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IDENTIFICATION OF SIGMA ANTAGONISTS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 16836
Amount: $49,911.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
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Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1991
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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6200 Freeport Ctr
Baltimore, MD 21224
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Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Edward Carbon Jr
 (301) 558-7000
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Abstract

DOPAMINE (D2) RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS SUCH AS HALOPERIDOL AND CHLORPROMAZINE ARE MOST COMMONLY USED TO TREAT SCHIZOPHRENIA. HOWEVER, BOTH ACUTE AND CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF THESE DRUGS CAN RESULT IN THE APPEARANCE OF EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SIDE EFFECTS (EPS) WHICH, LIKE THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF THESE DRUGS, RESULTS FROM BLOCKADE OFD2 RECEPTORS. THEREFORE, ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS WHOSE MECHANISM OF ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE D2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM WILL BE VALUABLE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS. A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGMA ANTAGONISTS. NOVA HAS IDENTIFIED POTENT AND SELECTIVE, ORALLY ACTIVE SIGMA AGENTS HAVING ANTIPSYCHOTIC PROPERTIES. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE PHASE I STUDY ARE TO IDENTIFY POTENT AND SELECTIVE COMPOUNDS EXHIBITING ORAL EFFICACY USING TWO BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS THOUGHT TO PREDICT ANTIPSYCHOTIC POTENTIAL, AND TO OBTAIN A STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY PROFILE ON WHICH TO BASE FUTURE MEDICINALCHEMISTRY EFFORTS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TOIDENTIFY AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT(S), DEVOID OF EPS LIABILITY,THAT IS THERAPEUTICALLY SUPERIOR TO CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ANTIPSYCHOTICS. GIVEN THE EXISTING LACK OF SUITABLE TREATMENTS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA, THE IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG THAT IS BOTH EFFICACIOUS AND SAFE WILL RESULT IN BOTH THERAPEUTIC AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS. DOPAMINE (D2) RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS SUCH AS HALOPERIDOL AND CHLORPROMAZINE ARE MOST COMMONLY USED TO TREAT SCHIZOPHRENIA. HOWEVER, BOTH ACUTE AND CHRONIC ADMINISTRATION OF THESE DRUGS CAN RESULT IN THE APPEARANCE OF EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SIDE EFFECTS (EPS) WHICH, LIKE THE THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS OF THESE DRUGS, RESULTS FROM BLOCKADE OFD2 RECEPTORS. THEREFORE, ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUGS WHOSE MECHANISM OF ACTION DOES NOT INVOLVE D2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISM WILL BE VALUABLE THERAPEUTIC AGENTS. A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIGMA ANTAGONISTS. NOVA HAS IDENTIFIED POTENT AND SELECTIVE, ORALLY ACTIVE SIGMA AGENTS HAVING ANTIPSYCHOTIC PROPERTIES. THE SPECIFIC AIMS OF THE PHASE I STUDY ARE TO IDENTIFY POTENT AND SELECTIVE COMPOUNDS EXHIBITING ORAL EFFICACY USING TWO BEHAVIORAL PARADIGMS THOUGHT TO PREDICT ANTIPSYCHOTIC POTENTIAL, AND TO OBTAIN A STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY PROFILE ON WHICH TO BASE FUTURE MEDICINALCHEMISTRY EFFORTS. THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS RESEARCH IS TOIDENTIFY AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT(S), DEVOID OF EPS LIABILITY,THAT IS THERAPEUTICALLY SUPERIOR TO CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ANTIPSYCHOTICS. GIVEN THE EXISTING LACK OF SUITABLE TREATMENTS FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA, THE IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AN ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG THAT IS BOTH EFFICACIOUS AND SAFE WILL RESULT IN BOTH THERAPEUTIC AND COMMERCIAL SUCCESS.

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