Early Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Cystic Fibrosis

Summary

Is oral therapy with Repaglinide equivalent to insulin therapy with three daily injections with respect to blood glucose control, weight and pulmonary function over 2 years in patients with cystic fibrosis and secondary diabetes mellitus? That is the question examined in the phase III trial.

Timeline

Start

2001-09

Primary completion

2011-12

Completion

2011-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper mean difference between groups -0·4%, (95% CI -1·1 to 0·2 [-4·4 mmol/mol, -11·5 to 2·7], p=0·15). PMID 29199116 ↗

Publications

• Onady GM, Stolfi A. Drug treatments for managing cystic fibrosis-related diabetes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Oct 19;10(10):CD004730. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004730.pub5.
• Ballmann M, Hubert D, Assael BM, Staab D, Hebestreit A, Naehrlich L, Nickolay T, Prinz N, Holl RW; CFRD Study Group. Repaglinide versus insulin for newly diagnosed diabetes in patients with cystic fibrosis: a multicentre, open-label, randomised trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2018 Feb;6(2):114-121. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(17)30400-X. Epub 2017 Dec 5.
• Ballmann M, Hubert D, Assael BM, Kronfeld K, Honer M, Holl RW; CFRD Study group. Open randomised prospective comparative multi-centre intervention study of patients with cystic fibrosis and early diagnosed diabetes mellitus. BMC Pediatr. 2014 Mar 11;14:70. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-70.
• Schmid K, Fink K, Holl RW, Hebestreit H, Ballmann M. Predictors for future cystic fibrosis-related diabetes by oral glucose tolerance test. J Cyst Fibros. 2014 Jan;13(1):80-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2013.06.001. Epub 2013 Jun 25.

Drugs

Indications