title: Histamine H3 receptor antagonists go to clinics.
abstract: Within the recent years novel lead optimisations for histamine H(3) receptor antagonists made their way from bench to bedside. Structure-activity relationships, cross-affinities and side effects as well as pharmacokinetic profiling will be discussed on selected promising compound series. Due to diversity in potential therapeutic applications and in some cases a controversial debate, different indications will be highlighted with the potential and the problems of the test compounds, e.g. sleep-wake disorders, attention-deficient hyperactivity disorder, epilepsy, cognitive impairment, schizophrenia, obesity and neuropathic pain. First data published on clinical trials phase II (IIb) are presented showing proof of concept of H(3) receptor antagonists in narcolepsy and photo-induced epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sander
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kottke
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stark
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D054828:Histamine H3 Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000188:drug therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000188:drug therapy; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D054828:Histamine H3 Antagonists; D018100:Receptors, Histamine H3