Research Article

Pharmacokinetics and Bioequivalence of Two Combination Metformin/Glipizide Tablets under Fasting and Fed Conditions in Chinese Healthy Subjects: A Randomized, Open-Label, Crossover Study

Table 3

Bioequivalence analysis of metformin and glipizide after a single dose of the test drug or reference drug under fasting and fed.

ParametersFastingFed
Test/Reference (%)Intra-CV (%)90%CI of ratio (%)Test/Reference (%)Intra-CV (%)90%CI of ratio (%)

Metformin
(ng/mL)97.913.091.7∼104.596.811.891.2∼102.7
 AUC0-t (h  ng/mL)96.610.191.8∼101.797.510.992.2∼103.0
 AUC0- (h  ng/mL)98.28.993.8∼102.897.510.592.5∼102.8
Glipizide
(ng/mL)115.712.4108.7∼123.294.320.885.0∼104.6
 AUC0-t (h  ng/mL)101.46.898.0∼105.099.67.096.1∼103.2
 AUC0- (h  ng/mL)101.47.297.7∼105.399.57.695.8∼103.5

CV%, within-subject coefficient of variation; , maximum observed drug concentration in the plasma; AUC0-t, area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to the last sampling time; AUC0-, area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time 0 to infinity.