The prevalence of (symptomatic) hypoglycemia in well-controlled elderly patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: the results of continuous glucose monitoring. An observational pilot study.
Completed
- Conditions
- Diabetes10018424
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON42250
- Lead Sponsor
- Isala Klinieken
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 25
Inclusion Criteria
Patients are required to meet the following criteria:
o known T2DM;
o >70 years old;
o HbA1c <58 mmol/mol;
o Groningen Frailty Indicator score >=4;
o treatment with
* metformin only (any dosage); or
* metformin (any dosage) + gliclazide (any dosage); or
* metformin (any dosage) + glimepiride (any dosage).
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with insufficient knowledge of the Dutch language to understand the requirements of the study, patients with advanced dementia, patients with known anemia, and patients with a terminal disease or an estimated life expectancy <3 months, will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Hypoglycemia < 3.0 mmol/L of at least 15 minutes.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>- Hypoglycemia < 3.5 mmol/L of at least 15 minutes.<br /><br>- Symptomatic hypoglycemia (<3.5 mmol/L of at least 15 minutes in combination<br /><br>with complaints of hypoglycemia).</p><br>