CGM cuts hospitalization in T2D, even in the non-insulin treated

A new analysis of real-world data has found that the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) reduces the risk for hospitalization and improves glucose control in people with T2D, regardless of insulin use.

The advantages of CGM have already been established for people with Type 1 diabetes and those with Type 2 who require multiple daily insulin doses but, until now, data on the impact of CGM use on others with diabetes who don’t use insulin and are not at increased hypoglycaemia risk have been limited to studies with small sample sizes.

In contrast, this new study used data from more than 70m people, and found that, overall, similar reductions were seen in hospitalizations and glucose-lowering benefits from CGM in people who were not using insulin, those using only basal insulin, and those using multiple daily insulin doses. The study included 74,679 people with type 2 diabetes who initiated CGM, divided into three treatment groups: 25,269 did not use insulin, 16,264 used basal insulin only, and 33,146 used premeal and basal insulin. Their data were analysed for the 6 months prior to their first CGM claim and for 12 months after and found that acute diabetes–related hospitalizations, including hypoglycaemia, hypoglycaemic coma, clinical hyperglycaemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, and hyperosmolarity, dropped at the two timepoints, by 52.5% and 49.5%, respectively. Acute diabetes–related events requiring emergency room visits also dropped, by 35.5% and 34.4%, respectively. These reductions were similar in all treatment groups.

The authors pointed out that CGM can help people see the effects of diet and exercise on their blood sugar levels and act on the information. “Lifestyle changes are important and really do make a difference. They’re just so hard, but with CGM, people are making changes.”

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