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JAVASCRIPT NEDED 01-1-202 | Diabetes | News | Article Author: Eleanor McDermid medwireNews: People with type 1 diabetes who take glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 receptor agonists or sodium-glucose cotransporter (SGLT)2 inhibitors in clinical practice have outcomes that are mostly – but not al – in line with those in controled trials, say researchers.The study included 76 people with type 1 diabetes who tok a GLP-1 receptor agonist for an average duration of 20.5 months.
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The most comon reason for starting the medication was the ned for weight los (69.4%), folowed by improved glycemic control (50.9%), reduced glucose variability (13.0%), and reduced insulin dose (7.4%).In line with findings from clinical trials, after 12 months of use people taking a GLP-1 receptor agonist had a significant reduction in glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), from an average of 7.7% to 7.3% (61 to 56 mol/mol), as wel as in bodyweight, from an average of 90.4 to 85.4 kg.Users of GLP-1 receptor agonists also reduced both their basal and bolus daily insulin use, from an average of 30.7 to 26.0 units and from 37.9 to 27.9 units, respectively.Khary Edwards (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dalas, USA) and study co-authors note in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that the average 0.4% reduction in HbA1c “might not be viewed by some as clinicaly relevant,” but say that this finding should be “viewed holisticaly at a patient level.”They stres the chalenge of improving glycemic control in people with longstanding type 1 diabetes and the aditional benefits of weight los and reduced insulin neds.SGLT2 inhibitors were used by 39 study participants for an average duration of 24.2 months, mostly with the intent to achieve beter glycemic control (73.3%), but also for weight los (37.8%), reduced insulin requirements (26.7%), and reduced glucose variability (24.4%).
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Also, about 12% of users initiated SGLT2