Drug – bio-affecting and body treating compositions – Designated organic active ingredient containing – Having -c- – wherein x is chalcogen – bonded directly to...
Reexamination Certificate
1999-11-03
2003-07-01
Cook, Rebecca (Department: 1614)
Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions
Designated organic active ingredient containing
Having -c-, wherein x is chalcogen, bonded directly to...
C514S315000, C514S326000, C514S412000, C514S423000, C514S439000, C514S058000, C514S635000, C514S866000
Reexamination Certificate
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06586438
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a low dose pharmaceutical formulation for treating type 2 diabetes in drug naive patients, which includes metformin (preferably employed in reduced amounts compared to that employed in generally accepted medical practice) and another antidiabetic agent such as a sulfonyl urea, for example, glyburide, which formulation has at least substantially equivalent efficacy in treating type 2 diabetes as compared to prior art antidiabetic formulations containing metformin, but with substantially reduced side effects, and to a method for treating diabetes employing such formulations.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The biguanide antihyperglycemic agent metformin disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,174,901 is currently marketed in the U.S. in the form of its hydrochloride salt (Glucophage®), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company).
The diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus is rapidly undergoing progressive changes. It is now widely accepted that glycemic control makes a difference. The goal of diabetes therapy today is to achieve and maintain as near normal glycemia as possible to prevent the long-term microvascular and macrovascular complications of an elevated blood glucose. The diagnosis of diabetes has undergone significant changes as evidenced by the new ADA diagnostic and classification guidelines. Oral therapeutic options for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus, until recently, have been severely limited. Prior to 1995, sulfonyl ureas had been the mainstay of oral diabetes agents in the United States. Sulfonyl ureas target one mechanism of hyperglycemia by augmenting insulin secretion from the beta cell. Since 1995, three new classes of agents have been added to the anti-diabetes armamentarium for the management of hyperglycemia. Metformin, a biguanide, targets additional mechanisms of hyperglycemia by inhibiting hepatic glucose production and enhancing peripheral glucose uptake and thereby reduce insulin resistance; thiazolidinediones such as troglitazone, rosiglitazone and pioglitazone decrease peripheral insulin resistance; and alpha-glucosidase inhibitors such as acarbose and miglitol help control postprandial glucose excursion by delaying absorption of dietary carbohydrate. These agents are all indicated as monotherapy and some are indicated for use in combination therapy, generally, after monotherapy has been found to be inadequate.
In 1995, metformin was added to sulfonyl urea therapy n patients who had not achieved glycemic control with sulfonyl urea monotherapy and the two agents were found to have a remarkable effect on glycemic control or lowering of hemoglobin-A1c. The different mechanisms of action in targeting hyperglycemia are complimentary and make combination use attractive and a rational course of action. Prescription data reveals approximately 60% of metformin use is in combination with a sulfonyl urea.
Examples of combinations of metformin and the sulfonyl urea glyburide (also referred to as glibenclamide) are disclosed in the following references.
(1) WO 97/17975 published May 22, 1997, (Barelli et al, Istituto Gentili S.P.A.) (hereinafter Barelli et al) discloses a combination of glibenclamide and metformin in a 1:100 weight ratio, so as to allow a daily dosage of 15 mg glibenclamide and 1500 mg metformin, used for the onset of diabetes to the most severe cases, particular in cases of secondary failure to a combination of glibenclamide-metformin HCl in a weight ratio higher than 1:100.
(2) Vigneri et al, Treatment of NIDDM Patients with Secondary Failure to Glyburide: Comparison of the Addition of Either Metformin or Bed-Time NPH Insulin to Glyburide, Diabete & Metabolisme, 1991, 17, 232-234, disclose use of a combination of 1.5 g/day metformin and 15 mg/day glyburide to treat NIDDM patients with secondary failure to 15 mg/day glyburide.
(3) Higginbotham et al, Double-Blind Trial of Metformin in the Therapy of Non-Ketotic Diabetes, The Medical Journal of Australia, Aug. 11, 1979, 154-156, discloses treatment of diabetic patients, who were already receiving from 10 mg to 20 mg per day of glibenclamide, with 500 mg metformin twice a day. Higginbotham et al conclude “that in selected diabetics whose condition is inadequately controlled with sulphonylurea therapy, significant improvement in diabetic control can be obtained by the addition of metformin in a low dose of 500 mg twice a day.”
(4) U.S. application Ser. No. 09/353,141, filed Jul. 14, 1999 (based on European application No. 98401781.4, filed Jul. 15, 1998) discloses formulations containing metformin and glyburide where the glyburide is of a particular particle size as described hereinafter.
References which disclose combinations of metformin and glipizide include the following:
(1) Combination of glipizide/metformin treatment reduces low density lipoprotein binding to arterial proteglycans in DIDDM, Edwards et al, Diabetes, (46, Suppl. 1, 45A, 1997).
(2) Combination of glipizide/metformin normalizes glucose and improves insulin sensitivity in hyperinsulinemia moderately well controlled. Cefalu et al, Diabetes, (45, Suppl. 2, 201A, 1996).
(3) Effects of combination of glipizide/metformin treatment on oxidizability of LDL in NIDDM, Crouse et al, Circulation, (94, No. 8, Suppl., 1508, 1996).
(4) Insulin sensitivity is improved after glipizide monotherapy and combination with metformin, Cefalu et al, Diabetologia, (39, Suppl. 1, A231, 1996).
(5) Combined Metformin—Sulfonyl urea Treatment of Patients with NIDDM in Fair to Poor Glycemic Control, Reaven et al, J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. (74, No. 5, 1020-26, 1992).
(6) Combination of Glipizide/Metformin Treatment in NIDDM, Hollenbeck et al, Diabetes, (39, Suppl. 1, 108A, 1990).
(7) Oral Antidiabetic Combination Therapy with Sulfonyl ureas and Metformin, Haupt et al, Med. Welt. (40, No. 5, 118-23, 1989).
(8) Variation of the lipemic pattern in diabetic subjects after treatment with a combination of glipizide and metformin, Ferlito et al, PROGR. MED. (Roma) 31/6 (289-301) 1975.
(9) Results with a combination of glipizide and dimethylbiguanide in 40 cases of diabetes, Parodi et al, GAZZ. MED. ITAL. 132/5 (226-235) 1973.
Other combinations of metformin and another antidiabetic agent are disclosed in the following references.
(1) U.S. Pat. No. 5,631,224 to Efendic et al discloses a combination of metformin with GLP-1(7-36) amide or GLP-1(7-37) or a fragment thereof.
(2) WO 98/57634 (SKB) discloses a method for treating diabetes employing a combination of a thiazolidenedione and metformin. The thiazolidenedione may be troglitazone, ciglitazone, pioglitazone or englitazone, and may be employed in dosages of 2 to 12 mg per day while the metformin may be employed in daily dosages “of up to 3000 mg per day, in unit doses of 500 mg (for example, 2 to 3 times per day) or 850 mg (2 times per day), one example of a dosage for metformin is 500 mg building to 5 times per day.”
(3) EP 0749751A2 (Takeda) discloses a combination of a thiazolidenedione insulin sensitivity enhancer (such as pioglitazone) and metformin.
None of the above references suggests employing diabetic combinations containing metformin for first line treatment of drug naive patients.
Several fixed combinations of metformin and glyburide (glibenclamide) are presently being marketed outside the U.S. These include (1) combinations of 400 mg metformin/2.5 mg glibenclamide (Boehringer's Bi-Euglucon in Argentina, and Bi-Euglicon M in Italy; Guidotti/Menarini's Glibomet in the Dominican Republic and Italy; HMR's Normell in Greece and Hoechst's Suguan-M in Italy; Sun Pharma's Glucored in India; Monsanto's (Searle's) Benclamet in India; Guidotti's Globate in Liban; Berlin Chemie/Menarini's Glibomet in the Slovak Rep., and Roche's Bi-Euglucon in Uruguay); (2) combinations of 500 mg metformin/5 mg glibenclamide (Sun Pharma's Glucored in India; Monsanto's (Searle's) Benclamet in India, USV's Duotrol in India; and Lakeside's (Roche) Bi-Euglucon M5 in Mexico); (3) combinations of 500 mg metfor
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Cook Rebecca
O'Brien Maureen P.
Rodney Burton
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