This invention is related to compounds and use of
N-Acyl-N'-benzyl-alkylendiamino derivatives of the following general
formula (I), wherein A is a straight or branched C.sub.2-C.sub.8 alkyl
chain; X is a methylene, oxygen, sulphur or a NR.sup.7 group; R.sup.1 is
a straight or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl or C.sub.3-C.sub.8
alkenylene or C.sub.3-C.sub.8 alkynylene chain, optionally substituted
with CF.sub.3, phenyl, phenoxy or naphthyl, the aromatic rings optionally
substituted by one or more C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkyl, halogens,
trifluoromethyl, hydroxy or C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkoxy groups; R.sup.2,
R.sup.3 are independently hydrogen, a C.sub.1-C.sub.3 alkyl chain,
halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy or C.sub.1-C.sub.4 alkoxy groups;
R.sup.4, R.sup.5 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl;
R.sup.6 is a hydrogen or a straight or branched C.sub.1-C.sub.8 alkyl or
linked to R.sup.5 can form a five to seven membered lactam; R.sup.7 is
hydrogen or C.sub.1-C.sub.6 alkyl; and the pharmaceutically acceptable
salts thereof that are active as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators
and therefore useful in preventing, alleviating and curing a wide range
of pathologies, including, but not limited to, neurological, psychiatric,
cardiovascular, inflammatory, ophthalmic, urologic, metabolic and
gastrointestinal diseases, where the above mechanisms have been described
as playing a pathological role.