Efficacy and Acceptance of Two Intensified Conventional Insulin Therapy Regimens: a Long‐term Cross‐over Comparison
- 30 July 1989
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Diabetic Medicine
- Vol. 6 (5), 416-421
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-5491.1989.tb01196.x
Abstract
The efficacy and acceptability of multiple daily insulin injections (three preprandial injections of short-acting insulin (NovoPen) plus once daily extended-acting insulin) were compared with those of twice daily injections of short- and intermediate-acting insulin. Sixteen Type 1 diabetic patients participated in a cross-over study (6-month treatment periods). Total areas under 24-h plasma free insulin curves, assessed at the end of each study period, were not significantly different, but a greater area under this curve was found for the pen-injector regimen from 1200 to 1600 h (150 +/- 15 (SE) vs 106 +/- 7 mU l-1 h, p less than 0.01). Home blood glucose profiles showed significantly lower values with pen-injector therapy after lunch (7.1 +/- 0.6 vs 8.4 +/- 0.4 mmol l-1, p = 0.05) and before and after dinner (6.4 +/- 0.6 vs 8.8 +/- 0.5 mmol l-1, p less than 0.005, and 7.5 +/- 0.7 vs 9.4 +/- 1.1 mmol l-1, p less than 0.05). Mean daily blood glucose concentration was also lower (7.1 +/- 0.4 vs 8.2 +/- 0.5 mmol l-1, p less than 0.05). HbA1, fructosamine, hypoglycaemic reactions, and body weight were not significantly different. Thirteen patients decided to continue with pen-injector therapy at the end of the study.Keywords
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