PMID- 34033212 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210811 LR - 20221207 IS - 1463-1326 (Electronic) IS - 1462-8902 (Print) IS - 1462-8902 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Sep TI - Efficacy and safety of ipragliflozin in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycaemic control on sitagliptin. PG - 2099-2108 LID - 10.1111/dom.14448 [doi] AB - AIMS: To assess the efficacy, safety and tolerability of ipragliflozin 50 mg once daily added to sitagliptin 50 mg once daily monotherapy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). MATERIALS AND METHODS: The results of two clinical trials are reported. In both trials, patients had glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels of 7.0% to 10.0% on sitagliptin 50 mg once daily 2 weeks prior to addition of ipragliflozin or placebo. In one trial (Trial 843), patients were randomized 1:1 to addition of blinded ipragliflozin 50 mg once daily (n = 73) or placebo (n = 70) for 24 weeks; the primary endpoint was efficacy (change in HbA1c at Week 24). In the other trial (Trial 849), open-label ipragliflozin 50 mg once daily was added for 52 weeks (n = 77); the primary objective was to assess safety/tolerability. RESULTS: In Trial 843, baseline characteristics were similar between groups (mean age 60.5 years, HbA1c 8.0%); after 24 weeks, adding ipragliflozin provided significantly greater reduction in HbA1c compared to placebo: least squares mean difference -0.77% (95% confidence interval -0.98, -0.57; P <0.001). In Trial 843, the incidences of adverse events (AEs) overall and prespecified AEs of clinical interest (symptomatic hypoglycaemia, urinary tract infection, genital infection, hypovolaemia, and polyuria/pollakiuria) were similar between groups. In Trial 849, specific AEs with incidence >/=5% were nasopharyngitis, pollakiuria, back pain, thirst, constipation, influenza and arthralgia; drug-related AEs reported in >/=2 patients were pollakiuria, thirst and constipation. CONCLUSIONS: Ipragliflozin 50 mg once daily added on to sitagliptin 50 mg once daily monotherapy provided significant improvement in glycaemic control and was generally well tolerated in Japanese patients with T2D. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02577003, NCT02564211. CI - (c) 2021 Merck Sharp & Dohme Crop. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Kaku, Kohei AU - Kaku K AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1574-0565 AD - Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan. FAU - Kadowaki, Takashi AU - Kadowaki T AD - Department of Prevention of Diabetes and Lifestyle-Related Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. AD - Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Seino, Yutaka AU - Seino Y AD - Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan. AD - Kansai Electric Power Medical Research Institute, Osaka, Japan. FAU - Okamoto, Taro AU - Okamoto T AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5494-462X AD - Japan Development, MSD K.K, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Shirakawa, Masayoshi AU - Shirakawa M AD - Japan Development, MSD K.K, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Sato, Asako AU - Sato A AD - Japan Development, MSD K.K, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - O'Neill, Edward A AU - O'Neill EA AD - Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA. FAU - Engel, Samuel S AU - Engel SS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4439-6356 AD - Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA. FAU - Kaufman, Keith D AU - Kaufman KD AD - Merck Research Laboratories, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA. LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02564211 SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02577003 PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210615 PL - England TA - Diabetes Obes Metab JT - Diabetes, obesity & metabolism JID - 100883645 RN - 0 (Glucosides) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Thiophenes) RN - 3N2N8OOR7X (ipragliflozin) RN - 9100L32L2N (Metformin) RN - TS63EW8X6F (Sitagliptin Phosphate) SB - IM MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/drug therapy MH - Double-Blind Method MH - Drug Therapy, Combination MH - Glucosides MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/analysis MH - Glycemic Control MH - Humans MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/adverse effects MH - Japan/epidemiology MH - *Metformin/therapeutic use MH - Middle Aged MH - Sitagliptin Phosphate/adverse effects MH - Thiophenes MH - Treatment Outcome PMC - PMC8453748 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DPP-4 inhibitor OT - SGLT2 inhibitor OT - combination therapy OT - incretins COIS- KK has received scholarship grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, Daiichi Sankyo, Taisho and Mitsubishi Tanabe; and fees for consulting and/or lectures from Astellas, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Fujifilm, Kowa, Mitsubishi Tanabe, MSD, Novo Nordisk Pharma, Ono, Sanwa Kagaku, Sumitomo Dainippon, Taisho Toyama and Takeda. TK has received contract research funds from AstraZeneca, and Takeda; joint research funds from Daiichi Sankyo; grants from Astellas, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Kissei, Mitsubishi Tanabe, MSD, Novo Nordisk, Ono, Sanofi, Sumitomo Dainippon, Taisho and Takeda; fees for consulting and/or lectures from Abbott, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cosmic, Daiichi Sankyo, Eli Lilly, Fujifilm, Johnson & Johnson, Kissei, Kowa, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Medical Review, Medical View, Medscape Education, Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Mitsubishi Tanabe, MSD, Musashino Foods, Nipro, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Ono, Sanofi, Sanwa Kagaku, Sumitomo Dainippon, Taisho, Takeda and Terumo; and has been an endowed chair for Asahi Mutual Life Insurance, Boehringer Ingelheim, Kowa, Mitsubishi Tanabe, MSD, Novo Nordisk, Ono and Takeda. YS has received contracted/collaborative research funds from Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim and Terumo; scholarship grants from Arklay, Novo Nordisk, Ono, Sumitomo Dainippon and Taisho Toyama; and consulting and/or lectures fees from Becton Dickinson, Boehringer Ingelheim, Kao, MSD, Novo Nordisk, Taisho, Taisho Toyama and Takeda. TO, AS, MS, EAON, SSE, and KDK are current employees of MSD K.K., Tokyo, Japan, or Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey USA, and may own stock/stock options in Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA. No other potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article are reported. EDAT- 2021/05/26 06:00 MHDA- 2021/08/12 06:00 PMCR- 2021/09/21 CRDT- 2021/05/25 14:13 PHST- 2021/05/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/23 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/05/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/08/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/05/25 14:13 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/21 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - DOM14448 [pii] AID - 10.1111/dom.14448 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes Obes Metab. 2021 Sep;23(9):2099-2108. doi: 10.1111/dom.14448. Epub 2021 Jun 15.