• Department of Endocrinology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan 610072, P. R. China;
ZHANGXue-jun, Email: zxj9819@163.com
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Objective To explore the efficacy and safety of basal insulin plus oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) treatment switched from premixed insulin therapy in type 2 diabetes patients. Methods Patients with type 2 diabetes with glycosylated hemoglobin (A1C) lower than 10%, taking stable dose of premixed insulin twice daily for at least 12 weeks, and treated between February 2010 and August 2011 were identified from our outpatient service, and their treatment was switched to glargine plus OADs. After 24 weeks of treatment, we analyzed the changes of the patients' weight, fasting and postprandial blood glucose (FBG and PBG), A1C, hypoglycemic events and insulin dose. Results A total of 36 patients were followed up and received glargine plus OADs. After glargine treatment, the patients' weight[(63.77±10.34) vs. (62.31±9.98)kg, P=0.002] and total insulin dose[(23.56±6.15) vs. (10.28±4.04)kg, P=0.000] were declined obviously. The A1C level had further declined in the group of premixed insulin therapy with A1C approaching or reaching 7% from start to end point (6.70±0.81)% vs.(6.34±0.55)kg, P=0.007], and the insulin dose was (0.16±0.06) U/(kg·d). However, no significant difference of the incidence of hypoglycemic events was discovered compared with non-standard group (33.33% vs. 55.56%, P=0.267). Compared with premixed insulin group, glargine group usually had 1 or 2 kinds of OADs, and the most widely used drug was glucophage (17/36). Conclusion In type 2 diabetes patients whose A1C level approaches or reaches 7%, switching premixed insulin therapy to glargine plus OADs is associated with significant improvement in glycemic control, as well as sound safety and other benefits.

Citation: LIULi-mei, ZHANGXue-jun, BAOMing-jing, YANGYan, LIPeng-qiu, XIANYang, WUJi-chuan. Clinical Practice Analysis of Type 2 Diabetes Patients with Premixed Insulin Switched to Basic Insulin plus Oral Antidiabetic Drugs. West China Medical Journal, 2014, 29(1): 11-14. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.20140004 Copy

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