scholarly journals Rapid Acting Insulin Use and Persistence among Elderly Type 2 Diabetes Patients Adding RAI to Oral Antidiabetes Drug Regimens

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Usha Sambamoorthi ◽  
Arijita Deb ◽  
Steve Zhou ◽  
Rahul Garg ◽  
Tao Fan ◽  
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We examined the real-world utilization and persistence of rapid acting insulin (RAI) in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes who added RAI to their drug (OAD) regimen. Insulin-naïve patients aged ≥65 years, with ≥1 OAD prescription during the baseline period, who were continuously enrolled in the US Humana Medicare Advantage insurance plan for 18 months and initiated RAI were included. Among patients with ≥2 RAI prescriptions (RAIp), persistence during the 12-month follow-up was assessed. Multivariate logistic regression analyses identified factors affecting RAI use and persistence. Of 3734 patients adding RAI to their OAD regimen, 2334 (62.5%) had a RAIp during follow-up. Factors associated with RAIp included using ≤2 OADs; cognitive impairment, basal insulin use during follow-up; and higher RAI out-of-pocket costs ($36 to <$56 versus$0 to$6.30). Patients were less likely to persist with RAI when on ≤2 OADs versus ≥3 OADs and when having higher RAI out-of-pocket costs ($36 to <$56 versus$0 to$6.30) and more likely to persist when they had cognitive impairment and basal insulin use during follow-up. Real-world persistence of RAI in insulin-naïve elderly patients with type 2 diabetes was very poor when RAI was added to an OAD regimen.

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. A668
Author(s):  
JD Seeger ◽  
AM Loughlin ◽  
Q Qiao ◽  
AP Nunes ◽  
S Ezzy ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Ting Yang ◽  
Kuan-Ying Li ◽  
Chen-Yi Yang ◽  
Huang-Tz Ou ◽  
Shihchen Kuo

Abstract Background: Little is known about the comparative vascular safety of basal insulin (intermediate-acting human insulin [IAHI] or long-acting insulin analogue [LAIA]) in type 2 diabetes. We sought to examine the vascular and hypoglycemic effects associated with IAHI versus LAIA in real-world patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods: We conducted a nationwide population-based, retrospective cohort study using Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Research Database to include patients with type 2 diabetes who stably used an IAHI (N=11,521) or LAIA (N=37,651) in the period 2004-2012. A rigorous three-step matching algorithm that considered the initiation date of basal insulin, previous exposure of antidiabetic treatments, comorbidities, diabetes severity and complications, and concomitant medications was applied to achieve the between-group comparability. Study outcomes, including composite cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), composite microvascular diseases (MVDs), and hypoglycemia, were assessed up to the end of 2013. Results: Baseline patient characteristics were balanced with the application of the matching scheme. Compared with LAIA, the use of IAHI was associated with greater risks of composite CVDs (adjusted hazard ratio: 1,79; 95% confidence interval: 1.20-2.67) and hospitalized hypoglycemia (1.82; 1.51-2.20), but a lower risk of composite MVDs (0.88; 0.84-0.91). Subgroup and sensitivity analyses showed a consistent trend of results with that in the primary analyses. Conclusions: The use of a basal insulin with IAHI versus LAIA among patients with type 2 diabetes in usual practice may be associated with a lower risk of MVDs, and strategies should be optimized for minimizing the risks of hypoglycemia and CVDs in this population.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai-Cheng Chang ◽  
Shih-Chieh Shao ◽  
Shihchen Kuo ◽  
Chen-Yi Yang ◽  
Hui-Yu Chen ◽  
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Abstract Background Head-to-head comparison of clinical effectiveness between dulaglutide and liraglutide in Asia is limited. This study was aimed to assess the real-world comparative effectiveness of dulaglutide versus liraglutide. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study by utilizing multi-institutional electronic medical records to identify real-world type 2 diabetes patients treated with dulaglutide or liraglutide during 2016-2018 in Taiwan and followed up until 2019. Effectiveness outcomes were assessed at every three months in the one-year follow-up. Propensity score techniques were applied to enhance between-group comparability. Significant differences in changes of effectiveness outcomes between treatment groups during the follow-up were examined and further analyzed using mixed-model repeated-measures approaches. Results A total of 1,512 subjects receiving dulaglutide and 1,513 subjects receiving liraglutide were identified. At 12 months, significant HbA1c changes from baseline were found in both treatments (dulaglutide: -1.06%, p<0.001; liraglutide: -0.83%, p<0.001), with a significant between-group difference (-0.23%, 95% confidence interval: -0.38 to -0.08%, p<0.01). Both treatments yielded significant declines in weight, alanine aminotransferase level, and estimated glomerular filtration rate from baseline (dulaglutide: -1.14 kg, -3.08 U/L and -2.08 ml/min/1.73 m2, p<0.01; liraglutide: -1.64 kg, -3.65 U/L and -2.33 ml/min/1.73 m2, p<0.001), whereas only dulaglutide yielded a significant systolic blood pressure reduction (-2.47 mmHg, p<0.001). Between-group differences in changes of weight, blood pressure, and liver and renal functions at 12 months were not statistically significant. Conclusions In real-world T2D patients, dulaglutide versus liraglutide was associated with better glycemic control and comparable effects on changes of weight, blood pressure, and liver and renal functions.


Diabetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (Supplement 1) ◽  
pp. 64-LB
Author(s):  
ANDERS L. CARLSON ◽  
TIMOTHY D. DANIEL ◽  
ANDREA DESANTIS ◽  
SERGE JABBOUR ◽  
ESRA KARSLIOGLU-FRENCH ◽  
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