Estimation of a Machine Learning-Based Decision Rule to Reduce Hypoglycemia Among Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes : A Post Hoc Analysis of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in the WISDM Study

BACKGROUND: The Wireless Innovation for Seniors with Diabetes Mellitus (WISDM) study demonstrated continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) reduced hypoglycemia over 6 months among older adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) compared with blood glucose monitoring (BGM). We explored heterogeneous treatment effects of CGM on hypoglycemia by formulating a data-driven decision rule that selects an intervention (ie, CGM vs BGM) to minimize percentage of time <70 mg/dL for each individual WISDM participant.

METHOD: The precision medicine analyses used data from participants with complete data (n = 194 older adults, including those who received CGM [n = 100] and BGM [n = 94] in the trial). Policy tree and decision list algorithms were fit with 14 baseline demographic, clinical, and laboratory measures. The primary outcome was CGM-measured percentage of time spent in hypoglycemic range (<70 mg/dL), and the decision rule assigned participants to a subgroup reflecting the treatment estimated to minimize this outcome across all follow-up visits.

RESULTS: The optimal decision rule was found to be a decision list with 3 steps. The first step moved WISDM participants with baseline time-below range >1.35% and no detectable C-peptide levels to the CGM subgroup (n = 139), and the second step moved WISDM participants with a baseline time-below range of >6.45% to the CGM subgroup (n = 18). The remaining participants (n = 37) were left in the BGM subgroup. Compared with the BGM subgroup (n = 37; 19%), the group for whom CGM minimized hypoglycemia (n = 157; 81%) had more baseline hypoglycemia, a lower proportion of detectable C-peptide, higher glycemic variability, longer disease duration, and higher proportion of insulin pump use.

CONCLUSIONS: The decision rule underscores the benefits of CGM for older adults to reduce hypoglycemia. Diagnostic CGM and laboratory markers may inform decision-making surrounding therapeutic CGM and identify older adults for whom CGM may be a critical intervention to reduce hypoglycemia.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Journal of diabetes science and technology - (2023) vom: 11. Jan., Seite 19322968221149040

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kahkoska, Anna R [VerfasserIn]
Shah, Kushal S [VerfasserIn]
Kosorok, Michael R [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Kellee M [VerfasserIn]
Rickels, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Weinstock, Ruth S [VerfasserIn]
Young, Laura A [VerfasserIn]
Pratley, Richard E [VerfasserIn]

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Continuous glucose monitoring
Heterogeneous treatment effects
Hypoglycemia
Journal Article
Older adults
Precision medicine
Type 1 diabetes

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Date Revised 29.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1177/19322968221149040

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NLM351403345