Fernando Gómez-Peralta 1 , Cristina Abreu 1 , Gustavo Mora-Navarro 2 , Pilar López-Morandeira 3 , Esteban Pérez-Gutierrez 4 , Blanca Cordero-García 5 , Miguel Brito-Sanfiel 6 . Show Affiliations »
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to confirm the usefulness of basal insulin analogue plus oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) for type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients inadequately controlled with premixed insulin with/without OADs and assess the role of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors within this regimen in clinical practice. METHODS: Spanish retrospective observational study that included 186 T2D patients with glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >7% (53 mmol/mol) despite premixed insulin with/without OADs who had been switched to basal insulin analogue plus OADs. Study data describing the situation before the treatment switch and 6 months later was retrospectively retrieved from patients' medical charts. RESULTS: Switching to a basal insulin plus OADs decreased HbA1c (-1.0%, p<0.001), fasting (-38.1 mg/dl, p<0.001) and postprandial glycemia (-36.1 mg/dl, p<0.001), with reduced body weight (-1.1 kg, p<0.001) and hypoglycemic episodes (-17.5%, p<0.001). 68 (36.6%) patients received a basal insulin plus DPP-4 inhibitor±metformin and 74 (39.8%) plus metformin only. The DPP-4 inhibitor±metformin group showed a greater HbA1c reduction than the metformin group (1.3±1.4% vs. 0.9±1.0%, p=0.022), with no significant differences between groups in hypoglycemic episodes. CONCLUSIONS: Basal insulin analogue plus OADs may be a useful treatment for type 2 diabetes patients inadequately controlled with premixed insulin. Administering DPP-4 inhibitors within this regimen may contribute to improve patients' glycemia, with a favorable weight-change profile and without increasing hypoglycemia risk. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to confirm the usefulness of basal insulin analogue plus oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) for type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients inadequately controlled with premixed insulin with/without OADs and assess the role of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4 ) inhibitors within this regimen in clinical practice. METHODS: Spanish retrospective observational study that included 186 T2D patients with glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) >7% (53 mmol/mol) despite premixed insulin with/without OADs who had been switched to basal insulin analogue plus OADs . Study data describing the situation before the treatment switch and 6 months later was retrospectively retrieved from patients ' medical charts. RESULTS: Switching to a basal insulin plus OADs decreased HbA1c (-1.0%, p<0.001), fasting (-38.1 mg/dl, p<0.001) and postprandial glycemia (-36.1 mg/dl, p<0.001), with reduced body weight (-1.1 kg, p<0.001) and hypoglycemic episodes (-17.5%, p<0.001). 68 (36.6%) patients received a basal insulin plus DPP-4 inhibitor±metformin and 74 (39.8%) plus metformin only. The DPP-4 inhibitor±metformin group showed a greater HbA1c reduction than the metformin group (1.3±1.4% vs. 0.9±1.0%, p=0.022), with no significant differences between groups in hypoglycemic episodes. CONCLUSIONS: Basal insulin analogue plus OADs may be a useful treatment for type 2 diabetes patients inadequately controlled with premixed insulin . Administering DPP-4 inhibitors within this regimen may contribute to improve patients ' glycemia, with a favorable weight-change profile and without increasing hypoglycemia risk. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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Year: 2017
PMID: 28704854 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-113453
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes ISSN: 0947-7349 Impact factor: 2.949