[摘要]:The progesterone receptor plays an important role in the female reproductive system. Here the authors describe the discovery of a new selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM). In rats, the lead compd. (I), inhibited ovulation and showed full efficacy in uterine and vaginal tissue but was a mixed partial agonist/antagonist in breast tissue. The compd. also suppressed ovulation in monkeys, but in contrast to currently approved steroidal PR agonists, it did not suppress estradiol levels.