Variability of Insulin Requirements Over 12 Weeks of Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes

Yue Ruan, Hood Thabit, Lalantha Leelarathna, Sara Hartnell, Malgorzata E Willinska, Sibylle Dellweg, Carsten Benesch, Julia K Mader, Manuel Holzer, Harald Kojzar, Mark L Evans, Thomas R Pieber, Sabine Arnolds, Roman Hovorka, AP@home Consortium

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To quantify variability of insulin requirements during closed-loop insulin delivery.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed overnight, daytime, and total daily insulin amounts delivered during a multicenter closed-loop trial involving 32 adults with type 1 diabetes. Participants applied hybrid day-and-night closed-loop insulin delivery under free-living home conditions over 12 weeks. The coefficient of variation was adopted to measure variability of insulin requirements in individual subjects.

RESULTS: Data were analyzed from 1,918 nights, 1,883 daytime periods and 1,564 total days characterized by closed-loop use over 85% of time. Variability of overnight insulin requirements (mean [SD] coefficient of variation 31% [4]) was nearly twice as high as variability of total daily requirements (17% [3], P < 0.001) and was also higher than variability of daytime insulin requirements (22% [4], P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Overnight insulin requirements were significantly more variable than daytime and total daily amounts. This may explain why some people with type 1 diabetes report frustrating variability in morning glycemia.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)830-2
Number of pages3
JournalDiabetes Care
Volume39
Issue number5
Early online date10 Mar 2016
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2016

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Blood Glucose
  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin
  • Insulin Infusion Systems
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Young Adult
  • Journal Article
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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