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Trial reportClinical pharmacology in drug development2021

Relationship Between Oral Semaglutide Tablet Erosion and Pharmacokinetics: A Pharmacoscintigraphic Study.

Tine A Baekdal, Morten Donsmark, Marie-Louise Hartoft-Nielsen, Flemming L Søndergaard, Alyson Connor

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Trial report in Clinical pharmacology in drug development, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Clinical Pharmacokinetics of Semaglutide: A Systematic Review.Drug design, development and therapy · 2024
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  4. Enhanced macromolecule bioavailability in rats and pigs using an in situ forming synthetic epithelial lining.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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  5. Semaglutide - properties, action and chromatographic analysis.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tine A BaekdalNovo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark.
Morten DonsmarkNovo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark.
Marie-Louise Hartoft-NielsenNovo Nordisk A/S, Søborg, Denmark.
Flemming L SøndergaardNovo Nordisk A/S, Aalborg Ø, Denmark.
Alyson ConnorQuotient Sciences, Nottingham, UK.
Novo Nordisk (Denmark) · DKQuotient Clinical (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Semaglutide, a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue, has been coformulated in a tablet with the absorption enhancer, sodium N-(8-[2-hydroxybenzoyl] amino) caprylate (SNAC). We investigated tablet erosion and the pharmacokinetics of oral semaglutide administered with 2 different water volumes and evaluated the relationships between these parameters. In a randomized, single-center (Quotient Sciences, UK), open-label, 2-period crossover trial, 26 healthy men received single doses of 10 mg oral semaglutide with 50 or 240 mL water while fasting. Tablet erosion and gastrointestinal transit were assessed by gamma scintigraphy. Semaglutide and SNAC plasma concentrations were measured until 24 and 6 hours, respectively, after administration. Complete tablet erosion (CTE) occurred in the stomach irrespective of water volume administered with the tablet (primary end point). Mean time to CTE was 85 versus 57 minutes with 50 versus 240 mL water (ratio 50/240 mL, 1.51; 95% confidence interval, 0.96-2.37; P = .072). Area under the semaglutide concentration-time curve from 0 to 24 hours (AUC

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Administration, OralAdultArea Under CurveCaprylatesCross-Over StudiesFastingGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor AgonistsGlucagon-Like PeptidesHumansHypoglycemic AgentsMaleMiddle AgedRadionuclide ImagingSemaglutideTabletsWaterCaprylatesGlucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor AgonistsGlucagon-Like PeptidesHypoglycemic AgentsN-(8-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)amino)caprylateSemaglutideTabletsWatergastric absorptiongastrointestinal transitglucagon-like peptide-1scintigraphysodium N-(8-[2-hydroxybenzoyl] amino) caprylate

Identifiers

PMID33750044
PMCPMC8251533
OpenAlexW3137006723

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