Harada et al. Int J Diabetes Clin Res 2016, 3:065 Volume 3 | Issue 3 International Journal of ISSN: 2377-3634 Diabetes and Clinical Research Original Article: Open Access The Combination of Canagliflozin with a Half-Dose of Glimepiride Improves Glycemic Control and Blood Glucose Perturbation without Increasing the Risk of Hypoglycemia and Ketosis Mayuko Harada, Yasuhisa Abe, Yuki Maeda, Michiko Kajikawa, and Mitsuru Hashiramoto* Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Japan *Corresponding author: Mitsuru Hashiramoto, MD, PhD, Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Yodogawa Christian Hospital, 1-7-50 Kuni-Jima, Higashi-Yodogawa-Ku, Osaka 533-0024, Japan, Tel: +81-6-6322-2259, Fax: +81-6-6-6320-6308, E-mail:
[email protected] Abstract Introduction Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of administering The application of sulfonylurea (SU) remains one of the most canagliflozin to Japanese type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients popular approaches in pharmacological therapy for type 2 diabetes and reducing the dosage of their existing regimen of sulfonylurea mellitus (T2DM) patients because SU exerts potent stimulatory (SU) by half. effects on insulin secretion from pancreatic β cells and is relatively Methods: Seventeen Japanese T2DM patients on antidiabetes inexpensive and well tolerated. Hypoglycemia, however, is a major medication (SU) completed this 12-week prospective single-arm safety concern that is associated with the use of SUs, because it open-label study. First, the dose of SU was reduced by half and impairs a patient's quality of life and can become life threatening a concomitant administration of canagliflozin (100 mg/day) was initiated.