Short- and long-term effects of real-time continuous glucose monitoring in patients with type 2 diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether short-time, real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM) has long-term salutary glycemic effects in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not on prandial insulin.

Research design and methods

This was a randomized controlled trial of 100 adults with type 2 diabetes who were not on prandial insulin. This study compared the effects of 12 weeks of intermittent RT-CGM with self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) on glycemic control over a 40-week follow-up period. Subjects received diabetes care from their regular provider without therapeutic intervention from the study team.

Results

There was a significant difference in A1C at the end of the 3-month active intervention that was sustained during the follow-up period. The mean, unadjusted

SUBMITTER: Vigersky RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3241321 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature