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PRODRUGS OF RILUZOLE AND THEIR METHOD OF USE

Application US20260091024A1 Kind: A1 Apr 02, 2026

Inventors

Jay Edward Wrobel, Allen B. Reitz, Jeffrey Claude Pelletier, Garry Robert Smith, Haiyan Bian

Abstract

Pharmaceutical compositions of the invention include substituted riluzole prodrugs useful for the treatment of cancers including melanoma, breast cancer, brain cancer, and prostate cancer through the release of riluzole. Prodrugs of riluzole have enhanced stability to hepatic metabolism and are delivered into systemic circulation by oral administration, and then cleaved to release riluzole in the plasma via either an enzymatic or general biophysical release process.

CPC Classifications

A61K 31/428 A61K 9/006 A61K 9/1617 A61K 9/2004 A61K 31/454 A61K 31/496 A61K 31/5377 A61K 38/05 A61K 38/06 A61K 45/06 A61P 25/00 A61P 25/28 C07D 277/82 C07D 417/12 C07K 5/06026 C07K 5/0806 C07K 5/0808 C07K 5/0812 A61K 9/0056 A61K 9/2018 A61K 9/2063 A61K 9/485 A61K 9/4858 A61K 9/4866 A61K 2300/00

Filing Date

2025-02-27

Application No.

19064963