Effect of treatment with sitagliptin on somatosensory-evoked potentials and metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objective: To evaluate the effect of sitagliptin on somatosensory-evoked potentials (SEPs) and metabolic control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without clinical diabetic neuropathy. Materials and methods: Interventional, prospective, and open study. Patients with less than six months from the diagnosis were included. Examinations of SEPs and laboratory tests at fasting and after food stimulation were performed before and after three months of treatment with sitagliptin (100 mg/day). Results: There was a reduction in the mean levels of HbA1c (P < 0.0001), fasting glucose (P = 0.001), total cholesterol (P = 0.019), and ALT (P = 0.022). An increase in active GLP-1 was found at the end of the study (P = 0.0025). Several SEPs showed statistically significant differences when analyzed before and after treatment with sitagliptin. Conclusion: The results give a glimpse of the possible use of sitagliptin in the treatment of some neurodegenerative conditions of the peripheral nervous system, in addition to its already established role in glycemic control.

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Main Authors:	Barros,Joelma Ines Tagliapietra, Fechine,Francisco Vagnaldo, Montenegro Júnior,Renan Magalhães, Vale,Otoni Cardoso do, Fernandes,Virgínia Oliveira, Souza,Marcellus Henrique Loiola Ponte de, Cunha,Gilmara Holanda da, Moraes,Manoel Odorico de, d?Alva,Catarina Brasil, Moraes,Maria Elisabete Amaral de
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia 2014
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-27302014000400369
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