Abstract
Despite improvements for management of type 1 diabetes (T1D), patients have difficulty achieving glycated hemoglobin (A1c) levels recommended by the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT). Two multicenter randomized trials were conducted to evaluate benefit of using a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) with standard glucose monitoring for T1D management. The primary study evaluated benefits of CGM in 322 patients with A1c >7.0 %. The secondary study evaluated 129 patients with A1c <7.0 %. In the primary study, CGM resulted in improvements in A1c at 6 m in subjects >25 years, but not those <25. However, all subjects using CGM regularly showed benefit. Improved A1c did not come with increased severe hypoglycemia as seen in the DCCT, and benefit was sustained over 1 year. In the secondary study, CGM use helped subjects maintain target A1c levels with reduced exposure to biochemical hypoglycemia. The data collected allowed for other analyses of important factors in T1D management.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 380-387 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of cardiovascular translational research |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2012 |
Keywords
- Continuous glucose monitoring
- Glycated hemoglobin
- Hypoglycemia
- Psychosocial factors
- Type 1 diabetes