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Filter by:Manually suspending an insulin pump at the beginning of aerobic exercise reduces the risk of exercise-associated hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) in patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, since patients with T1D often do not make exercise-related adjustments to their insulin regimen, our group has developed an algorithm to initiate pump suspension in a user-independent manner upon projecting exercise-associated hypoglycemia. The current study seeks to test the efficacy of this algorithm by asking users to participate in a sports camp while wearing an insulin pump, continuous glucose monitor, and accelerometer/heart rate monitor (to detect exercise), which will communicate electronically to a pump shutoff algorithm. On one of the days the algorithm will be used, while on the other day their normal insulin rate will continue for comparative purposes. The investigators hypothesize that the use of an accelerometer-augmented computer algorithm for insulin pump suspension during exercise will result in significantly fewer episodes of hypoglycemia (both during exercise and in post-exercise monitoring) than in exercise without a pump suspension algorithm.
Recently, we generated a new multidisciplinary ubiquitous healthcare system by upgrading our clinical decision supporting system (CDSS) rule engine, and integrating a physical activity-monitoring device and dietary feedback into a comprehensive package. We hypothesize that individualized multidisciplinary u-healthcare service combined with exercise monitoring and dietary feedback will result in better glucose control with less hypoglycemia in an elderly population.
In hypoglycemia, there is a counterregulation to restore glucose levels. An important part of this counterregulation is the release of the hormone glucagon. Since the GLP-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide has been shown to be associated with a low risk of hypoglycemia, this study examines whether lixisenatide affects the glucagon response to hypoglycemia.
The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of a fixed dose combination of vildagliptin plus metformin versus combination therapy of glimepiride plus metformin in glycemic variability in patients with type 2 diabetes who have not achieved adequate control of their disease prior to treatment with metformin monotherapy in optimal doses.
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and safety of 3 milligrams (mg) glucagon (glucagon nasal powder) administered nasally compared with commercially available glucagon given by intramuscular injection.
The risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) associated with the treatment of diabetes increases with age. Hypoglycemia is a common reason for admission to hospital for older patients with diabetes. Older patients are often unaware that their blood sugar is low and asymptomatic hypoglycemia, as assessed by continuous blood sugar monitoring, is frequent in the elderly. There is also evidence that older people with diabetes are more likely to develop cardiovascular events such a heart attack and more likely to die suddenly when compared to older people without diabetes. It is possible that low blood sugar levels contribute to the increased frequency of these events, but this possibility has never been studied. The purpose of this study is to assess how frequently low blood sugar occurs in older patients with diabetes and to see if low blood sugars adversely affect heart function in these patients.
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that G-Pen(TM) glucagon is comparable to Lilly Glucagon(TM) in terms of safety and efficacy, as a treatment for severe hypoglycemia, a complication of diabetes.
Hypoglycemia is frequent in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates and compromises their neurological outcome. The aim of this study was to compare real-time continuous glucose monitoring system (RT-CGMS) to standard method by intermittent capillary blood glucose testing in detecting and managing hypoglycemia. The investigators calculated a number of 48 neonates to be randomized between 2 ways of glucose level monitoring for their 3 first days of life : either by RT-CGMS (CGM-group), or by intermittent capillary glucose testing (IGM-group) associated with a blind-CGMS to detect retrospectively missed hypoglycemia. The investigators' hypothesis is that in the CGM group number and duration of hypoglycemia will be lower.
Managing patients with type1 diabetes when fasting Ramadan is very challenging. Insulin pump offers the advantage of flexibility and precision to administering insulin and has been proven to reduce severe hypoglycemia compared to multi-dose injection (MDI). However, there are extremely limited studies on the difference between insulin pump compared to MDI on the incidence of hypoglycemia and other acute complications during fasting Ramadan The investigators hypothesized that insulin pump would be associated with less hypoglycemic events during fasting Ramadan compared to MDI without deterioration in glycemic control. Results of this study are descriptive but will fill a current gap in knowledge and may contribute to development of future guidelines for the management of type1DM during Ramadan.
Post-gastric bypass hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is a recently described disorder occurring in some patients after gastric bypass surgery for obesity. The pathogenesis is incompletely understood but involves a robust insulin response to ingested carbohydrate. The resultant hyperinsulinemia sometimes produces hypoglycemia with neuroglycopenia, confusion and even loss of consciousness. Various treatments have been recommended including low carbohydrate diets, coingestion of the medication acarbose with carbohydrate containing meals, partial pancreatectomy and even total pancreatectomy. None is completely satisfactory. We propose to test two new potential treatments. Using a design with random assignment of three conditions we plan to compare, in 10 patients with post-gastric bypass hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, a high carbohydrate test meal (control condition), a high carbohydrate test meal after pre-treatment with rapid acting aspart insulin (insulin condition), and a high fructose, low glucose test meal with carbohydrate and caloric content similar to the control meal (fructose condition).