Cytochrome P450 2C19 Variant is Related to Pharmacokinetics of Glipizide Extended Release Tablet in Chinese Subjects

Diabetes mellitus is a growing global disease now and future, and in China, 1.2 million peoples per year have been diagnosed as diabetes mellitus. 90% diabetes mellitus patient is Type 2 diabetes mellitus. Glipizide is a potent drug to service patients who suffer from Type 2 disease. Little information has been presented for the relationship between CYP2C19 genetic polymorphism and glipizide, since recently the investigators reported that there existed a tendency. In this study the investigators found that CYP2C19 polymorphism significantly influenced the pharmacokinetics of glipizide.