Clinical efficacy and safety of sitagliptin combined with metformin in treating patients with type 2 diabetes with non-alcoholic fatty liver / 药物评价研究

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Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of sitagliptin combined with metformin in treating patients with type 2 diabetes with non-alcoholic fatty liver diease (NAFLD).Methods Sixty-five patients with type 2 diabetes with non-alcoholic fatty liver admitted into our hospital from June 2012 to June 2015 were randomly divided into two groups.Thirty-three patients in control group were treated with metformin only,and thirty-two patients in observation were treated with sitagliptin combined with metformin.The changes in body mass index (BMI),fasting plasma glucose (FPG),2-hour postprandial glucose (2hPG),Hemoglobin Ale (HbAlc),homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR),and liver function index including that aminopherase of alanine acid (ALT),aminopherase of aspartic acid (AST),gamma-glutamyl transterase (GGT),triglyceride (TG),and total cholesterol (TC) were detected before and after 16 weeks of treatment.And the total effective rate and safety were analyzed and compared.Results After treatment,HOMA-IR,FPG,2hPG,HbA1c,ALT,AST,GGT,TG,and TC were remarkable improvement (P ＜ 0.05),and HOMA-IR,HbA1c,AST,ALT,GGT,and TG were significantly better than those of control (P ＜ 0.05).Additionally,the total effective rate in observation group with 90.9％ was significantly higher than that of control group with 42.4％ (P ＜ 0.05).And difference in incidences of adverse effect between observation group with 15.6％ and control group with 9.1％ were not significant.Conclusion Sitagliptin combined with metformin treatment had a good ability on treating patients with type 2 diabetes with NAFLD by improvement of metabolic syndrome and liver function.