Abstract: This invention concerns a compound of formula a N-oxide, a pharmaceutically acceptable addition salt, a quaternary amine and a stereochemically isomeric form thereof, wherein ring A represents a 6-membered heterocycle; R1 is hydrogen; aryl; formyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyl; optionally substituted C1-6alkyl; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; optionally substituted C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkylcarbonyl; X is a direct bond or a linker atom or group; Z is O or S; R2 is hydrogen, C1-10alkyl, C2-10alkenyl, C2-10alkynyl, a carbocycle or a heterocycle, each of said groups may optionally be substituted; R3 is hydrogen; hydroxy; halo; optionally substituted C1-6alkyl or C2-6alkenyl or C2-6alkynyl; C1-6alkyloxy; C1-6alkylthio; C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; C1-6alkylcarbonyloxy; carboxyl; cyano; nitro; amino; mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino; polyhaloC1-6alkyl; polyhaloC1-6alkyloxy; polyhaloC1-6alkylthio; R21; R21—C1-6alkyl; R21—O—; R21—S—; R21—C(?O)—; R21—S(?O)p—; R7—S(?O)p—; R7—S(?O)p—NH—; R21—S(?O)p—NH—; R7—C(?O)—; —NHC(?O)H; —C(?O)NHNH2; R7—C(?O)—NH—;

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the compound 1-(1H-pyrrol-2-ylmethyl)-2-piperidone for use as a medicine, in particular for use as an agent for reducing excessive directional cell migration (as in metastasis); and with pharmaceutical compositions comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and the title compound as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with the use of sabeluzole for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of patients suffering from chronic neuro-degenerative diseases such as dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) or Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), dementia associated with Parkinson's disease and related diseases which are characterized by progressive dementia.