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- Title
Insulin Glargine 300 U/mL and Insulin Glulisine Treatment in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Non-Interventional Study of Effectiveness in Routine Clinical Practice.
- Authors
Hidvégi, Tibor; Balogh, Zoltán; Vass, Viktor; Kovács, Gábor; Stella, Péter
- Abstract
Introduction: The EDITION development program confirmed that insulin glargine 300 U/mL (Gla-300) provides comparable glycemic control to insulin glargine 100 U/mL (Gla-100) but with lower hypoglycemia risk. Our study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Gla-300 in everyday practice. Methods: This one-arm, non-interventional study included patients with type 2 diabetes who were switched to Gla-300-based basal-bolus therapy (BBT) and followed for 6 months. Indications for switching included inadequate glycemic control and/or hypoglycemic events with the previous regimen. Results: Overall 229 patients were included, with mean age of 60.9 years. All glycemic variables improved between baseline and 6 months significantly (mean ± standard deviation [SD] hemoglobin A1c [HbA1c] from 8.9 ± 1.5% to 7.5 ± 1.1%, fasting blood glucose from 9.5 ± 3.1 mmol/L to 7.0 ± 2.1 mmol/L, postprandial blood glucose from 12.0 ± 3.8 mmol/L to 8.9 ± 2.5 mmol/L). Gla-300 doses were increased and mealtime insulin doses were unchanged. Rates of both non-severe and severe hypoglycemic events decreased significantly compared to pre-study and 6-month follow-up periods. Patients switched because of elevated HbA1c had higher baseline HbA1c and greater decrease in HbA1c paralleled with increase in insulin doses compared to those switched because of hypoglycemia. Conclusions: In day-to-day practice, switching from human insulin to Gla-300-based BBT resulted in significant improvement in glycemic control and decrease in hypoglycemia risk.
- Subjects
INSULIN; GLYCEMIC control; BLOOD sugar; TYPE 2 diabetes; INSULINOMA
- Publication
Diabetes Therapy, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 2, p467
- ISSN
1869-6953
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13300-019-00746-4