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- Title
Impact of Insulin Sensitivity and β-Cell Function Over Time on Glycemic Outcomes in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE): Differential Treatment Effects of Dual Therapy.
- Authors
Utzschneider, Kristina M.; Younes, Naji; Butera, Nicole M.; Balasubramanyam, Ashok; Bergenstal, Richard M.; Barzilay, Joshua; DeSouza, Cyrus; DeFronzo, Ralph A.; Elasy, Tom; Krakoff, Jonathan; Kahn, Steven E.; Rasouli, Neda; Valencia, Willy M.; Sivitz, William I.; Crandall, J.P.; McKee, M.D.; Behringer-Massera, S.; Brown-Friday, J.; Xhori, E.; Ballentine-Cargill, K.
- Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effects of insulin sensitivity and β-cell function over time on HbA1c and durability of glycemic control in response to dual therapy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: GRADE participants were randomized to glimepiride (n = 1,254), liraglutide (n = 1,262), or sitagliptin (n = 1,268) added to baseline metformin and followed for mean ± SD 5.0 ± 1.3 years, with HbA1c assessed quarterly and oral glucose tolerance tests at baseline, 1, 3, and 5 years. We related time-varying insulin sensitivity (HOMA 2 of insulin sensitivity [HOMA2-%S]) and early (0–30 min) and total (0–120 min) C-peptide (CP) responses to changes in HbA1c and glycemic failure (primary outcome HbA1c ≥7% [53 mmol/mol] and secondary outcome HbA1c >7.5% [58 mmol/mol]) and examined differential treatment responses. RESULTS: Higher HOMA2-%S was associated with greater initial HbA1c lowering (3 months) but not subsequent HbA1c rise. Greater CP responses were associated with a greater initial treatment response and slower subsequent HbA1c rise. Higher HOMA2-%S and CP responses were each associated with lower risk of primary and secondary outcomes. These associations differed by treatment. In the sitagliptin group, HOMA2-%S and CP responses had greater impact on initial HbA1c reduction (test of heterogeneity, P = 0.009 HOMA2-%S, P = 0.018 early CP, P = 0.001 total CP) and risk of primary outcome (P = 0.005 HOMA2-%S, P = 0.11 early CP, P = 0.025 total CP) but lesser impact on HbA1c rise (P = 0.175 HOMA2-%S, P = 0.006 early CP, P < 0.001 total CP) in comparisons with the glimepiride and liraglutide groups. There were no differential treatment effects on secondary outcome. CONCLUSIONS: Insulin sensitivity and β-cell function affected treatment outcomes irrespective of drug assignment, with greater impact in the sitagliptin group on initial (short-term) HbA1c response in comparison with the glimepiride and liraglutide groups.
- Subjects
INSULIN sensitivity; TREATMENT effectiveness; COMPARATIVE method; GLUCOSE tolerance tests; GLYCEMIC control
- Publication
Diabetes Care, 2024, Vol 47, Issue 4, p571
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2337/dc23-1059