title: A review of clinical efficacy and safety of canagliflozin 300 mg in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Currently available antihyperglycemic agents, despite being effective, provide inadequate glycemic control and/or are associated with side effects or nonadherence. Canagliflozin, a widely used orally active inhibitor of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2), is a new addition to the therapeutic armamentarium of glucose-lowering drugs. This review summarizes findings from different clinical and observational studies of canagliflozin 300 mg in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). By inhibiting SGLT2, canagliflozin reduces reabsorption of filtered glucose, thereby increasing urinary glucose excretion in patients with T2DM. Canagliflozin 300 mg has been shown to be effective in lowering glycated hemoglobin, fasting plasma glucose, and postprandial glucose in patients with T2DM. Canagliflozin 300 mg also demonstrated significant reductions in body weight and blood pressure and has a low risk of causing hypoglycemia, when not used in conjunction with insulin and insulin secretagogues. Canagliflozin 300 mg was generally well tolerated in clinical studies. The most frequently reported adverse events include genital mycotic infections, urinary tract infections, osmotic diuresis, and volume depletion-related events.
authors.affiliation: Bangalore Diabetes Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Prasanna Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Sujoy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Janssen Research and Development, LLC, Raritan, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Canovatchel
authors.affiliation: Janssen Medical Affairs, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Nishant
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garodia
authors.affiliation: Janssen Medical Affairs, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Sujith
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajashekar
keywords: Canagliflozin; glycated hemoglobin; hypoglycemic agents; pleiotropic benefits; sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor; type 2 diabetes mellitus