Eg. Andrews et al., SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL PROFILE OF 2 NOVEL HETEROCYCLIC CHROMANOLS, CP-80,798 AND CP-85,958, AS POTENT LTD(4) RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS, Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, 5(13), 1995, pp. 1365-1370
The development of two novel LTD(4) receptor antagonists as clinical c
andidates for the treatment of asthma is described. The first generati
on compound, CP-80,798, was found to be a balanced 5-lipoxygenase inhi
bitor (5-LOI)/LTD(4) antagonist (LTD(4)-A), while the second generatio
n compound, CP-85,958, is a selective LTD(4) antagonist.