Journal article
Alogliptin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998), Vol.47(2), pp.99-107
02/2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/105903
PMID: 21431099
Abstract
The pharmacologic management of type 2 diabetes has changed dramatically in the past two decades. We have moved from a situation of only having two choices, insulin and sulfonylureas, to a position of myriad choices from 11 categories of medications (insulin, sulfonylureas, biguanides, α-glucosidase inhibitors, gliptins (dipeptidyl peptidase 4 [DPP IV] inhibitors), bromocriptine, glucagon-like peptide analogues, thiazolidinediones, glinides, amylin analogues and bile acid sequestrants. One of the most recent additions to this list are the DPP IV inhibitors commonly known as gliptins. Currently, there are four DPP IV inhibitors available in various countries-alogliptin, sitagliptin, vildagliptin and saxagliptin (1). Of these, two have been approved for clinical use in the United States: sitagliptin and saxagliptin. Additionally, linagliptin, vildagliptin and alogliptin are currently in phase III development in the United States while studies with another DPP IV inhibitor, dutogliptin, have been terminated (2). Alogliptin was approved for use in Japan under the trade name Nesina® in April 2010 (3). This manuscript will review alogliptin, its chemistry, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, drug interactions, clinical trials and its current state of FDA review. Preclinical animal data have been reviewed elsewhere and will not be outlined in this manuscript. The interested reader is referred to those recent reviews (4, 5).
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- Title
- Alogliptin for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
- Creators
- J R White - Department of Pharmacotherapy, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, USA. whitej@wsu.edu
- Publication Details
- Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998), Vol.47(2), pp.99-107
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacotherapy, Department of
- Publisher
- Spain
- Identifiers
- 99900546610001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article