Comparison Between Continuous Versus Flash Glucose Monitoring in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes: An 8-Week Prospective Randomized Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

To assess the impact of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM) instead of first-generation flash glucose monitoring (FGM) on hypoglycaemia in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

Methods

In this randomized controlled interventional study, young individuals with type 1 diabetes used RT-CGM or FGM for 8 weeks. We evaluated changes in time below range (TBR), severe hypoglycaemia (SH), HbA1c, glycaemic variability, and impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia with RT-CGM (intervention group) in comparison with FGM.

Results

We randomly assigned 37 participants to either the intervention group (n = 19) or the control group (n = 18). At 8 weeks, we did not find a decrease in TBR in either group, but there was a significant reduction in SH in the i

SUBMITTER: Messaaoui A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9399330 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature