1. Pharmacokinetic Comparison Between a Fixed-Dose Combination of Empagliflozin L-Proline/Metformin and Empagliflozin/Metformin in Healthy Korean Subjects.
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Lee H, Chung JY, Yu KS, Park SJ, and Lee S
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- Humans, Healthy Volunteers, Cross-Over Studies, Drug Combinations, Area Under Curve, Republic of Korea, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 drug therapy, Metformin pharmacokinetics
- Abstract
Empagliflozin and metformin are oral antidiabetic drugs commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus as a combination therapy. This study aimed to compare the pharmacokinetics and safety of a newly developed fixed-dose combination of 5-mg empagliflozin L-proline and 1000-mg metformin with the reference drug. A randomized, open-label, single-dose, 2-period, 2-treatment, crossover study was conducted in healthy Korean subjects. The subjects received a single oral dose of reference drug or test drug at each period. The pharmacokinetic (PK) parameters were calculated using a noncompartmental method. The geometric mean ratios and 90% confidence intervals of the plasma maximum concentration (C
max ) and area under the concentration-time curve from time zero to the last quantifiable concentration (AUClast ) were calculated. A total of 27 healthy subjects were included in the PK analysis. For empagliflozin, the geometric mean ratios (90% confidence intervals) of the test to reference drug for Cmax and AUClast were 1.03 (0.99-1.08) and 1.03 (1.00-1.06), respectively. For metformin, the corresponding values for Cmax and AUClast were 0.99 (0.92-1.06) and 1.00 (0.94-1.06), respectively. In conclusion, a fixed-dose combination of empagliflozin L-proline and metformin showed similar PK characteristics to the reference drug, and both drugs were safe in healthy subjects., (© 2023, The American College of Clinical Pharmacology.)- Published
- 2023
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