Second-Generation Insulin Analogues - a Review of Recent Real-World Data and Forthcoming Head-to-Head Comparisons.

ABSTRACT: Insulin analogues play a key role in the effective management of type 2 diabetes. However, there are several behavioural barriers to appropriate early initiation of insulin therapy, despite compelling evidence supporting the benefits of this strategy in those patients for whom oral anti-diabetes agents provide insufficient control. The development of second-generation insulin analogues (insulin glargine 300 U/mL and insulin degludec) has provided physicians with agents that can provide comparable glycaemic control to first-generation insulin, but with a reduced risk of hypoglycaemia and modes of action suited to once-daily regimens. These characteristics may help overcome patient and physician concerns about early insulin use in disease management. To date, there have been no head-to-head

SUBMITTER: Mauricio D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009413 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature