Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Gmbh

Julius Gy Papp

Harald Waldeck

Dirk Thormaehlen

Zsuzsanna Lonovics

Susanna Rozsa

The use of benzazepin-N-acetic acid derivatives which contain an oxo group in the a position to the nitrogen atom and are substituted in the 3 position by a 1-(carboxyalkyl)-cyclopentyl-carbonyl-amino radical, and of their salts and biolabile esters, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart damage caused by cardiotoxic doses of medicaments or chemicals, in larger mammals and in particular humans. The invention is particularly applicable to the prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart damage, in particular to the myocardium, which may occur during cytostatic chemotherapy. The invention also includes the use of the afore-mentioned benzazepin-N-acetic acid derivatives for adjuvant treatment in therapies in which medicaments having oxidative-toxic side-effects are used, and the preparation of medicaments suitable for this prophylaxis and/or treatment or adjuvant treatment.

Pharmaceutical composition with protective action against oxidative/toxic substances, especially cardiotoxic substances

The use is described of compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a phenyl-lower alkyl group which can optionally be substituted in the phenyl ring by lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or halogen, or represents a naphthyl-lower alkyl group,

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Julius Gy Papp