Patent ID: 9486526
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61K,A61P

Claim Text:
1. A method for treating and/or preventing type 2 diabetes mellitus in a patient having moderate or severe chronic renal impairment or end-stage renal disease comprising orally administering to the patient a DPP-4 inhibitor, which is 1-[(4-methyl-quinazolin-2-yl)methyl]-3-methyl-7-(2-butyn-1-yl)-8-(3-(R)-amino-piperidin-1-yl)-xanthine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein said DPP-4 inhibitor is administered in an oral dose of 5 mg per day to said patient, wherein metformin therapy for said patient is ineligible due to contraindication against metformin.