Role of glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue versus amylin as an adjuvant therapy in type 1 diabetes in a closed loop setting with ePID algorithm.

Postprandial hyperglycemia due to paradoxical hyperglucagonemia is a major challenge of diabetes treatment despite the use of the artificial pancreas. We postulated that adjunctive therapy with pramlintide or exenatide would attenuate hyperglycemia in the postprandial phase through glucagon suppression, thereby optimizing the functioning of the closed-loop (CL) system. Subjects with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) on insulin pump therapy were recruited to participate in a 27-hour hospitalized admission on 3 occasions (2-4 weeks apart) and placed on the insulin delivery via CL system in random order to receive (1) insulin alone (control), (2) exenatide 2.