Quantifying the effect of exenatide and insulin glargine on postprandial glucose excursions in patients with type 2 diabetes

Curr Med Res Opin. 2008 May;24(5):1395-7. doi: 10.1185/030079908x297268. Epub 2008 Apr 3.

Abstract

In this report, we quantify the effects of exenatide and glargine on the relative contributions of fasting and postprandial glucose (PPG) excursion to overall hyperglycemia based on self-monitored blood glucose. After 26 weeks of treatment, insulin glargine reduced fasting glucose to a greater extent than exenatide without significant effect on PPG excursion. The principal effect of exenatide on hyperglycemia was mitigating the rise in PPG with moderate improvement on fasting glucose. These findings may be limited by the fact that glucose measurements were collected through self-monitoring with six time points measured during the daytime, the meals were not standardized and the exact time for glucose measurements was unknown.

Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00241423.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial, Phase III
  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Area Under Curve
  • Blood Glucose / drug effects
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / diagnosis
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / drug therapy*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Exenatide
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperglycemia / prevention & control*
  • Insulin / administration & dosage
  • Insulin / analogs & derivatives*
  • Insulin Glargine
  • Insulin, Long-Acting
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptides / administration & dosage*
  • Postprandial Period / drug effects
  • Risk Assessment
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venoms / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Insulin
  • Insulin, Long-Acting
  • Peptides
  • Venoms
  • Insulin Glargine
  • Exenatide

Associated data

  • ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT00241423