Publications by authors named "Sylvaine Clavel"

Background: We assessed the performance and patient satisfaction of a new insulin patch pump, the A7+TouchCare (Medtrum), compared with the Omnipod system.

Methods: This multicenter, randomized, open-label, controlled study enrolled 100 adult patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus (A1C ≥ 6.5% and ≤ 9.

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  • The study investigates Charcot neuroarthropathy (CN) in patients with diabetes, focusing on whether hyperglycemia decreases when an active phase of CN begins.
  • Researchers analyzed Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in 103 diabetic patients before and during the active phase of CN, looking at changes over six months prior to diagnosis.
  • Results indicated a significant decline in HbA1c levels from six months to three months before diagnosis and from six months to the onset of the active phase, suggesting a relationship between reduced blood sugar levels and the onset of CN.
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Background: The incidence of childhood type 1 diabetes (T1D) incidence is rising in many countries, supposedly because of changing environmental factors, which are yet largely unknown. The purpose of the study was to unravel environmental markers associated with T1D.

Methods: Cases were children with T1D from the French Isis-Diab cohort.

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Diabetic foot problems remain, even today, a major world public health issue. The identification of patients at risk, diagnosis, prevention, assessment and treatments are all aspects of the approach to this pathology.

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Since the recent recommendations by the French speaking association for research on diabetes and metabolic illnesses (Alfediam), treatment by insulin pump has found itself in competition with basal-bolus, a procedure using similar injections of insulin which has become a benchmark treatment. The latest Alfediam guidelines focus on defining ways of treating diabetics with an external insulin pump.

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