Sevelamer in a diabetologist's perspective: a phosphate-binding resin with glucose-lowering potential.

Diabetes Obes Metab

Department of Medicine, Centre for Diabetes Research, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup, Denmark; The Danish Diabetes Academy, Odense, Denmark.

Published: February 2015

Sevelamer is a calcium-free and metal-free phosphate-binding oral drug used in the management of hyperphosphataemia in chronic kidney disease. Preclinical and clinical trials have shown glucose and lipid-lowering effects of sevelamer, thereby giving rise to a potential role of the drug in the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes. These 'novel' effects are most probably derived from the bile acid-binding properties of sevelamer. The proposed potential is supported by the approval of the bile acid sequestrant colesevelam in the United States for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and hypercholesterolaemia. This article offers a brief review on the effects of sevelamer and a perspective on the potential mechanisms behind the glucose-lowering effect of the drug.

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