Feasibility of once weekly exenatide-LAR and enhanced diabetes care in Indigenous Australians with type 2 diabetes (Long-acting-Once-Weekly-Exenatide laR-SUGAR, 'Lower SUGAR' study)

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BACKGROUND: Diabetes is 3-4 times more prevalent in Indigenous Australians with blood glucose levels often above target range. Once weekly formulations of exenatide(exenatide-LAR) have demonstrated significantly greater improvements in glycaemic management with no increased risk of hypoglycaemia and with reductions in bodyweight but have not been studied in Indigenous Australians.

AIMS: To assess the feasibility and metabolic effects of once weekly supervised injection of exenatide-LAR in addition to standard care in Indigenous Australians with type 2 diabetes.

METHODS: Two communities in Central Australia with longstanding specialist clinical outreach services were allocated by random coin toss to receive once-weekly exenatide-LAR injection with weekly nurse review and adjustment of medication for 20 weeks (community with exenatide-LAR) or to weekly nurse review in addition to standard care over 20 weeks (community without exenatide-LAR). The primary outcome was the feasibility of an intensive diabetes management model of care with and without weekly supervised exenatide-LAR. Secondary outcomes included change in HbA1c.

RESULTS: Thirteen participants from the community with exenatide-LAR and nine participants from the community without exenatide-LAR were analysed. Eighty-five percent of individuals in the community with exenatide-LAR and 67% in the community without exenatide-LAR attended more than half of clinic visits. Median difference in the change in HbA1c from baseline to final visit, adjusted for baseline HbA1c, between the community with exenatide-LAR and the community without exenatide-LAR was -3.1%, 95% CI (-5.80%, -0.38%; P = 0.03).

CONCLUSIONS: Weekly exenatide-LAR combined with weekly nurse review demonstrated greater improvements in HbA1c, highlighting its potential for use in remote communities.

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Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

Enthalten in:

Internal medicine journal - 51(2021), 9 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 1463-1472

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ekinci, Elif I [VerfasserIn]
Pyrlis, Felicity [VerfasserIn]
Hachem, Mariam [VerfasserIn]
Maple-Brown, Louise J [VerfasserIn]
Brown, Alex [VerfasserIn]
Maguire, Graeme [VerfasserIn]
Churilov, Leonid [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Neale [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9P1872D4OL
Blood Glucose
Clinical Trial
Diabetes
Exenatide
Exenatide-LAR
Glycated Hemoglobin A
Hyperglycaemia
Hypoglycemic Agents
Indigenous Australians
Journal Article
Peptides
Remote
Type 2
Venoms

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Date Completed 25.10.2021

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/imj.15428

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326902694