A three-arm randomized trial in Texans with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes found that all three self-paced virtual and technology-based self-management programs significantly reduced A1c, with no in-person comparator. PICO summary and expert commentary.
Browsing: Diabetes
Evidence summaries and landmark trials across type 1, type 2, prevention, glycaemic control, complications, and diabetes technology.
A Hong Kong cluster RCT found point-of-care capillary HbA1c screening doubled uptake and detected more type 2 diabetes than venous HbA1c testing in at-risk primary care patients. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A small community-based controlled study in northeastern Thailand found a health literacy and self-management education program raised health literacy and exercise behaviour, with no glycaemic outcome reported. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A single-centre Shanghai RCT found a family-support self-management programme raised self-management behaviour scores in type 2 diabetes, while HbA1c and other biochemical markers did not improve significantly. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A secondary analysis of the CORDIOPREV trial reports that a lower baseline neutrophil count is associated with type 2 diabetes remission in patients with coronary heart disease following a Mediterranean diet. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A within-trial economic evaluation of the CIC-PDD integrated care model for type 2 diabetes with depressive symptoms reports a cost per QALY around $7,400 to $7,900. PICO summary and expert commentary.
DIAMONDS is a published protocol for a randomised trial testing a supported diabetes self-management programme in adults with type 2 diabetes and severe mental illness; no results are reported yet. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A 3-month randomised controlled trial found that a 10-hour time-restricted eating window did not alter mitochondrial bioenergetics in blood cells of adults at high type 2 diabetes risk. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A decentralized n-of-1 crossover trial found dapagliflozin lowered the urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio by 15.1% versus placebo over 1-week periods in 20 adults with type 2 diabetes, while demonstrating reliable remote sampling. PICO summary and expert commentary.
A 2-year cluster RCT in India found a family-based, health-worker-delivered programme cut adult body weight by an adjusted 2.61 kg versus enhanced usual care. PICO summary and expert commentary.