Method of regulating glucose metabolism, and reagents related thereto

• US 7,829,530 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2008
• Issued: 11/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: 1149336 Ontario Inc., Arisaph Pharmaceuticals, Inc., New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc., Trustees of Tufts College
• Original Assignee: 1149336 Ontario Inc., New England Medical Center Hospitals, Inc., Trustees of Tufts College
• Inventors: Drucker, Daniel, Bachovchin, William W., Plaut, Andrew G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Russel; Jeffrey E
• Application Number:
  US12/323,751
• Publication Number:
  US 20090082309A1
• Time in Patent Office: 713 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 514/6.9
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• CPC Class Codes: A61P 3/10 for hyperglycaemia, e.g. antidiabetics
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Abstract

One aspect of the present invention relates to a method for treating Type II diabetes in an animal, comprising conjointly administering to the animal metformin and an inhibitor of dipeptidylpeptidase IV or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount sufficient to treat Type II diabetes of the animal but not sufficient to suppress the animal'"'"'s immune system.

Claims

1. A method for treating type II diabetes in an animal, comprising conjointly administering to the animal (i) metformin, and (ii) an inhibitor of dipeptidylpeptidase IV represented in the general formula:

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said conjointly administering is achieved by separate dosing of the metformin and inhibitor.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said conjointly administering is achieved by administering the metformin and inhibitor in the same composition.

4. The method of claim 2 or 3, wherein the inhibitor has a Ki for inhibition of dipeptidylpeptidase proteolysis of GLP-1 of 1.0 nm or less.

5. The method of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the inhibitor has a molecular weight less than 7500 amu.

6. The method of claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the metformin and the inhibitor are administered orally.