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. 2010 Sep 14;33(12):2502–2507. doi: 10.2337/dc10-1126

Table 2.

Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic parameters after subcutaneous injection of lispro

Healthy subjects (10 units) Subjects with type 2 diabetes (10 units) Subjects with type 2 diabetes (30 units) Subjects with type 2 diabetes (50 units)
ka (min) 0.0531 ± 0.0236 0.0455 ± 0.0242 0.0184 ± 0.0076§ 0.0179 ± 0.0091§
Tmax (min) 48.3 ± 4.1 55.7 ± 14.0 88.6 ± 21.9 130. 0 ± 46.0
Cmax (pmol/l) 523 ± 42 310 ± 28 808 ± 218 1,313 ± 346#
Cmax/D (liters) 0.0091 ± 0.0007 0.0054 ± 0.0005 0.0047 ± 0.0012 0.0046 ± 0.0012
AUC0-∞ (pmol/min/l) 68,462 ± 17,346 60,683 ± 15,191 192,155 ± 46,873 372,571 ± 59,578#
AUC0-∞/D (min/l) 1.190 ± 0.302 1.056 ± 0.264 1.140 ± 0.188 1.296 ± 0.208
Vz (liters) 67 ± 16 118 ± 34 104 ± 53 107 ± 46
Cl (l/min) 0.88 ± 0.21 0.99 ± 0.22 0.90 ± 0.14 0.79 ± 0.13
t½ (min) 67 ± 15 100 ± 34 97 ± 38 136 ± 72
Mean resistance time (min) 119 ± 21 180 ± 65 196 ± 30 236 ± 49
tGIRmax (min) 69 ± 12 130 ± 23 175 ± 21 245 ± 64#
GIRmax* (mg/kg/min) 9.0 (7.1–11.4) 0.6 (0.4–0.9) 2.0 (1.4–2.7) 2.5 (1.7–3.7)
GItot* (mg/kg) 2,299 (1,881–2,811) 92 (49–174) 364 (249–533) 678 (462–994)

Data are means ± SD unless otherwise indicated. There were 10 units administered in healthy subjects and 10, 30, and 50 units in obese subjects with type 2 diabetes.

*Geometric means with 95% CI;

P < 0.001 compared with healthy controls using unpaired t test;

P < 0.0001 compared with healthy controls using unpaired t test;

§P < 0.04 compared with 10 units in subjects with type 2 diabetes using repeated-measures ANOVA;

P ≤0.002 compared with 10 units in subjects with type 2 diabetes using repeated-measures ANOVA;

P < 0.05 compared with 30 units in subjects with type 2 diabetes using repeated-measures ANOVA;

#P ≤ 0.002 compared with 30 units in subjects with type 2 diabetes using repeated-measures ANOVA.