Glycemic Outcomes in Adults With T1D Are Impacted More by Continuous Glucose Monitoring Than by Insulin Delivery Method: 3 Years of Follow-Up From the COMISAIR Study (original) (raw)

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Continuous Glucose Monitoring For Type 1 Diabetes| September 17 2019

Jan Šoupal;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Lenka Petruželková

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2Department of Paediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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George Grunberger

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3Grunberger Diabetes Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI; and Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI

4Department of Internal Medicine, William Beaumont School of Medicine, Oakland University, Rochester, MI

51st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Aneta Hásková;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Milan Flekač;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Martin Matoulek;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Ondřej Mikeš;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Tomáš Pelcl;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Jan Škrha, Jr.;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Eva Horová;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Jan Škrha;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Christopher G. Parkin

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6CGParkin Communications, Inc., Henderson, NV

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Štěpán Svačina;

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Martin Prázný

13rd Department of Internal Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

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Diabetes Care 2020;43(1):37–43

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Jan Šoupal, Lenka Petruželková, George Grunberger, Aneta Hásková, Milan Flekač, Martin Matoulek, Ondřej Mikeš, Tomáš Pelcl, Jan Škrha, Eva Horová, Jan Škrha, Christopher G. Parkin, Štěpán Svačina, Martin Prázný; Glycemic Outcomes in Adults With T1D Are Impacted More by Continuous Glucose Monitoring Than by Insulin Delivery Method: 3 Years of Follow-Up From the COMISAIR Study. _Diabetes Care 1 January 2020; 43 (1): 37–43. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc19-0888

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OBJECTIVE

This study assessed the clinical impact of four treatment strategies in adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D): real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) with multiple daily insulin injections (rtCGM+MDI), rtCGM with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (rtCGM+CSII), self-monitoring of blood glucose with MDI (SMBG+MDI), and SMBG with CSII (SMBG+CSII).

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

This 3-year, nonrandomized, prospective, real-world, clinical trial followed 94 participants with T1D (rtCGM+MDI, n = 22; rtCGM+CSII, n = 26; SMBG+MDI, n = 21; SMBG+CSII, n = 25). The main end points were changes in A1C, time in range (70–180 mg/dL [3.9–10 mmol/L]), time below range (<70 mg/dL [<3.9 mmol/L]), glycemic variability, and incidence of hypoglycemia.

RESULTS

At 3 years, the rtCGM groups (rtCGM+MDI and rtCGM+CSII) had significantly lower A1C (7.0% [53 mmol/mol], P = 0.0002, and 6.9% [52 mmol/mol], P < 0.0001, respectively), compared with the SMBG+CSII and SMBG+MDI groups (7.7% [61 mmol/mol], P = 0.3574, and 8.0% [64 mmol/mol], P = 1.000, respectively), with no significant difference between the rtCGM groups. Significant improvements in percentage of time in range were observed in the rtCGM subgroups (rtCGM+MDI, 48.7–69.0%, P < 0.0001; and rtCGM+CSII, 50.9–72.3%, P < 0.0001) and in the SMBG+CSII group (50.6–57.8%, P = 0.0114). Significant reductions in time below range were found only in the rtCGM subgroups (rtCGM+MDI, 9.4–5.5%, P = 0.0387; and rtCGM+CSII, 9.0–5.3%, P = 0.0235). Seven severe hypoglycemia episodes occurred: SMBG groups, n = 5; sensor-augmented insulin regimen groups, n = 2.

CONCLUSIONS

rtCGM was superior to SMBG in reducing A1C, hypoglycemia, and other end points in individuals with T1D regardless of their insulin delivery method. rtCGM+MDI can be considered an equivalent but lower-cost alternative to sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy and superior to treatment with SMBG+MDI or SMBG+CSII therapy.

© 2019 by the American Diabetes Association.

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