Transl Clin Pharmacol.  2020 Mar;28(1):17-33. 10.12793/tcp.2020.28.e4.

Possibility of pharmacokinetic drug interaction between a DPP-4 inhibitor and a SGLT2 inhibitor

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Clinical Trial Center, Dongguk University College of Medicine and Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea
  • 2Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Korea
  • 3Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea
  • 4Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Hospital, Seoul, Korea
  • 5Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial condition characterized by high level of sugar in the blood. To control hyperglycemia, combination therapy is recommended if monotherapy fails to achieve glycemic control. The combination of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitor and a sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor is a promising option of the combination therapies in terms of safety as well as efficacy. Despite of the value of combination therapy of these two agents, the pharmacokinetic drug interactions between these two classes of agents have been evaluated in a few drugs. Thus, we reviewed the potential pharmacokinetic drug interaction based on the in vitro metabolism- and transporter-mediated drug interaction information as well as drug interaction studies in human, between a DPP-4 inhibitor and a SGLT2 inhibitor which are marketed in South Korea.

Keyword

Dipeptidyl-peptidase IV inhibitors; Sodium-glucose transporter 2 inhibitors; Drug interaction; Pharmacokinetics
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