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Acarbose
Precose (acarbose) is an oligosaccharide pharmaceutical. Acarbose was first approved as Precose on 1995-09-06. It is used to treat type 2 diabetes mellitus in the USA. It is known to target maltase-glucoamylase and pancreatic alpha-amylase.
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MeSH
nutritional and metabolic diseasesD009750
endocrine system diseasesD004700
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Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA)
Acarbose
Tradename
Company
Number
Date
Products
PRECOSEBayerN-020482 DISCN1995-09-06
3 products, RLD
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Brand Name
Status
Last Update
acarboseANDA2023-06-09
precoseNew Drug Application2014-05-29
Indications
FDA
EMA
Indication
Ontology
MeSH
ICD-10
type 2 diabetes mellitusEFO_0001360D003924E11
Agency Specific
FDA
EMA
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Patent Expiration
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ATC Codes
A: Alimentary tract and metabolism drugs
— A10: Drugs used in diabetes
— A10B: Blood glucose lowering drugs, excl. insulins
— A10BD: Combinations of oral blood glucose lowering drugs
— A10BD17: Metformin and acarbose
— A10BF: Alpha glucosidase inhibitors, blood glucose lowering
— A10BF01: Acarbose
HCPCS
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Clinical
Clinical Trials
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Indications Phases 4
Indication
MeSH
Ontology
ICD-10
Ph 1
Ph 2
Ph 3
Ph 4
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Total
Type 2 diabetes mellitusD003924EFO_0001360E11421027952
Diabetes mellitusD003920EFO_0000400E08-E13——13812
Glucose intoleranceD018149HP_0000833R73.03———516
ObesityD009765EFO_0001073E66.9———213
Coronary artery diseaseD003324I25.1——12—3
Healthy volunteers/patients—1——1—2
HypoglycemiaD007003HP_0001943E16.2———1—1
Chronic hepatitis cD019698EFO_0004220B18.2———1—1
Heart disease risk factorsD000082742———1—1
HyperglycemiaD006943HP_0003074R73.9———1—1
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Indications Phases 3
Indication
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Ontology
ICD-10
Ph 1
Ph 2
Ph 3
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Glucose metabolism disordersD044882——1—12
Gestational diabetesD016640HP_0009800O24.4——1——1
Metabolic syndromeD024821EFO_0000195E88.81——1——1
Indications Phases 2
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Ph 1
Ph 2
Ph 3
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OverweightD050177E66.311——12
HypotensionD007022EFO_0005251I95—2———2
AgingD000375GO_0007568R41.81—2———2
SyncopeD013575HP_0001279G90.01—1———1
Non-alcoholic fatty liver diseaseD065626EFO_0003095K75.81—1———1
Kidney neoplasmsD007680EFO_0003865C64—1———1
Indications Phases 1
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Pure autonomic failureD0549701————1
Orthostatic hypotensionD007024I95.11————1
Congenital hyperinsulinismD0449031————1
Indications Without Phase
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Ph 2
Ph 3
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Polycystic ovary syndromeD011085EFO_0000660E28.2————22
Cognitive dysfunctionD060825G31.84————11
Abdominal painD015746R10.9————11
Chronic pancreatitisD050500EFO_0000342K86.1————11
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiencyD010188K86.81————11
Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographyD002760————11
Epidemiology
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Drug
General
Drug common nameACARBOSE
INNacarbose
Description
(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-5-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-5-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5-[[(1S,4R,5S,6S)-4,5,6-trihydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-1-cyclohex-2-enyl]amino]-2-oxanyl]oxy]-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-oxanyl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4-triol is a glycoside and an amino cyclitol.
Classification
Oligosaccharide
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Structure (InChI/SMILES or Protein Sequence)
C[C@H]1O[C@H](O[C@@H]2[C@@H](CO)O[C@H](O[C@@H]3[C@@H](CO)O[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]3O)[C@H](O)[C@H]2O)[C@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H]1N[C@H]1C=C(CO)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)[C@H]1O
Identifiers
PDB—
CAS-ID56180-94-0
RxCUI16681
ChEMBL IDCHEMBL1566
ChEBI ID—
PubChem CID444254
DrugBankDB00284
UNII IDT58MSI464G (ChemIDplus, GSRS)
Target
Agency Approved
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Alternate
MGAM
MGAM
AMY2A
AMY2A
Organism
Homo sapiens
Gene name
MGAM
Gene synonyms
MGA, MGAML
NCBI Gene ID
Protein name
maltase-glucoamylase
Protein synonyms
Alpha-1,4-glucosidase, brush border hydrolase, maltase-glucoamylase (alpha-glucosidase), maltase-glucoamylase, intestinal
Uniprot ID
Mouse ortholog
Mgam (232714)
maltase-glucoamylase (A0A571BF69)
Variants
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Safety
Black-box Warning
No Black-box warning
Adverse Events
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0 adverse events reported
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