Prevalence of impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia in adults with Type 1 diabetes

Geddes, Jacqueline; Schopman, J.E.; Zammitt, Nicola N.; Frier, Brian M.

doi:10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02413.x

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“…Week 24 (end point) P value* SH Annualized rate (patient-year) 8.9 6 13.4 0.8 6 1.9 ,0.001 4 [2][3][4][5][6][7] 0 adjustment algorithm and sustained throughout the 24-week trial. Given the severe baseline phenotype, potential for some improvement in outcomes through regression to the mean is acknowledged.…”

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Recovery of Hypoglycemia Awareness in Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes: A Multicenter 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Insulin Pump With Multiple Daily Injections and Continuous With Conventional Glucose Self-monitoring (HypoCOMPaSS)

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OBJECTIVETo determine whether impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) can be improved and severe hypoglycemia (SH) prevented in type 1 diabetes, we compared an insulin pump (continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion [CSII]) with multiple daily injections (MDIs) and adjuvant real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT) with conventional self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODSA 24-week 2 3 2 factorial randomized controlled trial in adults with type 1 diabetes and IAH was conducted. All received comparable education, support, and congruent therapeutic targets aimed at rigorous avoidance of biochemical hypoglycemia without relaxing overall control. Primary end point was between-intervention difference in 24-week hypoglycemia awareness (Gold score). RESULTSA total of 96 participants (mean diabetes duration 29 years) were randomized. Overall, biochemical hypoglycemia (£3.0 mmol/L) decreased (53 6 63 to 24 6 56 min/24 h; P = 0.004 [t test]) without deterioration in HbA 1c . Hypoglycemia awareness improved (5.1 6 1.1 to 4.1 6 1.6; P = 0.0001 [t test]) with decreased SH (8.9 6 13.4 to 0.8 6 1.8 episodes/patient-year; P = 0.0001 [t test]). At 24 weeks, there was no significant difference in awareness comparing CSII with MDI (4.1 6 1.6 vs. 4.2 6 1.7; difference 0.1; 95% CI 20.6 to 0.8) and RT with SMBG (4.3 6 1.6 vs. 4.0 6 1.7; difference 20.3; 95% CI 21.0 to 0.4). Between-group analyses demonstrated comparable reductions in SH, fear of hypoglycemia, and insulin doses with equivalent HbA 1c . Treatment satisfaction was higher with CSII than MDI (32 6 3 vs. 29 6 6; P = 0.0003 [t test]), but comparable with SMBG and RT (30 6 5 vs. 30 6 5; P = 0.79 [t test]). CONCLUSIONSHypoglycemia awareness can be improved and recurrent SH prevented in longstanding type 1 diabetes without relaxing HbA 1c . Similar biomedical outcomes can be attained with conventional MDI and SMBG regimens compared with CSII/RT, although satisfaction was higher with CSII.

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“…SH is six times more common in those whose ability to recognize hypoglycemia is impaired (4). This syndrome of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) affects ;25% with established type 1 diabetes (5).…”

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Recovery of Hypoglycemia Awareness in Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes: A Multicenter 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Insulin Pump With Multiple Daily Injections and Continuous With Conventional Glucose Self-monitoring (HypoCOMPaSS)

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“…IAH increases the risk for severe, potentially hazardous hypoglycemia up to sixfold (2) and is usually the end result of a process of habituation to recurrent hypoglycemia (1).…”

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Brain Lactate Concentration Falls in Response to Hypoglycemia in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes and Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia

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Brain lactate may be involved in the development of impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH), a condition that affects approximately 25% of patients with type 1 diabetes and increases the risk of severe hypoglycemia. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acute hypoglycemia on brain lactate concentration in patients with IAH as compared with those with normal awareness of hypoglycemia (NAH) and healthy control subjects (n = 7 per group). After an overnight fast, all subjects underwent a two-step hyperinsulinemic euglycemic (5.0 mmol/L)-hypoglycemic (2.8 mmol/L) glucose clamp. Brain lactate concentrations were measured continuously with 1 H-MRS using a specific lactate detection method. Hypoglycemia generated symptoms in patients with NAH and healthy control subjects but not in patients with IAH. Brain lactate fell significantly by ∼20% in response to hypoglycemia in patients with type 1 diabetes with IAH but remained stable in both healthy control subjects and in patients with NAH. The fall in brain lactate is compatible with increased brain lactate oxidation providing an alternative fuel source during hypoglycemia, which may contribute to the impaired detection of hypoglycemia.

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“…12 In the T1D Exchange clinic registry, ≥ 1 SH events occurred in ~6% of over 9000 participants within 12 months, and was not associated with baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. 13 Undoubtedly, SH has substantial clinical consequences on morbidity (both physical and psychological) and mortality.…”

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“…11 Over time, recurrent hypoglycemia eventually leads to a reduction in the ability to detect hypoglycemia and mount a hormonal response to it, known as impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) which can increase the risk of SH 6-fold. 12 In the T1D Exchange clinic registry, ≥ 1 SH events occurred in ~6% of over 9000 participants within 12 months, and was not associated with baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. 13 Undoubtedly, SH has substantial clinical consequences on morbidity (both physical and psychological) and mortality.…”

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Technology to Reduce Hypoglycemia

Yeoh

Choudhary

2015

J Diabetes Sci Technol

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Hypoglycemia remains a major limiting factor toward the intensification of treatment for diabetes mellitus 1 and is a major cost to patients and to health care systems. 2 Hypoglycemia is often divided into mild or nonsevere hypoglycemia episodes (NSHE), where the person is able to selftreat, and severe hypoglycemia (SH), where external assistance is required. It is difficult to set a biochemical threshold for hypoglycemia, as the glucose threshold at which symptoms of hypoglycemia can be detected vary between individuals and even from day to day within the same person.3 The ADA workgroup on hypoglycemia offers some consensus guidelines, defining an alert value of ≤70 mg/dl, measured through self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) or subcutaneous continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), as indicative of the potential for developing hypoglycemia. 4 All those treated with insulin secretagogues (sulphonylureas, glinides) and insulin therapy are at risk of hypoglycemia, and this risk is increased in the presence of endogenous insulin deficiency, longer duration of diabetes and longer duration of insulin therapy.5 Epidemiological data suggest that people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) with optimal glycemic control experience up to 2 mild episodes/week, with 20-30% experiencing episodes severe enough to require external help in any given year.6 A small proportion of these people, usually with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia, contribute to more than half of the incidence of SH, having recurrent disabling and sometimes life threatening events. 7CGM studies designed to study normative data suggest that while hypoglycemia is common in all insulin-treated people with diabetes, compared to subjects with type 2 diabetes (T2D), T1D subjects had twice as many hypoglycemic episodes per day, with more hours per day in the hypoglycemic range.8 However, although the incidence per patient of NSHE and SH is lower in T2D, due to the greater prevalence of T2D, the majority of episodes of SH occur in people with T2D. 9 In the US, rates of admissions for hypoglycemia have increased in recent years to 105 admissions per 100 000 person-years. 10 Antecedent hypoglycemia has been shown to blunt symptom and counter-regulatory hormonal responses to subsequent hypoglycemia.11 Over time, recurrent hypoglycemia eventually leads to a reduction in the ability to detect hypoglycemia and mount a hormonal response to it, known as impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) which can increase the risk of SH 6-fold. 12 In the T1D Exchange clinic registry, ≥ 1 SH events occurred in ~6% of over 9000 participants within 12 months, and was not associated with baseline glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels. 13 Undoubtedly, SH has substantial clinical consequences on morbidity (both physical and psychological) and mortality. The more subtle effects of SH and hypoglycemia unawareness are often AbstractHypoglycemia is a major barrier toward achieving glycemic targets and is associated with significant morbidity (both psychological and physical) and mortality. This article re...

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Prevalence of impaired awareness of hypoglycaemia in adults with Type 1 diabetes

Cited by 347 publications

References 27 publications

Recovery of Hypoglycemia Awareness in Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes: A Multicenter 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Insulin Pump With Multiple Daily Injections and Continuous With Conventional Glucose Self-monitoring (HypoCOMPaSS)

Recovery of Hypoglycemia Awareness in Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes: A Multicenter 2 × 2 Factorial Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Insulin Pump With Multiple Daily Injections and Continuous With Conventional Glucose Self-monitoring (HypoCOMPaSS)

Brain Lactate Concentration Falls in Response to Hypoglycemia in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes and Impaired Awareness of Hypoglycemia

Technology to Reduce Hypoglycemia

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