Potential for the use of a combination of alogliptin and pioglitazone in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus: focus on the hepatotropic effect
- Authors: Elsukova O.S.1, Nikitina E.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Kirov State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 32, No 8 (2025)
- Pages: 61-66
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2073-4034/article/view/365700
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18565/pharmateca.2025.8.61-66
- ID: 365700
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Abstract
Background: Treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) should be comprehensive and tailored to comorbidity. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and NAFLD often coexist, each worsening the other’s course and prognosis. In this case, the optimal treatment is a hypoglycemic agent that not only provides good glycemic control but also modifies the factors that contribute to the onset and progression of NAFLD, thereby exerting a potential hepatotropic effect.
Objective: Evaluation of the potential of a fixed-dose combination (FC) of alogliptin and pioglitazone in correcting the factors that contribute to the onset and progression of NAFLD in DM2 patients.
Materials and methods: The study included 30 patients with DM2 with inadequate carbohydrate metabolism. This cohort of patients was assessed for anthropometric data, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism parameters, HOMA-IR insulin resistance index, and FIB-4 liver fibrosis index at baseline and over time 6 months after administration of alogliptin 25 mg and pioglitazone 30 mg while taking metformin at a dose of 2000 mg/day.
Results: When alogliptin and pioglitazone were added to metformin therapy, over a 6-month follow-up period, DM2 patients showed improved glycemic control and lipid profile, a decrease in insulin resistance, and a positive effect on the calculated FIB-4 liver fibrosis index.
Conclusion: Thus, the fixed-dose combination of alogliptin and pioglitazone not only provides a sustained hypoglycemic effect but also has a beneficial effect on most factors associated with the onset and progression of NAFLD in DM2 patients, thereby exerting a possible hepatotropic effect, which requires further study.
About the authors
Olga S. Elsukova
Kirov State Medical University
Email: oselsukova@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2341-9491
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor at the Department of Hospital Therapy
Russian Federation, KirovElena A. Nikitina
Kirov State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: nikitinae1991@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7316-3252
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Russian Federation, KirovReferences
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