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A randomized controlled trial comparing treatment with oral agents and basal insulin in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in long-term care facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Managing hyperglycemia and diabetes is challenging in geriatric patients admitted to long-term care (LTC) facilities.

Methods

This randomized control trial enrolled patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with blood glucose (BG) >180 mg/dL or glycated hemoglobin >7.5% to receive low-dose basal insulin (glargine, starting dose 0.1 U/kg/day) or oral antidiabetic drug (OAD) therapy as per primary care provider discretion for 26 weeks. Both groups received supplemental rapid-acting insulin before meals for BG >200 mg/dL. Primary end point was difference in glycemic control as measured by fasting and mean daily glucose concentration between groups.

Results

A total of 150 patients (age: 79±8 years, body mass index: 30.1±6.5 kg/m(2), duration of diabetes mellitus: 8.2±5.1 years, randomization BG: 194±97 mg/dL) were randomized to basal insulin (n=75) and OAD therapy (n=75). There were no differences in the mean fasting BG (131±27 mg/dL vs 123±23 mg/dL, p=0.06) between insulin and OAD groups, but patients treated with insulin had greater mean daily BG (163±39 mg/dL vs 138±27 mg/dL, p<0.001) compared to those treated with OADs. There were no differences in the rate of hypoglycemia (<70 mg/dL) between insulin (27%) and OAD (31%) groups, p=0.58. In addition, there were no differences in the number of hospital complications, emergency room visits, and mortality between treatment groups.

Conclusions

The results of this randomized study indicate that elderly patients with T2D in LTC facilities exhibited similar glycemic control, hypoglycemic events and complications when treated with either basal insulin or with oral antidiabetic drugs.

Trial registration number

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01131052.

SUBMITTER: Pasquel FJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4553905 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A randomized controlled trial comparing treatment with oral agents and basal insulin in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes in long-term care facilities.

Pasquel Francisco J FJ Powell Winter W Peng Limin L Johnson Theodore M TM Sadeghi-Yarandi Shadi S Newton Christopher C Smiley Dawn D Toyoshima Marcos T MT Aram Pedram P Umpierrez Guillermo E GE

BMJ open diabetes research & care 20150828 1

<h4>Background</h4>Managing hyperglycemia and diabetes is challenging in geriatric patients admitted to long-term care (LTC) facilities.<h4>Methods</h4>This randomized control trial enrolled patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with blood glucose (BG) >180 mg/dL or glycated hemoglobin >7.5% to receive low-dose basal insulin (glargine, starting dose 0.1 U/kg/day) or oral antidiabetic drug (OAD) therapy as per primary care provider discretion for 26 weeks. Both groups received supplemental rapid-ac ...[more]

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