agents are generally effective in reducing time to sleep onset (i.e., decreasing sleep latency), they have been found to be less effective at improving sleep maintenance, as well as treating terminal insomnia.
  • Sleep maintenance difficulties can be quantified using Polysomnography (PSG).
  • PSG Polysomnography
  • WASO wake after sleep onset
  • NAW number of awakenings
  • WASO is a robust measure of sleep maintenance, as it represents the total amount of time spent awake after the onset of persistent sleep measured over a fixed 8-hour period in bed (captures total duration of lost sleep after at least 1 awakening), while NAW represents only the number of wake periods lasting at least 1 minute occurring after the onset of persistent sleep. Therefore, a person may wake only once during the night (NAW), but may spend 3 hours awake (WASO), so the latter measure more closely reflects the level of disturbance.
  • Difficulty with maintaining sleep is common in patients with medical and psychiatric disorders, as well as in patients with primary insomnia, and it occurs with more frequency than sleep onset problems in certain population groups.
  • currently used medications fall short when it comes to safely and effectively addressing sleep maintenance problems.
  • insomnia agents An additional problem with conventionally known insomnia agents concerns the elderly population (at least 65 years old).
  • the elderly insomnia population represents an important and underserved patient population. Sleep maintenance and terminal insomnia are more prevalent in the elderly population compared to younger patient populations (McCall et al. 2005; National Sleep Foundation, Sleep in America Poll 2005). Metabolism of many existing drugs for insomnia shows significant changes with age and so may necessitate a dose adjustment for elderly patients (McCall et al 2005).
  • zolpidem Ambien®
  • zolpidem-MR modified release zolpidem
  • the present invention provides an effective method for treating sleep maintenance insomnia and/or terminal insomnia, each of which can be associated with transient, short-term, chronic, primary and secondary insomnia.
  • the present invention provides a method for decreasing wake after sleep onset (WASO), increasing total sleep time (TST), reducing total wake time, particularly in the second half of the night, and/or reducing early-morning awakenings.
  • WASO wake after sleep onset
  • TST total sleep time
  • the present invention improves daytime function in the elderly.
  • One or more of these advantages can be achieved while reducing latency to sleep onset and/or latency to persistent sleep, thus also effectively treating sleep onset insomnia.
  • the present invention provides an effective compound for treating various types of insomnia, including insomnia in the elderly population.
  • the compound is 7-chloro-3-(5-dimethylaminomethyl-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl)-5-methyl-4,5-dihydro-imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]benzodiazepine-6-one, which is represented by formula (II) below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof
  • the present invention provides a use of a compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a medicament for any of treating maintenance insomnia and/or terminal insomnia, as well as sleep onset insomnia, each of which can be associated with transient, short-term, chronic, primary and secondary insomnia by, for example, decreasing wake after sleep onset (WASO), increasing total sleep time (TST), reducing total wake time, particularly in the second half of the night, and/or reducing early-morning awakenings.
  • WASO wake after sleep onset
  • TST total sleep time
  • reducing total wake time particularly in the second half of the night, and/or reducing early-morning awakenings.
  • the present invention provides a use of a compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a medicament for increasing total sleep time in a period from about four to about eight hours, more preferably from about five to about eight hours, yet more preferably from about six to about eight hours after the administration of the medicament.
  • the start and end of this period are measured from the administration of the effective amount of the medicament or from the administration of a partial amount, presuming that dosing of the effective amount of the medicament is completed.
  • the present invention provides a use of a compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the preparation of a medicament for decreasing wake after sleep onset in a period from about four to about eight hours, more preferably from about five to about eight hours, yet more preferably from about six to about eight hours after the administration of the medicament.
  • the start and end of this period are measured from the administration of the effective amount of the medicament or from the administration of a partial amount, presuming that dosing of the effective amount of the medicament is completed.
  • the amount of the compound of formula (II) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt that is administered for the treatment is from about 0.5 mg to about 5 mg.
  • the treatment amount may be from about 1.0 mg to about 4.5 mg, from about 1.5 mg to about 4 mg, from about 2 mg to about 3.5 mg, from about 2.5 mg to about 3 mg, or any range among all of the above-listed amounts.
  • the treatment amount is from about 0.5 mg or about 1.5 mg to about 5 mg, about 4.5 mg, about 4 mg, about 3.5 mg, about 3 mg or about 2.5 mg. More preferably, the amount is from about 1 mg to about 3 mg, yet more preferably from about 1.5 mg to about 2.5 mg.
  • a particularly preferred pharmaceutical composition for the treatment in accordance with the present invention contains from about 0.5 mg to about 5 mg of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. More preferably, the pharmaceutical composition will be in a unit dosage form comprising 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 1.5 mg, 2 mg, 2.5 mg, 3 mg, 3.5 mg, 4 mg, 4.5 mg or 5 mg of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the onset, maintenance and/or terminal insomnia may be treated by, for example, decreasing wake after sleep onset (WASO), increasing total sleep time (TST), reducing total wake time, particularly in the second half of the night, and/or reducing early-morning awakenings, by administering the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to achieve an AUC from about 17.5 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 600 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 25 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 500 ng ⁇ h/mL or from about 25 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 400 ng ⁇ h/mL.
  • WASO decreasing wake after sleep onset
  • TST total sleep time
  • reducing total wake time particularly in the second half of the night
  • reducing early-morning awakenings by administering the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to achieve an AUC from about 17.5 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 600 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 25 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 500
  • the AUC may be from about 52.5 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 360 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 300 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 240 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 200 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 150 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 105 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 120 ng ⁇ h/mL, or any range among all of the above-listed AUC values.
  • the AUC is from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 240 ng ⁇ h/mL.
  • the treatment is also conducted to achieve a C max from about 2.5 ng/mL to about 125 ng/mL, from about 7.5 ng/mL to about 75 ng/mL, from about 7.5 ng/mL to about 62.5 ng/mL, from about 7.5 ng/mL to about 37.5 ng/mL, from about 10 ng/mL to about 50 ng/mL, from about 12.5 ng/mL to about 45 ng/mL, from about 15 ng/mL to about 40 ng/mL, or any range among all of the above-listed C max values.
  • the C max is from about 15 ng/mL to about 45 ng/mL.
  • the subjects to be treated in accordance with the present invention are humans.
  • adults are humans who are at least 18 years old.
  • the “non-elderly” are adult humans who are 18 to 64 years old.
  • the “elderly” are adult humans who are at least 65 years old.
  • primary insomnia is sleeplessness that is not attributable to a medical, psychiatric, or environmental cause.
  • the diagnostic criteria for primary insomnia may be found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • second insomnia is insomnia in which a specific medical, psychiatric, or environmental condition can be identified as the cause of the sleep problem.
  • Transient insomnia is an insomnia that is present for one to several days, and is less than one week in duration.
  • Short-term insomnia is an insomnia of one to three weeks in duration.
  • Chronic insomnia is typically accepted to involve episodes greater than three (3) weeks in duration.
  • Sleep onset or onset insomnia is insomnia, which is characterized by difficulty in falling asleep.
  • Maintenance insomnia is insomnia, which is characterized by difficulty staying asleep.
  • Terminal or offset insomnia is insomnia, which is characterized by early-morning awakenings coupled with an inability to return to sleep.
  • latency to persistent sleep is defined as the time from “lights out” to the beginning of 10 uninterrupted minutes of sleep.
  • Persistent sleep is defined as 10 uninterrupted minutes of sleep after initial sleep onset.
  • Wake after sleep onset is defined as the total amount of time spent awake after the onset of persistent sleep measured over a fixed 8-hour period in bed (captures total duration of lost sleep after at least 1 awakening). “sWASO” refers to the subjective WASO as reported by individuals.
  • Total wake time is defined as the total amount of time spent awake measured over a specific period of time.
  • NAW Number of awakenings
  • Total sleep time is defined as the total time asleep measured over a fixed 8-hour period. As shown herein, an increase in TST achieved by the administration of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is not dependent on a reduction in time to sleep onset. “sTST” refers to the subjective TST as reported by individuals.
  • Sleep efficiency index is a ratio of TST to total time in bed, i.e., a percentage of time spent asleep. Total time in bed is typically 8 hours for study purposes.
  • Sleep architecture refers to the changes in the stages of sleep during the sleep period. Typically, in healthy humans, sleep stages occur in cycles lasting about 90 to about 120 minutes each. Four to five such cycles occur during a typical night of sleep. During the first half of the night, the healthy individual typically passes from wakefulness briefly into stage I sleep and then to stages II, III, and IV. Stages II and III reappear, after which rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is observed for the first time. During the second half of the night, stage II and REM sleep alternate.
  • REM rapid eye movement
  • SWS Slow wave sleep
  • EEG electroencephalogram
  • AUC is the area under the drug plasma concentration versus time curve from time zero to infinity.
  • C max is the maximum observed plasma concentration of the drug from time zero to infinity.
  • FIG. 1 is a plot showing concentration-dependent stimulation of currents elicited by GABA (EC 3-5 ) by the compound of formula (II) at ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 GABA A receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes . Data is shown as mean ⁇ SEM.
  • FIG. 2 is a plot showing concentration-dependent stimulation of currents elicited by GABA (EC 3-5 ) by the compound of formula (II) at ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 GABA A receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes . Stimulation is standardized to the one observed using 1 ⁇ M diazepam in the same batch of oocytes. Data is shown as mean ⁇ SEM.
  • FIG. 3 is a plot showing concentration-dependent stimulation of currents elicited by GABA (EC 3-5 ) by zolpidem at ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 GABA A receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes . Data is shown as mean ⁇ SEM.
  • FIG. 4 is a plot showing concentration-dependent stimulation of currents elicited by GABA (EC 3-5 ) by zolpidem at ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 GABA A receptors expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Stimulation is standardized to the one observed using 1 ⁇ M diazepam in the same batch of oocytes. Data is shown as mean ⁇ SEM.
  • FIG. 5 shows the study design used in Example 3.
  • FIG. 6 is a chart showing LPS in Example 3.
  • FIG. 7 is a chart showing TST in Example 3.
  • FIG. 8 is a chart showing WASO in Example 3.
  • FIG. 9 is a chart showing WASO in the first and second halves of the night in Example 3.
  • FIG. 10 is a chart showing the percent reduction (vs. placebo) in WASO in Example 3.
  • FIG. 11 is a chart showing TWT for each hour of the night in Example 3.
  • FIGS. 12 and 13 are charts showing patient reported sleep quality in Example 3.
  • FIG. 14 is a chart showing sleep architecture in accordance with Example 3.
  • FIG. 15 is a chart showing patient reported residual sedation effects in accordance with Example 3.
  • FIG. 16 is a chart showing an exemplary pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of the compound of formula (II) (free base) in both the non-elderly adults and the elderly.
  • PK pharmacokinetic
  • FIG. 17 shows the study design used in Example 4.
  • FIG. 18 is a chart showing PSG-derived TST (average of nights 1, 6 & 7) in Example 4.
  • FIG. 19 is a chart showing PSG-derived LPS in Example 4.
  • FIG. 20 is a chart showing WASO (over the whole night, i.e., 8 hours) in Example 4.
  • FIG. 21 is a chart showing WASO in the second half of the night (5-8 hours after “lights out”) in Example 4.
  • FIG. 22 is a chart showing TWT hour by hour in Example 4.
  • FIG. 23 is a chart showing average sleep latency over all timepoints tested (2, 4, 6, 8 & 10 hours post wake time) in Example 4 using the Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT).
  • MSLT Multiple Sleep Latency Test
  • FIG. 24 is a chart showing subjective sleep quality based on the adjusted probability of good/very good sleep quality in Example 4.
  • FIG. 25 shows subject-reported sleep quality during night 1 in accordance with the study in Example 4.
  • FIG. 26 is a chart showing subjective (subject-reported) sleep onset latency (adjusted mean sleep onset latency across all 7 nights) in Example 4.
  • FIG. 27 is a chart showing subjective (subject-reported) TST (adjusted mean sTST across all 7 nights) in Example 4.
  • FIG. 28 is a chart showing subjective (subject-reported) WASO (sWASO) (mean sWASO across all 7 nights dosing) in Example 4.
  • FIG. 29 shows cumulative adjusted probabilities for patient-reported residual effects in Example 4.
  • insomnia One of the major challenges in treating insomnia is to develop a drug that induces sleep quickly, helps individuals remain asleep and allows them to awaken feeling refreshed rather than hung over. Furthermore, with respect to the elderly, there is an additional challenge to develop a drug with a metabolism that is largely unaffected by the aging process.
  • the present invention addresses one or both of these challenges.
  • the present invention provides a use of a compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in preparation of a medicament for treating the sleep onset, maintenance and/or terminal insomnia by, for example, decreasing wake after sleep onset (WASO), increasing total sleep time (TST), reducing total wake time (TWT), particularly in the second half of the night, and/or reducing early-morning awakenings, in a human in need thereof:
  • WASO wake after sleep onset
  • TST total sleep time
  • TWT reducing total wake time
  • An effective amount of the compound of formula (II) or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt is administered to the patient in need of the treatment.
  • the compound of formula (II) can be prepared in accordance with the methods described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,391,873, which is incorporated herein by reference. It has been disclosed as useful for treating acute and chronic anxiety disorders.
  • this type of compound is deemed to display sedative activity that sets in very rapidly, but lasts only a relatively short period of time. Accordingly, the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof would not be expected to be beneficial in the treatments of maintenance and terminal insomnia, much more so in the elderly who are generally expected to react differently than other adults to insomnia medication.
  • the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof was surprisingly found to be effective for treatment of not only sleep onset insomnia, but also maintenance insomnia and terminal insomnia in humans, including the elderly, even when the administration amount was significantly low, on the order of about 0.5 mg to about 5 mg, particularly from about 1.5 mg to about 2.5 mg.
  • the surprising nature of these results is further supported by the finding that the compound of formula (II) has a relatively short half-life of about 3-4 hours, akin to the conventional insomnia treatment agents having relatively short half-lives, which were found lacking effectiveness in sleep maintenance.
  • insomnia agents such as zolpidem, trazodone and zaleplon, were found to be less than effective for treating maintenance and terminal insomnia even when administered in amounts that are at least twice that of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • conventional insomnia medications agents tend to produce excessive residual sedative effects in the elderly, exacerbating excessive daytime sleepiness, which the elderly already tend to experience due to lack of sleep during nighttime.
  • Pharmaceutically acceptable salts for the compound of formula (II) can be prepared by standard techniques that will be familiar to the person skilled in the art.
  • Suitable pharmaceutically acceptable salts are acid addition salts, such as those with inorganic or organic acids. Examples of these salts are the hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, sulfates, nitrates, citrates, acetates, maleates, succinates, methanesulphonates, p-toluenesulphonates and the like.
  • the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof achieves its sedative effects by positive allosteric modulation of GABA A receptors via the benzodiazepine site.
  • the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is only a partial agonist, i.e., it produces a lower maximum potentiation of the GABA A receptor.
  • a partial agonist can be used for the treatment of maintenance and terminal insomnia.
  • the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used to treat insomnia in the elderly within the same dosage range as needed for other adults and improved daytime function for the elderly who suffer from daytime sleepiness.
  • Xenopus oocytes were voltage clamped using the two-electrode voltage clamp technique (electrode resistance about 0.8 M ⁇ ) at ⁇ 80 mV.
  • the medium contained 90 mM NaCl, 1 mM KCl, 1 mM MgCl 2 , 1 mM CaCl 2 , 10 mM Na-Hepes (pH 7.4) and 0.5% DMSO.
  • GABA was applied for 20-50 seconds without or in combination with other drugs and a washout period of 4 minutes was allowed to ensure full recovery from desensitization, which was experimentally determined.
  • the perfusion solution (6 mL/min) was applied through a glass capillary with an inner diameter of 1.35 mm, the mouth of which was placed about 0.4 mm from the surface of the oocyte.
  • the rate of solution change under our conditions has been estimated 70% within less than 0.5 s (Sigel et al., 1990; Neuron 5, 703-711).
  • the entire perfusion system and the assay chamber were cleaned between drug applications by washing with DMSO.
  • GABA (EC 3-5 ) was applied to an oocyte expressing ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 GABA A receptors several times until the current response was stable.
  • the GABA (EC 3-5 ) refers to the effective concentration of GABA, which produces a response that is 3-5% of the maximal response to high concentrations of GABA. Such a low concentration of GABA is chosen in order to better see the potentiating effect of positive allosteric modulators.
  • GABA was then applied in combination with various concentrations of the compound of formula (II) between 0.3 nM and 3,000 nM to produce a cumulative concentration response curve. This resulted in a concentration-dependent potentiation of the GABA response as plotted in FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • the stimulation by 1 ⁇ M diazepam was determined in five oocytes, extent of stimulation averaged and defined as 100%. Where indicated, stimulation by the compound of formula (II) in each batch of oocytes was expressed as a percentage of this value in the corresponding batch.
  • Concentration response curves were also performed with oocytes expressing ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , or ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , after establishing the optimal concentration range as indicated above.
  • the compound of formula (II) performed as a partial positive allosteric modulator. At concentrations ⁇ 100 nM, the compound of formula (II) showed preference for ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 GABA A receptors in comparison to ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 .
  • FIG. 1 shows the dose dependent stimulation of currents elicited by GABA at ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 before and FIG. 2 after standardization to the stimulation by 1 ⁇ M diazepam (100%). Averaged data of the individual curves summarizing the effects of the compound of formula (II) are shown below for unstandardized and standardized stimulation.
  • GABA (EC 3-5 ) was applied to an oocyte expressing ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 GABA A receptors several times until the current response was stable. Subsequently, GABA was applied in combination with various concentrations of zolpidem between 1 and 10,000 nM. Concentration response curves were performed twice with the same batch of oocytes and twice with an independent batch of oocytes.
  • FIG. 3 shows the dose dependent stimulation of currents elicited by GABA at ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 , ⁇ 3 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 and ⁇ 5 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 before and FIG.
  • Low intrinsic activity of the compound of formula (II) means that potentiation of the response mediated by GABA A receptors is limited even at high levels of receptor occupancy, which could be achieved with high concentrations of the compound of formula (II).
  • PET studies indicate zolpidem (20 mg) produces receptor occupancy of about 20% in man (Abadie et al., European Journal of Pharmacology, 295 (1996), 35-44), i.e., clinical dose (10 mg) is on the steep inflection part of the dose-response curve.
  • the compound of formula (II) nevertheless, still produces sufficient potentiation of the GABA A receptor to be highly effective for both sleep onset and maintenance. Excessive potentiation at higher doses is limited.
  • the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can also provide a more restful and improved quality of sleep by generally preserving sleep architecture.
  • Classic benzodiazepines which act as full agonists, typically reduce SWS and generally adversely affect sleep architecture. This ability to produce improved quality sleep over a sustained period, whilst minimizing side effects, leads to the advantageous use of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the treatment of various types of insomnia.
  • various types of insomnia may be treated advantageously by achieving a maximal potentiation of the response mediated by the ⁇ 1 subunit containing GABA A receptors from only about 40% to about 90% using the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
  • the potentiation of the GABA A mediated response over time following the administration (e.g., oral) of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof may be determined using a model.
  • measured or predicted free plasma concentration following the dosing of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (assuming 50% plasma protein binding) as the clinically relevant drug concentration and the in vitro concentration-response data for GABA A receptor potentiation as discussed above can be used to predict the percent potentiation of the response mediated by GABA A ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 ( ⁇ 1 -containing) receptors over time after the administration.
  • the percent potentiation of the GABA A ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 receptor mediated response for the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be calculated as follows:
  • % potentiation Efficacy(maximal % potentiation of GABA A ⁇ 1 ⁇ 2 ⁇ 2 receptor)/[1+( EC 50/concentration of the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof)].
  • the compound of formula (II) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be used as medicaments, for example in the form of pharmaceutical preparations.
  • the pharmaceutical preparations are typically administered orally, for example, in the form of tablets, coated tablets, dragées, hard and soft gelatine capsules, solutions, emulsions or suspensions.
  • the administration can, however, also be effected rectally, for example, in the form of suppositories, or parenterally, for example, in the form of injection solutions.
  • the compound of formula (II) and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof can be processed with pharmaceutically inert, inorganic or organic carriers for the production of pharmaceutical preparations, and the like.
  • Lactose, corn starch or derivatives thereof, talc, stearic acid or its salts and the like can be used, for example, as carriers for tablets, coated tablets, dragées and hard gelatine capsules.
  • Suitable carriers for soft gelatine capsules are, for example, vegetable oils, waxes, fats, semi-solid and liquid polyols and the like; although carriers are not necessary in the case of soft gelatine capsules.
  • Suitable carriers for the production of solutions and syrups are, for example, water, polyols, sucrose, invert sugar, glucose and the like.
  • Adjuvants such as alcohols, polyols, glycerol, vegetable oils and the like, can be used for aqueous injection solutions of water-soluble acid addition salts of the compound of formula (II), but as a rule are not necessary.
  • Suitable carriers for suppositories are, for example, natural or hardened oils, waxes, fats, semi-liquid or liquid polyols and the like.
  • the pharmaceutical preparations can also contain preservatives, solubilizers, stabilizers, wetting agents, emulsifiers, sweeteners, colorants, flavorants, salts for varying the osmotic pressure, buffers, coating agents or antioxidants. They can also contain other therapeutically valuable substances.
  • the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is preferably administered in the amount from about 0.5 mg to about 5 mg. More preferably, the administration amount is from about 1 mg to about 3 mg, even more preferably from about 1.5 mg to about 2.5 mg.
  • the drug is preferably administered once daily in an oral dosage form shortly before the patient wants to sleep.
  • the oral dosage may consist of one or more tablets, coated tablets, dragées, hard and soft gelatine capsules, solutions, emulsions or suspensions and the like, so long as the desired amount of the medication is administered. Also, if desired, the daily dose may be administered in parts over a span of up to about 30 minutes.
  • the inventors have determined that the compound of formula (II) shows similar pharmacokinetic (PK) profile in both the non-elderly and elderly, and exhibits less increase in exposure in the elderly than seen with zolpidem, and less increase in half-life than seen with eszopiclone, as shown in FIG. 16 .
  • the inventors determined that the same or similar doses of the compound of formula (II), which are effective for non-elderly adults (18-64 years of age), could be effective for the elderly.
  • a placebo controlled, randomized, double-blind, cross-over study of the effects of the compound of formula (II) was conducted using a road noise model using 12 healthy volunteers. Specifically, the volunteers were subjected to road traffic noise to imitate the effects of insomnia, and the medication was orally administered 5 minutes before the 11 pm bed time in 1.0 mg, 1.5 mg, 2 mg and 2.5 mg doses in the form of a hard gelatine capsule containing the powdered compound of formula (II) in free base form. Measurements were then taken at 8, 10 and 12 hours after dosing.
  • a single and repeat dose pharmacokinetic safety and pharmacodynamic study of the effects of the compound of formula (II) was conducted using healthy volunteers.
  • the compound of formula (II) in free base form was administered orally in 1 mg, 1.5 mg, 2 mg and 2.5 mg doses via a hard gelatine capsule containing the compound in powder form.
  • onset, maintenance and/or terminal insomnia may be treated by administering the compound of formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to achieve an AUC from about 17.5 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 600 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 25 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 500 ng ⁇ h/mL or from about 25 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 400 ng ⁇ h/mL.
  • the AUC may be from about 52.5 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 360 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 300 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 240 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 200 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 150 ng ⁇ h/mL, from about 105 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 120 ng ⁇ h/mL, or any range among all of the above-listed AUC values.
  • the AUC is from about 75 ng ⁇ h/mL to about 240 ng ⁇ h/mL.
  • the treatment is also conducted to achieve a C max from about 2.5 ng/mL to about 125 ng/mL, from about 7.5 ng/mL to about 75 ng/mL, from about 7.5 ng/mL to about 62.5 ng/mL from about 7.5 ng/mL to about 37.5 ng/mL, from about 10 ng/mL to about 50 ng/mL, from about 12.5 ng/mL to about 45 ng/mL, from about 15 ng/mL to about 40 ng/mL, or any range among all of the above-listed C max values.
  • the C max is from about 15 ng/mL to about 45 ng/mL.
  • a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study was conducted to assess the efficacy of the 1.5 mg and 2.5 mg doses of the compound of formula (II) in the treatment of primary insomnia in adult patients.
  • one of the objectives of the study was to asses the efficacy of 1.5 mg and 2.5 mg doses on PSG and patient-reported measures of sleep. Also, the study was aimed at assessing the safety of 1.5 mg and 2.5 mg doses.
  • the study in this Example was performed for two consecutive nights with a 5-12 day washout between each period.
  • the dosing was conducted 30 minutes before lights were turned out for the night via oral administration of a hard gelatine capsule containing the compound of formula (II) (free base) in powder form.
  • PSG was taken for 8 hours from “lights out” on nights 1 and 2 of each treatment period. Centralized scoring of PSG was used. Testing for residual effects using the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) was performed at least 30 minutes after wake time (9 hours post dose).
  • the overall study design is shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the compound of formula (II) showed robust effects on both sleep onset and sleep maintenance. Specifically, compared to a placebo, the 1.5 mg dose reduced LPS by 17.0 minutes (p ⁇ 0.0001) and the 2.5 mg dose reduced LPS by 20.7 minutes (p ⁇ 0.0001), as shown in FIG. 6 . The 1.5 mg dose increased TST by 33.1 minutes (p ⁇ 0.0001) and the 2.5 mg dose increased TST by 45.0 minutes (p ⁇ 0.0001), as shown in FIG. 7 , compared to a placebo. The 1.5 mg dose reduced WASO by 16.7 minutes (p ⁇ 0.0001) and the 2.5 mg dose reduced WASO by 25.7 minutes (p ⁇ 0.0001), as shown in FIG. 8 , compared to a placebo.
  • the subjects of the study also reported a marked improvement in sleep quality for both 1.5 and 2.5 mg doses, which is demonstrated in FIGS. 12 and 13 .
  • the compound of formula (II) was found to produce sleep architecture, which is equivalent to the natural sleep architecture (i.e., when no medicaments are administered). There was no impairment of slow wave sleep, and only a small effect on REM sleep was observed. These results are demonstrated by the chart in FIG. 14 .
  • Maintaining normal sleep architecture is a very important component of getting a good night rest.
  • Some conventional insomnia medications such as classic benzodiazepines, may have the ability to induce and maintain sleep, but they do so by considerably altering the normal sleep architecture, which results in unrefreshing sleep and other side effects.
  • the objective residual effects of the administration of the compound of formula (II) were also evaluated.
  • the scores on the DSST taken by the subjects 9 hours after administering the dose were only slightly lower than those obtained from the subjects who were administered the placebo.
  • a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel group design was used to assess the hypnotic efficacy of 1.5 mg and 2.5 mg doses of the compound of formula (II) following 7 nights dosing using 149 subjects.
  • the study was conducted in 20 sleep laboratories in the United States using both objective and subjective measures. PSG data was collected on nights 1, 6 and 7 and results are based on the mean data from these three nights.
  • the compound of formula (II) was administered in free base form as a powder in a capsule. The details of the study design are shown in FIG. 17 .
  • the subjects were males and females at least 65 years old with a documented diagnosis of primary insomnia (DSM-IV criteria). These subjects' typical bed time was between 9 pm and 1 am with at least 7 hours in bed. These subjects reported five nights or more in seven days with TST of not more than 6.5 hours with at least 7 hours in bed. The subjects had a history of sleepiness, tiredness, or unintentional napping during the daytime, which the subjects attribute to poor sleep at night. On screening using PSG for 2 nights, mean TST was 240-420 minutes. Mean latency in Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT) was at least 5.5 minutes and not more than 14 minutes.
  • MSLT Mean latency in Multiple Sleep Latency Test
  • PSG was used to obtain TST (average of nights 1, 6 and 7).
  • the daytime function (day 8) was measured using Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT), MSLT (MSLT Clinical Guidelines; Sleep, 1(3): 260-276 (1992)), Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS); and objective measures Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) (day 8) (assessed 30 ⁇ 10 minutes after lights-on).
  • PVT Psychomotor Vigilance Task
  • MSLT MSLT Clinical Guidelines; Sleep, 1(3): 260-276 (1992)
  • KSS Karolinska Sleepiness Scale
  • RAVLT Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test
  • Table 9 below shows the results for the primary and key secondary PSG endpoints (average of nights 1, 6 and 7).
  • Table 10 shows non-PSG efficacy measures. These results were supported by subject-reported measures including sTST, sSOL (subjective sleep onset latency) and sWASO.
  • FIG. 18 shows that both 1.5 mg and 2.5 mg doses increased total sleep time in the elderly compared to the placebo.
  • FIG. 19 shows that the 1.5 mg dose decreased LPS by 34% and the 2.5 mg dose decreased LPS by 43% compared to the placebo.
  • FIG. 20 shows that the 1.5 mg dose decreased WASO by 15% and the 2.5 mg dose decrease WASO by 36% compared to the placebo.
  • FIG. 21 shows that there was a significant decrease in WASO in the second half of the night (5-8 hours after “lights out”) when the dose was 2.5 mg.
  • FIG. 22 shows that the 2.5 mg dose significantly reduced TWT every hour, except hour 7, where the overall treatment effect was not statistically significant.
  • the 1.5 mg dose significantly reduced total wake time each hour up to hour 6.
  • Daytime function (daytime sleepiness) was measured using the MSLT, as shown in FIG. 23 .
  • FIG. 26 shows that both the 1.5 mg dose and the 2.5 mg dose produced a significant reduction in subject-reported sleep onset latency.
  • FIG. 27 shows that both of these doses also produced a significant increase in sTST, and
  • FIG. 28 shows that these doses produced a significant decrease in sWASO.
  • Example 4 demonstrate the effects of the compound of formula (II) on sleep onset and sleep maintenance in the elderly population and indicate that the 1.5 mg and 2.5 mg doses have hypnotic efficacy in the elderly with no significant residual effects.

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