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. 2008 Jul 16;2008(3):CD006297. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006297.pub2

Francis 1986.

Methods DURATION OF INTERVENTION: 
 4 months. 
 DURATION OF FOLLOW‐UP: 
 N/A 
 RUN‐IN PERIOD: 
 3 months. 
 LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION: 
 English.
Participants WHO PARTCIPATED: 
 Type 1 diabetic adult patients. 
 INCLUSION CRITERIA: 
 Insulin dependent patients with persistent elevation of fasting blood glucose which could not be corrected. 
 EXCLUSION CRITERIA: 
 ? 
 DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA: 
 Not defined
Interventions NUMBER OF STUDY CENTRES: 
 1 
 SETTING: 
 Out‐patient+inpatient. 
 INTERVENTION (ROUTE, TOTAL DOSE/DAY, FREQUENCY): 
 Human ultralente (BID)+PI 
 CONTROL (ROUTE, TOTAL DOSE/DAY, FREQUENCY): 
 Porcine lente (BID) + PI 
 TREATMENT BEFORE STUDY: 
 Twice day mixture of short and intermediate acting insulins. 
 TITRATION PERIOD: 
 ?
Outcomes PRIMARY OUTCOME(S): 
 ? 
 SECONDARY OUTCOMES: 
 Blood glucose, glycosylated haemoglobin, lactate, pyruvate, alanine, glycerol, NEFA, 3‐hydroxybutyrate, free insulin, GH, cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenaline, hypoglycaemia
Notes STATED AIM OF STUDY: 
 Compare human ultralente and porcine lente.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear