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. 2022 Apr 22;13:869899. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2022.869899

Table 3.

Key Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) studies in patients on hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.

Study Year CGM device; study duration Mode of dialysis Participants Key findings
Kazempour-Ardebili et al. (60) 2009 Unknown (48 hours) HD 19 T2D
  • Mean sensor glucose was lower during HD days than HD-free days

  • Mean sensor glucose and sensor glucose AUC on post-HD days were significantly higher than HD days

  • Nocturnal sensor mean glucose and sensor glucose AUC showed same pattern

Gai et al. (51) 2014 Medtronic Ipro2 (6 Days, Blinded) HD 12 DM
  • Median CGM reading was lower than dialysate glucose concentration for 87% of time

  • Post-HD hyperglycemia observed in 75% of subjects

Jung et al. (61) 2010 Medtronic Gold (3 days, Blinded) HD 9 T2D
  • Significantly lower mean sensor glucose during HD sessions regardless of glucose concentration of dialysate solution

  • Hypoglycaemic events were concentrated on the day of HD session

Jin et al. (62) 2014 Medtronic Minimed (3 days, Blinded) HD 36 T2D, 10 non-DM
  • Significantly lower mean sensor glucose during HD sessions compared with peri-HD sessions in patients with or without diabetes

  • Diabetes patients suffered greater loss in glucose during HD session, and greater post-HD hyperglycemia than their non-diabetes counterparts

Mirani et al. (63) 2010 GlucoDay (2 days, Blinded) HD 12T2D
  • Hypoglycaemia observed in post-HD period

  • Rebounded hyperglycemia observed after post-HD hypoglycaemia

  • Significant higher glycemic variability in SD for HD day when compared with non-HD day

Padmanabhan et al. (64) 2018 Freestyle LibrePro (14 days, Blinded) HD 16 DM + 16 non-DM
  • Significantly fewer hypoglycaemic episodes during days of dialysis with glucose-rich dialysate than glucose-free dialysate

  • Significantly lower % TBR and lower % TAR during days of dialysis with glucose-rich dialysate than glucose-free dialysate

  • Significantly less loss in effluent glucose irrespective to diabetic state during days using glucose-rich dialysate than glucose-free dialysate

Hayashi et al. (65) 2021 Medtronic Gold (2 days, blinded) & Medtronic Ipro 2 (2 days, blinded) HD 98 T2D
  • Reduced sensor glucose irrespective of the dialysate glucose concentration (100, 125, 150 mg/dl) 50% of patients reached a nadir lower than dialysate glucose concentration, 21% of patients developed asymptomatic hypoglycaemic events during HD and post-HD session

  • Glycemic variability and % TBR increase in patients who experienced hypoglycaemic events than their counterparts without events

Schwing et al. (66) 2004 Medtronic Minimed (3 Days, Blinded) PD 7 DM
  • Increase in sensor glucose after dialysate exchange in two representative patients

Lee et al. (67) 2013 Medtronic Minimed (3 days, Blinded) PD 25 DM
  • Increase in sensor glucose within 60 minutes of refilling glucose-rich dialysate

  • Reduced sensor glucose in icodextrin dialysate after refilling

Marshall et al. (68) 2003 Medtronic Minimed (3 days, Blinded) PD 8 DM
  • Mean sensor glucose and glycemic variability in % CV significantly lower when switching from glucose-rich dialysate to glucose-free dialysate

Qayyum et al. (69) 2016 Dexcom G4 (7 days, real time CGM) PD 60 T1/T2D
  • Sensor-detected hypoglycaemia in subgroup of patients with A1c >9%

Okada et al. (70) 2015 Medtronic Gold (3 days, Blinded) PD 20 DM
  • Frequent sensor-detected hyperglycemia observed despite well controlled A1c

Skubala et al. (71) 2010 Medtronic Minimed (3 days, Blinded) PD 16 T1/T2D 14 non-DM 13 healthy control
  • Significant difference in mean sensor glucose and mean changes in sensor glucose after dialysate exchange in subgroup of patients with HPT versus H-APT

  • Peritoneal transport status influenced mean 24-hour sensor glucose in non-diabetic patients on PD as well as mean sensor glucose and mean changes in sensor glucose after dialysate exchange in diabetic patients on PD

AUC, area under the curve; HD, hemodialysis; PD, peritoneal dialysis; HPT, high peritoneal transport; HAPT, high average peritoneal transport; T1D, Type 1 diabetes; T2D, Type 2 diabetes; DM, diabetes mellitus; TBR, time below range; TAR, time above range.