18 Oct Insulin Pump Therapy May Be Superior to Multiple Injections in Young People With Type 1 Diabetes
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Prof. Dr. med. Reinhard Holl
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Medical Faculty
Aachen University, Aachen,
Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry
University of Ulm, Ulm
Germany
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study? What are the main findings?
Response: Today there are two accepted strategies to treat type-1 diabetes: pump or multiple daily injections. In a large group of patients we compared both strategies, and our results indicate advantages for pump therapy with fewer severe hypos, fewer events of diabetic ketoacidosis, and better metabolic control.
MedicalResearch.com: What should clinicians and patients take away from your report?
Response: For children, adolescents and young adults, pump therapy may be superior to multiple daily injections as a treatment strategy for type-1 diabetes. This information may help decisions by patients, families and medical caregivers.
MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a result of this study?
Response: Future research might focus on the use of continuous glucose monitoring, together with either pump or multiple daily injections therapy.
MedicalResearch.com: Is there anything else you would like to add?
Response: This analysis was based on routine data from Germany, Austria and Luxemburg, with co-authors from all three countries. One co-author reported previous lectures supported by different pharmaceutical companies, the other authors had no conflict of interest.
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Last Updated on October 18, 2017 by Marie Benz MD FAAD