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ArticleClinical diabetes and endocrinology2018

Characteristics of insulin-Naïve people with type 2 diabetes who successfully respond to insulin glargine U100 after 24 weeks of treatment: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from 3 randomized clinical trials.

M H Cummings, D Cao, I Hadjiyianni, L L Ilag, M H Tan

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Article in Clinical diabetes and endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 33% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

M H Cummings1Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
D Cao2Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN USA.
I Hadjiyianni3Lilly Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany.
L L Ilag2Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8831-9726
M H Tan4University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI USA.
Eli Lilly (United States) · USEli Lilly (Germany) · DEQueen Alexandra Hospital · GBUniversity of Michigan · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTo identify baseline/clinical characteristics associated with clinically meaningful responses to insulin glargine 100 U/mL (IGlar) in insulin-naive people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

methodsIndividual participant data were pooled from 3 randomized trials to compare baseline characteristics and clinical outcomes associated with 24-week response to IGlar in combination with non-insulin antihyperglycemic agents in participants with T2DM. Responders were defined as achieving endpoint HbA1c target < 53 mmol/mol (< 7%) and/or ≥ 11 mmol/mol (≥ 1%) HbA1c reduction from baseline.

resultsDifferences in baseline characteristics for responders versus nonresponders were higher HbA1c (99 vs 91 mmol/mol [9.1 vs 8.3%];

conclusionsBaseline characteristics associated with response were identified. The strong predictability of 12-week response suggests that the magnitude of early HbA1c reduction should be considered when assessing response to IGlar. More aggressive IGlar titration may be reasonable for nonresponders and responders who have not reached FBG and HbA1c targets, taking into account other BG timepoints.

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Baseline characteristicsHbA1c composite endpointInsulin glargineInsulin naïveRespondersType 2 diabetes

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PMID29760944
PMCPMC5941643
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