Basal/Bolus Versus Sliding Scale Insulin In Hospitalized Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2006-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

High blood glucose levels in hospitalized patients with diabetes are associated with increased risk of medical complications. Improved glucose control with insulin injections may improve clinical outcome and prevent some of the hospital complications. It is not known; however, what is the best insulin regimen in hospitalized patients. The use of repeated injections of regular insulin (known as sliding scale regimen) is one of the most commonly used insulin regimen for glucose control in hospitalized patients with diabetes. Recently, the combination of basal and rapid acting insulins has been shown to improve glucose control with lower rate of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Emory University
• Collaborators: Sanofi; University of Miami
• Treatments: Insulin; Insulin Glargine; Insulin glulisine; Insulin, Globin Zinc

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Males or females between the ages of 18 and 70 years admitted to a general medicine service.

2. A known history of type 2 diabetes mellitus > 3 months, receiving either diet alone or any combination of oral antidiabetic agents (sulfonylureas, metformin, thiazolidinediones).

3. Subjects must have an admission blood glucose > 140 mg and < 400 mg/dL without laboratory evidence of diabetic ketoacidosis (serum bicarbonate < 18 mEq/L or positive serum or urinary ketones).

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Subjects with increased blood glucose concentration, but without a known history of diabetes.

2. Subjects with a history of diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state, or ketonuria [57].

3. Patients with known HIV, acute critical or surgical illness and/or expected to require admission to a critical care unit (ICU, CCU), corticosteroid therapy, or to undergo surgery during the hospitalization course.

4. Patients with clinically relevant hepatic disease or impaired renal function, as shown by a serum creatinine ≥3.0.

5. Mental condition rendering the subject unable to understand the nature, scope, and possible consequences of the study.

6. Patients with recognized or suspected endocrine disorders associated with increased insulin resistance, acromegaly, or hyperthyroidism.

7. Female subjects are pregnant or breast feeding at time of enrollment into the study.