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. 2020 Jul 7;11(6):1388–1402. doi: 10.1111/jdi.13290

Table 3.

Reported time in hypoglycemia, hypoglycemia awareness and autonomic response outcomes in clinical trials evaluating continuous glucose monitoring use in type 1 diabetes patients with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia

Author Time in hypoglycemia at study end (%) Hypoglycemia awareness outcomes Endogenous Glucoregulatory Response Outcomes
Ly et al. (2011) 130 NA NA

Changes in epinephrine levels during hypoglycemic clamps compared with euglycemic clamps (%)

Baseline:

  • CGM: 214 ± 72%

  • Standard: 288 ± 151% (P = 0.688)

Study end (4 weeks):

  • CGM: 604 ± 234%

  • Standard: 114 ± 83% (P = 0.048)

Changes in epinephrine levels during hypoglycemic clamps at baseline vs study end:

  • CGM: P = 0.031

  • Standard: P = 0.375

Little et al. (HypoCOMPaSS; 2014) 131 ; Leelarathna, et al. (HypoCOMPaSS clamp subcohort study; 2013) 132

Glucose <72 mg/dL

  • CGM: 6.3 ± 9.1%

  • SMBG: 5.2 ± 4.2% (P = 0.47)

Glucose ≤54 mg/dL

  • CGM: 2.1 ± 5.1%

  • SMBG: 1.3 ± 2.1% (P = 0.36)

Clamp Study Subcohort – AUC of the % of time spent with glucose <54 mg/dL (mean ± standard error):

  • CGM: 658 ± 223

  • SMBG: 797 ± 193 (P = 0.64)

Gold scores

  • Baseline: 5.1 ± 1.1

  • Study end: 4.1 ± 1.4 (P < 0.001)

Clarke scores

  • Baseline: 4.1 ± 1.6

  • Study end: 3.2 ± 1.7 (P < 0.001)

HypoA‐Q scores

  • Baseline: 13.4 ± 3.4

  • Study end: 9.1 ± 4.2 (P < 0.001)

No differences in hypoglycemia awareness scores between the CGM vs SMBG and CSII vs MDI models.

Clamp Study Subcohort

Plasma glucose level of first felt hypoglycemia

  • Baseline: 47 ± 2 mg/dL

  • Study end: 56 ± 4 mg/dL (P = 0.02)

Symptom score AUC

Baseline: 500 (364–685)

Study end: 650 (365–1,285) (P = 0.02)

No differences in the above measures between CGM vs SMBG and CSII vs MDI models.

Clamp Study Subcohort –AUC of incremental metanephrine levels

  • Baseline: 2,412 (−3,026 to 7,279)

  • Study end: 5,180 (−771 to 11,513) (P = 0.02)

Glucose thresholds for metanephrine response

  • Baseline: 43 (41–45) mg/dL

  • Study end: 49 (41–58) mg/dL (P = 0.03)

No differences in the above measures between the CGM vs SMBG and CSII vs MDI models.

van Beers et al. (IN CONTROL; 2016) 133

Glucose ≤70 mg/dL

  • CGM: 6.8% [5.2–8.3]

  • SMBG: 11.4% [9.9–13.0] (P < 0.0001)

Gold scores

  • End of CGM phase: 4.6 [4.3–5.0]

  • End of SMBG phase: 5.0 [4.6–5.4] (P = 0.035)

Change in Gold scores from baseline

  • End of CGM phase: −0.5 [−0.8 to −0.1]

  • End of SMBG phase: −0.1 [−0.4–0.2] (P = 0.076)

Clarke scores

  • End of CGM phase: 4.4 [3.9–4.8]

  • End of SMBG phase: 4.4 [3.9–4.8] (P = 0.953)

Change in Clarke scores from baseline

  • End of CGM phase: −0.1 [−0.5–0.3]

  • End of SMBG phase: −0.4 [−0.8–0.0] (P = 0.216)

NA
Rickels et al. (2018) 134

Glucose <60 mg/dL

  • Run‐in: 6.5 ± 1.6%

  • Study end (18‐months): 4.0 ± 0.7% (P = NS)

Clark scores

  • Baseline: 6 (6–7)

  • 6 months: 4 (4–5)

  • 12 months: 3 (2–5)

  • 18 months: 3 (2–5)

  • (P < 0.01)

Clamp Study

Autonomic symptoms during hypoglycemic vs euglycemic clamps:

  • Baseline: 3.7 ± 0.9 vs 2.5 ± 0.3 (P = NS)

  • 6 months: 5.1 ± 1.0 vs 1.5 ± 0.7) (P < 0.05)

  • 18 months: 5.6 ± 1.2 vs 2.2 ± 0.6 (P < 0.05)

No statistical significance when comparing the symptom scores at 6 and 18 months to baseline.

Epinephrine levels during hypoglycemia

  • Baseline: 152 ± 37 pg/mL

  • 6 months: 204 ± 37 pg/mL (P = NS)

  • 18 months: 152 ± 36 pg/mL (P = NS)

Norepinephrine levels during hypoglycemia

  • Baseline: 378 ± 44 pg/mL

  • 6 months: 317 ± 38 pg/mL (P = NS)

  • 18 months: 362 ± 60 pg/mL (P = NS)

Endogenous glucose production (compared to baseline):

  • Baseline: 0.42 ± 0.08 mg/kg/min

  • 6 months: 0.54 ± 0.07 mg/kg/min (P = NS)

  • 18 months: 0.84 ± 0.15 mg/kg/min (P < 0.05)

Heinemann et al. (HypoDE; 2018) 135

Glucose ≤70 mg/dL

  • CGM: 1.6% (0.9–3.7)

  • Control: 6.4% (3.7–12.0)

  • Adjusted between‐group differences: P < 0.0001

Glucose ≤54 mg/dL

  • CGM: 0.3% (0.1–0.9)

  • Control: 2.5% (1.0–6.1)

  • Adjusted between‐group differences: P < 0.0001

Clark scores

Baseline

  • CGM: 5.0 (4.0–6.0)

  • Control: 5.0 (4.0–6.0)

Follow up

  • CGM: 3.0 (1.0–4.0)

  • Control: 3.0 (1.0–5.0)

Adjusted between‐group differences: P = 0.7662

NA
Reddy et al. (I‐HART; 2018) 141

Glucose <70 mg/dL

  • CGM: 6.2% (3.1–10.2)

  • FGM: 11.0% (8.2–17.0)

  • Median change from baseline: P < 0.01

Glucose <50 mg/dL

  • CGM: 0.9% (0.2–1.8)

  • FGM: 3.8% (3.0–6.4)

  • Median change from baseline: P < 0.003

Gold scores

Baseline:

  • CGM: 5 (5–6)

  • FGM: 5 (4–5)

Study end (8 weeks):

  • CGM: 4.5 (3.0–5.0)

  • FGM: 5.0 (3.5–6.0)

Median change from baseline:

  • CGM: 0.0 [−1.0 to 0.0] (P = NS)

  • FGM: 0.0 [−0.8 to 0.0] (P = NS)

Differences in median changes from baseline to study end: P = 0.23

NA

Data presented in mean ± standard deviation or median (interquartile range) or mean/median [95% confidence interval], unless noted otherwise.

AUC, area under the curve; CSII, continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion; FGM, flash glucose monitoring; HypoCOMPaSS, comparison of optimised MDI versus pumps with or without sensors in severe hypoglycaemia; HypoDE, hypoglycemia in Deutschland; IAH, impaired awareness of hypoglycemia; I‐HART, impact on hypoglycaemia awareness of real time CGM and intermittent continuous glucose data; IN CONTROL, effects of RT‐CGM on glycemia and QoL in patients with T1DM and IHA; MDI, multiple daily injections; NA, not available; NS, not significant; T1D, type 1 diabetes.

Variable definitions for hypoglycemia were used. These trials were performed prior to the current continuous glucose monitoring (CGM)/hypoglycemia guidelines. For self‐monitoring of blood glucose level (SMBG) groups or run‐in phase, time in hypoglycemia were assessed with blinded CGMs.

Primary outcomes of the trials.