ABSTRACT
Objective:To study the correlation between plasma concentration and clinical efficacy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabe-tes treated with nateglinide. Methods:On the basis of diet control and exercise, 73 cases of newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes received nateglinde therapy for 2 months. Adverse events were routinely monitored during the therapy. Fasting blood glucose(FBG), 2h post-prandial blood glucose(2h-PG), fasting C-peptide(F-CP), 2h C-peptide(P-CP) and glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) were ob-served before and after the treatment. LC-MS was used to determine the plasma concentration of nateglinide on the last day of treat-ment. Results:FBG, 2h-PG, HbAlc and P-CP after the treatment had significant changes when compared with those before the treat-ment (P0. 05). The difference in HbA1c and P-CP before and after the treatment both showed a significantly positive correlation with plasma concentration of nateglinide (P<0. 05). Conclusion:Nateglinide displays good clinical efficacy and safety in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes, and its plasma concentration can be used to evaluate the pancreatic islets function and glucose-lowing effects.