Ziel
The consortium has a lead series of p38 inhibitors with unusual anti-inflammatory properties. The drug leads were originally elaborated as a potential therapy for inflammatory bowel disease, however, the potency of the compounds and their general anti-inflammatory mode of action has raised the possibility of studying their utility in other diseases including rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, feedback from licensing partners has indicated that clear activity in a range of other disease models would dramatically increase interest. A key issue in bringing substances of this class to the clinic is variable patient response to p38 inhibitors in previous trials. Data to date have indicated that there is a potential groups of responders for whom therapy with this class is highly beneficial. The effect of non-responders has, however, made trial outcomes to variable to warrant further development. To solve this problem, we intend to further extend proof-of-concept in patient stratification to allow us to select responder populations for initial patient trials. The objectives of the project are, therefore: § To prepare analogs of the existing compounds § Conduct pre-clinical models for rheumatoid arthritis, IBD, sepsis, liver fibrosis and motilin dependent gut stimulation § Examine the activity of the compounds in human tissue explant models § Select a pre-clinical candidate class § Develop a scaled-up process for GMP synthesis of the lead § Conduct a survey of p38 expression in IBD and RA sub-types at various stages of disease and correlate this plasma markers. § Based on results of tissue explant studies and p38 expression, select a patient stratification protocol for phase 2A studies in man.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
CORDIS klassifiziert Projekte mit EuroSciVoc, einer mehrsprachigen Taxonomie der Wissenschaftsbereiche, durch einen halbautomatischen Prozess, der auf Verfahren der Verarbeitung natürlicher Sprache beruht.
CORDIS klassifiziert Projekte mit EuroSciVoc, einer mehrsprachigen Taxonomie der Wissenschaftsbereiche, durch einen halbautomatischen Prozess, der auf Verfahren der Verarbeitung natürlicher Sprache beruht.
Programm/Programme
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Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
FP7-SME-2007-1
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BSG-SME - Research for SMEsKoordinator
72076 Tuebingen
Deutschland