Anti-Nephropathic Effects of Chronic Intermittent Intravenous Insulin Therapy (CIIIT)

Summary

Investigators with the goal of optimizing glycemic and blood pressure control saw type 1 diabetic patients weekly. A control group received 3-4 subcutaneous insulin injections per day; an intravenous insulin pulsed infusion group received, in addition, three one hour infusions in a pulsatile fashion over one eight hour period each week. Patients were followed for 12 months with periodic testing of renal function by repeated blood and urinary analyses; diabetes control by blood testing and diabetes impact measurement score; cardiac and autonomic function by echocardiography, 24 hour electrocardiographic testing; and visual changes with repeated fundus photography. The study hypothesis was that correction of respiratory quotient would correct the defect leading to microvascular complications of diabetes (Type 1).

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Start

1993-01

Primary completion

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Completion

1995-01

Publications

• Background Dailey GE, Boden GH, Creech RH, Johnson DG, Gleason RE, Kennedy FP, Weinrauch LA, Weir M, D'Elia JA. Effects of pulsatile intravenous insulin therapy on the progression of diabetic nephropathy. Metabolism. 2000 Nov;49(11):1491-5. doi: 10.1053/meta.2000.17700.
• Weinrauch LA, Sun J, Gleason RE, Boden GH, Creech RH, Dailey G, Kennedy FP, Weir MR, D'Elia JA. Pulsatile intermittent intravenous insulin therapy for attenuation of retinopathy and nephropathy in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Metabolism. 2010 Oct;59(10):1429-34. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2010.01.004. Epub 2010 Mar 1.

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