Long-term outcome of insulin pump therapy in children with type 1 diabetes assessed in a large population-based case-control study

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: We determined the impact of insulin pump therapy on long-term glycaemic control, BMI, rate of severe hypoglycaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in children.

METHODS: Patients on pump therapy at a single paediatric tertiary hospital were matched to patients treated by injections on the basis of age, duration of diabetes and HbA1c at the time of pump start. HbA1c, anthropometric data, episodes of severe hypoglycaemia and rates of hospitalisation for DKA were collected prospectively.

RESULTS: A total of 345 patients on pump therapy were matched to controls on injections. The mean age, duration of diabetes at pump start and length of follow-up were 11.4 (± 3.5), 4.1 (± 3.0) and 3.5 (± 2.5) years, respectively. The mean HbA1c reduction in the pump cohort was 0.6% (6.6 mmol/mol). This improved HbA1c remained significant throughout the 7 years of follow-up. Pump therapy reduced severe hypoglycaemia from 14.7 to 7.2 events per 100 patient-years (p < 0.001). In contrast, severe hypoglycaemia increased in the non-pump cohort over the same period from 6.8 to 10.2 events per 100 patient-years. The rate of hospitalisation for DKA was lower in the pump cohort (2.3 vs 4.7 per 100 patient-years, p = 0.003) over the 1,160 patient-years of follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION: This is the longest and largest study of insulin pump use in children and demonstrates that pump therapy provides a sustained improvement in glycaemic control, and reductions of severe hypoglycaemia and hospitalisation for DKA compared with a matched cohort using injections.

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CommentIn: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2013 Nov;9(11):629-30. - PMID 24080733

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Diabetologia - 56(2013), 11 vom: 21. Nov., Seite 2392-400

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Johnson, Stephanie R [VerfasserIn]
Cooper, Matthew N [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Timothy W [VerfasserIn]
Davis, Elizabeth A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Blood Glucose
Hypoglycemic Agents
Insulin
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.05.2014

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2013 Nov;9(11):629-30. - PMID 24080733

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00125-013-3007-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM230197825