Once-Weekly Insulin Icodec Combined with CGM Shows Promising Results for Type 2 Diabetes Management
- Adults with type 2 diabetes achieved significant HbA1c reduction from 8.18% to 7% over 26 weeks using once-weekly insulin icodec combined with continuous glucose monitoring in the ONWARDS 9 trial.
- Time in range improved dramatically by more than 20 percentage points, equivalent to an additional 5 hours and 11 minutes of optimal glucose control per day.
- The combination therapy showed excellent safety profile with no severe hypoglycemic events and only 13 clinically significant episodes among 51 participants.
- Researchers suggest this approach could advance precision diabetes management and potentially complement GLP-1 therapies for patients struggling to achieve target HbA1c levels.
Molly Tanenbaum
Posted 12/9/2019