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ArticleInternational journal of endocrinology2015

Four-Point Preprandial Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose for the Assessment of Glycemic Control and Variability in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Treated with Insulin and Vildagliptin.

Andrea Tura, Johan Farngren, Anja Schweizer, James E Foley, Giovanni Pacini, Bo Ahrén

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Article in International journal of endocrinology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Effects of Vildagliptin Add-on Insulin Therapy on Nocturnal Glycemic Variations in Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes.Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2017
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Andrea TuraCNR Institute of Neuroscience, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy.
Johan FarngrenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, B11 BMC, 22184 Lund, Sweden.
Anja SchweizerNovartis Pharma AG, 4002 Basel, Switzerland.
James E FoleyNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, One Health Plaza, East Hanover, NJ 07936, USA.
Giovanni PaciniCNR Institute of Neuroscience, Corso Stati Uniti 4, 35127 Padova, Italy.
Bo AhrénDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, B11 BMC, 22184 Lund, Sweden.
Lund University · SENeuroscience Institute · ITNovartis (Switzerland) · CH

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study explored the utility of four-point preprandial glucose self-monitoring to calculate several indices of glycemic control and variability in a study adding the DPP-4 inhibitor vildagliptin to ongoing insulin therapy. This analysis utilized data from a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled crossover study in 29 patients with type 2 diabetes treated with vildagliptin or placebo on top of stable insulin dose. During two 4-week treatment periods, self-monitoring of plasma glucose was undertaken at 4 occasions every day. Glucose values were used to assess several indices of glycemic control quality, such as glucose mean, GRADE, M-VALUE, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia index, and indices of glycemic variability, such as standard deviation, CONGA, J-INDEX, and MAGE. We found that vildagliptin improved the glycemic condition compared to placebo: mean glycemic levels, and both GRADE and M-VALUE, were reduced by vildagliptin (P < 0.01). Indices also showed that vildagliptin reduced glycemia without increasing the risk for hypoglycemia. Almost all indices of glycemic variability showed an improvement of the glycemic condition with vildagliptin (P < 0.02), though more marked differences were shown by the more complex indices. In conclusion, the study shows that four-sample preprandial glucose self-monitoring is sufficient to yield information on the vildagliptin effects on glycemic control and variability.

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PMCPMC4637474
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