Continuous Glucose Monitoring Shows Promise in Managing Type 2 Diabetes, Reveals Comprehensive Study
USA: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) emerges as a beacon of hope in the battle against type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), as per a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. The study, conducted by a team of researchers, delves into CGM's effectiveness in enhancing metrics of glycemic control among individuals grappling with T2DM.
The study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism revealed that continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) or flash glucose monitors (FGM) use led to a statistically significant decrease in A1C for adults with type 2 diabetes.
"Our analyses showed that initiation of CGM led to a modest but significant decline in HbA1c of 0.32% among patients with T2DM," the researchers reported. They note that declines in HbA1c were similar for both rt-CGM and FGM, however, there was a trend for improvements in other metrics of glucose control that favored rt-CGM over self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG).
Stacey Uhl, ECRI, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA, and colleagues aimed to provide a systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizing the findings of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of CGMs in managing adults with type 2 diabetes on glucose control and clinical outcomes.
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