Long-Term Efficacy and Safety of Empagliflozin Monotherapy in Drug-Naïve Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Indian Subgroup: Results from a 76-week Extension Trial of Phase III, Double-Blind, Randomized Study.

Background And Objectives: Empagliflozin, a sodium glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor, was recently evaluated in a randomized, controlled trial (RCT) in drug-naïve Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients managed on diet and exercise therapy. Efficacy and safety of empagliflozin in Indian subgroup of patients from a 76-week extension study of the initial multicentric RCT are reported in this article.

Materials And Methods: In this study, patients were randomized to empagliflozin 10 mg (E10, n = 24), empagliflozin 25 mg (E25, n = 29), placebo ( = 28) and sitagliptin 100 mg (S100, n = 27).

Treatment Costs of Stroke Related to Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Patients in India-A Multicenter Observational Study.

Objective: The objective of this study was to quantify the direct medical and nonmedical costs of stroke among patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation in India.

Methods: An observational, multicenter cost-of-illness study was conducted within large tertiary care hospitals across three metropolitan cities in India. Medical chart records of eligible patients who were hospitalized during the study period were reviewed.

Lung epithelial permeability and inhaled furosemide: added dimensions in asthmatics.

Objective: Lung clearance rates of inhaled (99m)Tc-DTPA aerosols constitute a sensitive index to evaluate the permeability changes characteristic of airway epithelial damage. It was thought that edema of the airway wall which is reported in asthma could be relieved with a diuretic like furosemide, helping to relieve the symptoms. We intended to study the effect of inhaled furosemide on lung epithelial permeability in asthmatics and smokers with the help of (99m)Tc-DTPA lung clearance test (LCT).

Evaluation of immunogenicity and tolerability of a live attenuated hepatitis a vaccine in Indian children.

An open non comparative study of a live attenuated H2 strain Hepatitis A vaccine of Chinese origin was carried out in 143 healthy Indian children aged 1 to 12 years (mean age 4.87 2.76 years; 88 boys, 55 girls).