To study real-world effect of switching to Insulin Glargine 300 U/mL (Gla-300) on glucose metrics in people with type 1 diabetes. This retrospective secondary-use study compared 151 adults who switched to Gla-300 from first-generation long-acting insulins (Switchers) to 281 propensity-score matched controls (Non-switchers) who continued first-generation long-acting insulins. Primary endpoint was difference in time in range (TIR) evolution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNationwide reimbursement of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) was introduced in Belgium (2016). This real-world observational study investigates the impact of isCGM over 24 months on adults with type 1 diabetes with impaired or normal awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH or NAH). We included 1905 people who started first-generation 14-day FreeStyle Libre (without alerts).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM) can improve metabolic control and quality of life (QoL), but long-term real-world data in children with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are scarce. Over a period of 24 months, we assessed the impact of RT-CGM reimbursement on glycemic control and QoL in children/adolescents with T1D treated with insulin pumps.
Research Design And Methods: We conducted a multicenter prospective observational study.
Aims: To investigate whether single use of 4 mm needles combined with education about injection technique and lipohypertrophy affects HbA1c, hypoglycaemia and glucose variability.
Methods: Insulin-injecting people with diabetes recruited from nine Belgian diabetes centres were prospectively followed for 6 months. They were provided 4 mm pen needles and education concerning injection technique using an online platform (BD and Me™) based on the international Forum for Injection Technique & Therapy Recommendations focused on avoidance of lipohypertrophy zones and reduction of needle reuse.
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of switching from traditional mealtime insulins to fast-acting insulin aspart (Fiasp) in a "real-world" clinical practice setting in adult people with type 1 diabetes (PWD1) who were using intermittently scanned or real-time continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM or rtCGM, respectively).
Materials And Methods: Data from 438 adult PWD1 (60% men, age 44.6 ± 16.
Purpose: To investigate whether diabetes knowledge and health literacy impact glycemic control after 1 year of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) in people with type 1 diabetes ≥ 16 years.
Methods: In this prospective real-world cohort study, we assessed diabetes knowledge using a new 10-item questionnaire [Patient Education and Knowledge (PEAK)] and health literacy using the validated 6-item Newest-Vital Sign-D (NVS-D) questionnaire. Primary endpoint was association between PEAK score and change in hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).