Source: European Medicines Agency (EU) Revision Year: 2023 Publisher: Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V., Waarderweg 39, 2031 BN Haarlem, The Netherlands
For adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, Januvia is indicated to improve glycaemic control:
as monotherapy:
as dual oral therapy in combination with:
as triple oral therapy in combination with:
Januvia is also indicated as add-on to insulin (with or without metformin) when diet and exercise plus stable dose of insulin do not provide adequate glycaemic control.
The dose is 100 mg sitagliptin once daily. When used in combination with metformin and/or a PPARγ agonist, the dose of metformin and/or PPARγ agonist should be maintained, and Januvia administered concomitantly.
When Januvia is used in combination with a sulphonylurea or with insulin, a lower dose of the sulphonylurea or insulin may be considered to reduce the risk of hypoglycaemia (see section 4.4).
If a dose of Januvia is missed, it should be taken as soon as the patient remembers. A double dose should not be taken on the same day.
When considering the use of sitagliptin in combination with another anti-diabetic medicinal product, its conditions for use in patients with renal impairment should be checked.
For patients with mild renal impairment (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] ≥60 to <90 ml/min), no dose adjustment is required.
For patients with moderate renal impairment (GFR ≥45 to <60 mL/min), no dosage adjustment is required.
For patients with moderate renal impairment (GFR ≥30 to <45 mL/min), the dose of Januvia is 50 mg once daily.
For patients with severe renal impairment (GFR ≥15 to <30 mL/min) or with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (GFR <15 mL/min), including those requiring haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, the dose of Januvia is 25 mg once daily. Treatment may be administered without regard to the timing of dialysis.
Because there is a dosage adjustment based upon renal function, assessment of renal function is recommended prior to initiation of Januvia and periodically thereafter.
No dose adjustment is necessary for patients with mild to moderate hepatic impairment. Januvia has not been studied in patients with severe hepatic impairment and care should be exercised (see section 5.2).
However, because sitagliptin is primarily renally eliminated, severe hepatic impairment is not expected to affect the pharmacokinetics of sitagliptin.
No dose adjustment is necessary based on age.
Sitagliptin should not be used in children and adolescents 10 to 17 years of age because of insufficient efficacy. Currently available data are described in sections 4.8, 5.1, and 5.2. Sitagliptin has not been studied in paediatric patients under 10 years of age.
Januvia can be taken with or without food.
During controlled clinical trials in healthy subjects, single doses of up to 800 mg sitagliptin were administered. Minimal increases in QTc, not considered to be clinically relevant, were observed in one study at a dose of 800 mg sitagliptin. There is no experience with doses above 800 mg in clinical studies. In Phase I multiple-dose studies, there were no dose-related clinical adverse reactions observed with sitagliptin with doses of up to 600 mg per day for periods of up to 10 days and 400 mg per day for periods of up to 28 days.
In the event of an overdose, it is reasonable to employ the usual supportive measures, e.g. remove unabsorbed material from the gastrointestinal tract, employ clinical monitoring (including obtaining an electrocardiogram), and institute supportive therapy if required.
Sitagliptin is modestly dialysable. In clinical studies, approximately 13.5% of the dose was removed over a 3- to 4-hour haemodialysis session. Prolonged haemodialysis may be considered if clinically appropriate. It is not known if sitagliptin is dialysable by peritoneal dialysis.
2 years.
Store below 25°C.
Opaque blisters (PVC/PE/PVDC and aluminium). Packs of 14, 28, 30, 56, 84, 90 or 98 film-coated tablets and 50 × 1 film-coated tablets in perforated unit dose blisters.
Not all pack sizes may be marketed.
Any unused medicinal product or waste material should be disposed of in accordance with local requirements.
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