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Tetrahydrobenzindolone derivatives
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PCT No. PCT/JP97/04683 Sec. 371 Date Jun. 18, 1999 Sec. 102(e) Date Jun. 18, 1999 PCT Filed Dec. 18, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/27059 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 1998Compounds represented by the following formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and a process for producing the same are disclosed. The compounds have progesterone receptor binding inhibitory activity and, hence, can be used as therapeutic and prophylactic agents for progesterone-related diseases. Specifically, they are useful as carcinostatic agents for breast cancer and ovarian cancer, therapeutic agents for hysteromyoma, endometriosis, meningioma, and myeloma, abortifacients, oral contraceptive pills, and therapeutic and prophylactic agents for osteoporosis and climacteric disturbance. wherein R1 represents alkyl or aralkyl; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, alkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, aromatic acyl, heteroaromatic acyl, saturated heterocyclic acyl, alkyl, alkenyl, aralkyl, carbamoyl, alkylcarbamoyl, aromatic carbamoyl, aralkylcarbamoyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbamoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, heteroaromatic thiocarbonyl, saturated heterocyclic thiocarbonyl, or alkyl-thiocarbamoyl: and R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, alkyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkylthio, or arylthio.