INSULIN ANALOGUES
VAISHNAVI D
GENERAL MEDICINE PG
MGMCRI
WHAT ARE INSULIN ANALOGUES
• Insulin analogues are genetically engineered
molecules
• Amino acid sequence in human insulin is changed
to alter its pharmacokinetics
• They bind to insulin receptors in the same way as
human insulin and produce similar effects
• Also known as DESIGNER INSULINS
INSULIN RECEPTOR LIGANDS
DEMOCRATIC INSULINS
CLASSIFICATION
SHORT ACTING LONG ACTING
REGULAR NPH
LISPRO GLARGINE
ASPART DETEMIR
GLULISINE DEGLUDEC
NEED FOR INSULIN ANALOGUES
• Aims to mimic physiological insulin secretions
• Bolus should have rapid onset ,rapid peak and
short duration
• Basal requirements should have low basal
concentration for a long duration without a
peak
FALLBACKS OF CURRENT INSULIN
THERAPY
• Does not mimic physiological insulin
• Often prevents mismatch between
requirement and availability
• Causing inadequate glycemic control and late
or nocturnal hypoglycemia
REGULAR INSULIN INSULIN ANALOGUES
FORMS HEXAMERS WHICH DISSOCIATE
SLOWLY INTO MONOMERS THUS DEALYING
ABSORPTION
LESS PROPENSITY TO FORM HEXAMERS
EVEN IF HEXAMERS ARE FORMED THEY
QUICKLY DISSOCIATE INTO MONOMERS AND
ARE RAPIDLY ABSORBED.
DELAYED ONSET OF ACTION ½ TO 1 HR -
POSTPRANDIAL HYPERGLYCEMIA
PEAK ACTION 2 TO 3 HRS
DURATION OF ACTION 5 TO 8 HRS
RAPID ONSET OF ACTION -10 TO 20 MINS
PEAK ACTION 1 to 2 HRS
DURATION OF ACTION 4 to 5 HRS
NEEDS TO BE ADMINISTERED 30 TO 45 MINS
BEFORE THE MEAL AND DOSE CANNOT BE
ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO SIZE OF MEAL
MIMICS PHYSIOLOGICAL BOLUS
CAN BE ADMINISTERE BEFOR OR AFTER MEAL
ALLOWS DOSE ADJUSMENT ACCORDING TO
SIZE OF MEAL
VARIES WITH INJECTION SITE AND EXERCISE
VARIABILITY OF ABSORPTION AS HIGH AS 25 %
DOES NOT VARY WITH INJECTION SITE OR
EXERCISE
LONG ACTING
• GLARGINE
• DETEMIR
• DEGLUDEC
NPH INSULINS LONG ACTING INSULIN ANALOGUES
DOES NOT MIMIC PHYSIOLOGICAL BASAL
INSULIN SECRETION
MIMICS PHYSIOLOGICAL INSULIN SECRETION
PEAK ACTION 5 TO 7 HRS LEADING TO
NOCTURNAL HYPOGLYCEMIA
LOW INSULIN LEVELS OVER 24 HRS NOT LEADING
TO NOCTURNAL HYPOGLYCEMIA
DURATION OF ACTION NEARLY 20 HRS SO
SINGLE INJECION DOES NOT COVER WHOLE
DAY
DURATION OF ACTION 24 HRS SO ONCE DAILY
DOSING IS SUFFICIENT
IN NEWER FORMS THRICE A WEEK
ADMINISTRATION IS AIMED
VARIABILITY OF ABSORPTION AND HIGHLY
UNPREDICTABLE ACTION PROFILE
IRRESPECTIVE OF TIME OF ADMINISTRATION
FASTING AND INTERDIGESTIVE BLOOD SUGAR
LEVELS ARE MAINTAINED
VARIABILITY OF ABSORPTION LOW
PREDICTABLE ACTION PROFILE
DETEMIR
• Smooth time action profile with no peak
• May reqiure twice daily dosing
• Glycemic control similar to NPH
• Onset of action is dose dependant
• Does not cause nocturnal hypoglycemia
DEGLUDEC
• Ultra long acting insulin analogue
• Suitable for thrice weekly administration
SUITABLE FOR
• Professionals with busy lifestyle and uncertain
mealtimes.
• Unpredictable FBS /PPBS
• People with risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia
• Unexpected exercise
• Critical patients
SPECIAL CASES SCENARIO
• DKA – IV Lispro
• Pregnancy – Aspart and Lispro
• Elderly in whom recurrent hypoglycemia is
common
NEWER INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM
• Analogues also find use in newer insulin
delivery systems
• Insulin pens with cartridges
• Continous Subcutaneous Insulin Injection
pumps
FALLBACKS OF INSULIN ANALOGUES
• Worsening retinopathy with LISPRO as it is
homologous to IGF 1
• Association between Glargine and
carcinogenecity is being studied
• Cost factor is one of the major drawbacks
INSULIN RESISTANCE
• Insulin resistance is described as the failure of
target organs to respond normally to the
action of insulin
• In this condition the cells of especially muscle
,fat and liver tissue express resistance to
insulin by failing to take up and utilize glucose
for energy and metabolism
DRUGS CAUSING INSULIN RESISTANCE
• Rifampicin
• Isoniazid
• Risperidone
• Olanzepine
• Progesterones
• Corticosteroids
• Glucocorticoids
THANK YOU

Insulin analogues

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  • 3.
    WHAT ARE INSULINANALOGUES • Insulin analogues are genetically engineered molecules • Amino acid sequence in human insulin is changed to alter its pharmacokinetics • They bind to insulin receptors in the same way as human insulin and produce similar effects • Also known as DESIGNER INSULINS INSULIN RECEPTOR LIGANDS DEMOCRATIC INSULINS
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    CLASSIFICATION SHORT ACTING LONGACTING REGULAR NPH LISPRO GLARGINE ASPART DETEMIR GLULISINE DEGLUDEC
  • 5.
    NEED FOR INSULINANALOGUES • Aims to mimic physiological insulin secretions • Bolus should have rapid onset ,rapid peak and short duration • Basal requirements should have low basal concentration for a long duration without a peak
  • 6.
    FALLBACKS OF CURRENTINSULIN THERAPY • Does not mimic physiological insulin • Often prevents mismatch between requirement and availability • Causing inadequate glycemic control and late or nocturnal hypoglycemia
  • 7.
    REGULAR INSULIN INSULINANALOGUES FORMS HEXAMERS WHICH DISSOCIATE SLOWLY INTO MONOMERS THUS DEALYING ABSORPTION LESS PROPENSITY TO FORM HEXAMERS EVEN IF HEXAMERS ARE FORMED THEY QUICKLY DISSOCIATE INTO MONOMERS AND ARE RAPIDLY ABSORBED. DELAYED ONSET OF ACTION ½ TO 1 HR - POSTPRANDIAL HYPERGLYCEMIA PEAK ACTION 2 TO 3 HRS DURATION OF ACTION 5 TO 8 HRS RAPID ONSET OF ACTION -10 TO 20 MINS PEAK ACTION 1 to 2 HRS DURATION OF ACTION 4 to 5 HRS NEEDS TO BE ADMINISTERED 30 TO 45 MINS BEFORE THE MEAL AND DOSE CANNOT BE ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO SIZE OF MEAL MIMICS PHYSIOLOGICAL BOLUS CAN BE ADMINISTERE BEFOR OR AFTER MEAL ALLOWS DOSE ADJUSMENT ACCORDING TO SIZE OF MEAL VARIES WITH INJECTION SITE AND EXERCISE VARIABILITY OF ABSORPTION AS HIGH AS 25 % DOES NOT VARY WITH INJECTION SITE OR EXERCISE
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    LONG ACTING • GLARGINE •DETEMIR • DEGLUDEC
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    NPH INSULINS LONGACTING INSULIN ANALOGUES DOES NOT MIMIC PHYSIOLOGICAL BASAL INSULIN SECRETION MIMICS PHYSIOLOGICAL INSULIN SECRETION PEAK ACTION 5 TO 7 HRS LEADING TO NOCTURNAL HYPOGLYCEMIA LOW INSULIN LEVELS OVER 24 HRS NOT LEADING TO NOCTURNAL HYPOGLYCEMIA DURATION OF ACTION NEARLY 20 HRS SO SINGLE INJECION DOES NOT COVER WHOLE DAY DURATION OF ACTION 24 HRS SO ONCE DAILY DOSING IS SUFFICIENT IN NEWER FORMS THRICE A WEEK ADMINISTRATION IS AIMED VARIABILITY OF ABSORPTION AND HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE ACTION PROFILE IRRESPECTIVE OF TIME OF ADMINISTRATION FASTING AND INTERDIGESTIVE BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS ARE MAINTAINED VARIABILITY OF ABSORPTION LOW PREDICTABLE ACTION PROFILE
  • 13.
    DETEMIR • Smooth timeaction profile with no peak • May reqiure twice daily dosing • Glycemic control similar to NPH • Onset of action is dose dependant • Does not cause nocturnal hypoglycemia DEGLUDEC • Ultra long acting insulin analogue • Suitable for thrice weekly administration
  • 14.
    SUITABLE FOR • Professionalswith busy lifestyle and uncertain mealtimes. • Unpredictable FBS /PPBS • People with risk of nocturnal hypoglycemia • Unexpected exercise • Critical patients
  • 15.
    SPECIAL CASES SCENARIO •DKA – IV Lispro • Pregnancy – Aspart and Lispro • Elderly in whom recurrent hypoglycemia is common
  • 16.
    NEWER INSULIN DELIVERYSYSTEM • Analogues also find use in newer insulin delivery systems • Insulin pens with cartridges • Continous Subcutaneous Insulin Injection pumps
  • 17.
    FALLBACKS OF INSULINANALOGUES • Worsening retinopathy with LISPRO as it is homologous to IGF 1 • Association between Glargine and carcinogenecity is being studied • Cost factor is one of the major drawbacks
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    • Insulin resistanceis described as the failure of target organs to respond normally to the action of insulin • In this condition the cells of especially muscle ,fat and liver tissue express resistance to insulin by failing to take up and utilize glucose for energy and metabolism
  • 24.
    DRUGS CAUSING INSULINRESISTANCE • Rifampicin • Isoniazid • Risperidone • Olanzepine • Progesterones • Corticosteroids • Glucocorticoids
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