RGD Reference Report - Glycemic exposure is affected favorably by inhaled human insulin (Exubera) as compared with subcutaneous insulin glargine (Lantus) in patients with type 2 diabetes. - Rat Genome Database

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Glycemic exposure is affected favorably by inhaled human insulin (Exubera) as compared with subcutaneous insulin glargine (Lantus) in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Authors: Hompesch, M  Kollmeier, A  Rave, K  Heinemann, L  Mitnick, M  Davies, S  Strack, T 
Citation: Hompesch M, etal., Diabetes Technol Ther. 2009 May;11(5):307-13.
RGD ID: 2311109
Pubmed: PMID:19537357   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1089/dia.2008.0080   (Journal Full-text)

BACKGROUND: The objective was to compare the effects on glycemia of adding either inhaled human insulin (Exubera [EXU] [insulin human (recombinant DNA origin) inhalational powder]) or subcutaneous insulin glargine (GLA) to the treatment regimens of patients with type 2 diabetes uncontrolled with oral antidiabetic drugs. METHODS: Forty patients were randomized to receive either EXU three times daily prior to meals or subcutaneous GLA once daily in a crossover design. Interstitial glucose concentrations were monitored using a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) for the final 72-h period of 8 treatment days. RESULTS: Total insulin dosage on the last treatment day was approximately 40.1+/-18.1 units/day EXU compared with 16.4+/-4.8 units/day GLA. Serum insulin levels over the 72-h CGMS period were higher for EXU than for GLA (1,091+/-589 pmol/mL/h vs. 737+/-386 pmol/mL/h; ratio, 148; 95% confidence interval [CI], 130-169). The glucose exposure over this period was lower with EXU than with GLA (380+/-45 mmol/Lh vs. 426+/-89 mmol/Lh; ratio, 88.57; 95% CI, 84-93). The overall hypoglycemic event rate was 8.7 events per subject-month for EXU and 2.4 for GLA. CONCLUSIONS: Prandial insulin therapy with EXU, using a higher daily insulin dose, reduces total daily glucose exposure--in particular postmeal glycemia--more effectively than a basal insulin analog.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
diabetes mellitus  IMP 2311109 RGD 
diabetes mellitus  ISOINS (Homo sapiens)2311109; 2311109 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ins2  (insulin 2)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Ins2  (insulin II)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
INS  (insulin)


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