Dose-proportionality of a final market image sitagliptin formulation, an oral dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor, in healthy volunteers

Abstract

Sitagliptin is a highly selective orally active dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor recently approved in the United States for the treatment of type 2 diabetes. Ten healthy subjects received single oral doses of 25, 50, 100, 200 and 400 mg final market image tablets in five separate treatment periods in randomized fashion to assess dose proportionality. Blood (up to 72 h post-dose) and urine (up to 24 h post-dose) samples for sitagliptin pharmacokinetic analysis were collected at pre-specified times following administration of sitagliptin. Dose-proportionality of AUC_0–∞, C_max and C_{24 h} was assessed using a power-law model. The results of this study indicate that plasma AUC_0−∞ increased in a dose-proportional manner over the 25–400 mg dose range. Over the same dose range, plasma C_max increased in a greater than dose-proportional manner and C_{24 h} increased in a modestly less than dose proportional manner. No clinically meaningful differences in T_max or apparent t_1/2 were noted across the dose range. Differences in the percentage of the sitagliptin dose excreted unchanged in urine (72.5% pooled across doses) and renal clearance (344 ml/min pooled across doses) were not statistically significant. Sitagliptin was generally well tolerated at all the doses evaluated. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.