Colino E, López-Capapé M, Golmayo L, Alvarez MA, Alonso M, Barrio R. Therapy with insulin glargine (Lantus) in toddlers, children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2005;
70:1-7. [PMID:
16126116 DOI:
10.1016/j.diabres.2005.02.004]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To determine the efficacy and safety of insulin glargine (IG) in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. In a prospective, 6-month study, 80 patients, aged 2-19 years, received IG once daily plus insulin regular or rapid analogue before meals. The data of body mass index, frequency of severe hypoglycaemia, daily mean blood glucose, fasting blood glucose, haemoglobin A1c and total daily insulin dosage before and after institution of glargine therapy were collected.
RESULTS
After 6 months, the average HbA1c level in the entire cohort dropped from 7.63+/-0.81 to 7.14+/-0.70% (p<0.001). Fasting blood glucose decreased from 161+/-37 to 150+/-35 mg/dl (p<0.05) in the total group. Severe hypoglycaemic episodes were reduced from 0.18 events per patient in the 6 months before IG therapy to 0.11 events per patient in the 6 months after IG therapy. The total daily insulin dose was reduced in the entire group from 0.90+/-0.32 to 0.83+/-0.29 u/kg/day (p<0.05). Body mass index (BMI) remained unchanged. In the 14 preschooler children, the HbA1c dropped from 7.54+/-0.60 to 6.96+/-0.57% (p<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Insulin glargine is an efficacious treatment to improve metabolic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. It also improved the metabolic control in preschool-age children, without increasing the number of hypoglycaemic events.
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