Z-338. Zeria/Yamanouchi

Curr Opin Investig Drugs. 2004 Jul;5(7):760-5.

Abstract

Zeria and Yamanouchi are co-developing Z-338, a thiazole-4-carboxamide derivative with prokinetic activities, as a potential treatment for dyspepsia and gastric motility disorders. This compound is currently in phase II clinical trials.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzamides / chemical synthesis
  • Benzamides / metabolism
  • Benzamides / pharmacology*
  • Biological Availability
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / administration & dosage
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / metabolism
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors / pharmacokinetics
  • Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
  • Dogs
  • Drug Administration Routes
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / methods
  • Drug Industry*
  • Drugs, Investigational
  • Dyspepsia / drug therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Agents / chemical synthesis
  • Gastrointestinal Agents / metabolism
  • Gastrointestinal Agents / pharmacology
  • Gastrointestinal Diseases / drug therapy
  • Gastrointestinal Motility / drug effects
  • Guinea Pigs
  • Humans
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / administration & dosage
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / metabolism
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives / pharmacokinetics
  • Molecular Structure
  • Multicenter Studies as Topic
  • Rats
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M1 / drug effects
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M1 / physiology
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M1 / therapeutic use
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2 / drug effects
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2 / physiology
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2 / therapeutic use
  • Sweden
  • Thiazoles / chemical synthesis
  • Thiazoles / metabolism
  • Thiazoles / pharmacology*
  • Xenopus

Substances

  • Benzamides
  • Cholinesterase Inhibitors
  • Drugs, Investigational
  • Gastrointestinal Agents
  • Hypnotics and Sedatives
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M1
  • Receptor, Muscarinic M2
  • Thiazoles
  • Z 338