A randomized comparison of postprandial glucose excursion using inhaled insulin versus rapid-acting analog insulin in adults with type 1 diabetes using multiple daily injections of insulin or automated insulin delivery
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OBJECTIVE: To compare postprandial glucose excursions following a bolus with inhaled technosphere insulin (TI) or subcutaneous rapid-acting analog (RAA) insulin. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A meal challenge was completed by 122 adults with type 1 diabetes who were using multiple daily injections (MDI), a nonautomated pump, or automated insulin delivery (AID) and who were randomized to bolus with their usual RAA insulin (n = 61) or TI (n = 61). RESULTS: The primary outcome, the treatment group difference in area under the curve for glucose >180 mg/dL over 2 h, was less with TI versus RAA (adjusted difference −12 mg/dL, 95% CI −22 to −2, P = 0.02). With TI, the glucose excursion was smaller (P = 0.01), peak glucose lower (P = 0.01), and time to peak glucose shorter (P = 0.006). Blood glucose <70 mg/dL occurred in one participant in each group. CONCLUSIONS: Postmeal glucose excursion was smaller with TI than with RAA insulin in a cohort that included both AID and MDI users.
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In a recent randomized clinical trial, technosphere inhaled insulin showed lower postprandial hyperglycemia than subcutaneous rapid-acting analog insulin.
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- Hirsch, I. B., Beck, R. W., Marak, M. C., Calhoun, P., Mottalib, A., Salhin, A., Manessis, A., Coviello, A. D., Bhargava, A., Thorsell, A., Atakov Castillo, A., Bode, B. W., Levister, C., Levy, C. J., Donahue, C., Cordero, C., Beatson, C., Langel, C. R., Jacobson, C., Kurek, C., Cruse, D., Pickering, D., Tamarez, D., Steenkamp, D. W., Desjardins, D., Aleppo, G., O’Malley, G., Akturk, H. K., Diner, J., Baran, J. D., Buse, J. B., Ruedy, K., Codorniz, K., Klein, K. R., Castorino, K., Jordan, L. F., Kipnes, M., Church, M. M., Hamdy, O., Raskin, P., Nguyen, Q. T., Weinstock, R. S., Lee, S., Rizvi, S., Bzdick, S., Ghorbani Rodriguez, T., Salah, T., Blevins, T., Kudva, Y. C., Haider, Z., INHALE-3 Study Group, Bode, B. W., Ownby, J., Johnson, J., Ruiz, A., Stephens, N., Maxson, A., Akturk, H. K., Haider, Z., Beatson, C., Mason, E., Steenkamp, D. W., Wolpert, H., Atakov-Castillo, A., Sullivan, A., Kipnes, M., Salhin, A., Copple, T., Beltran, S., Ryan, T., Levy, C. J., O’Malley, G., Levister, C., Tamarez, D., Ipek, A., Bhargava, A., Burke, C., Langel, C., Bauman, S., Haight, C., Bohr, A., Hamdy, O., Mottalib, A., Salah, T., Al Badri, M., Dhaver, S., Nguyen, Q. T., Nguyen, L., Codorniz, K., Lee, S., Jacobson, C., Cordero, C., Migliozzi, B., Kudva, Y., Desjardins, D., Reid, C., Rizvi, S., Kaur, R. J., Livingood, D., Pickering, D., Cruse, D., Aleppo, G., Kravarusic, J., Coyne, K., Herrmann, S., Fronczyk, E., Manessis, A., McKillop, L., Hyatt, J., Patruno, M., Castorino, K., Church, M. M., Thorsell, A., Shuirman, M., Cobb, B., Watt, O., Weinstock, R., Bzdick, S., Blevins, T., Casaubon, L., Espinosa, V., Pandit, K., Perez, J., Armstrong, C., Martinez-Arredondo, M., Stewart, A., Johnson, O., Diner, J., Buse, J., Klein, K., Ghorbani Rodriguez, T., Young, L., Coviello, A. D., Donahue, C., Kass, A., Fulghum, K., Raskin, P., Jordan, L., Shao, B., Hirsch, I. B., Baran, J., Mandava, P., Holod, R., Kaiserman, K., Ulloa, J., Pleitez, J., Sylvan, J., Badgett, L., Ruedy, K., Beck, R., Borgman, S., Frey, S., Mba-Oduwusi, N., Miller, P., Fults, A., Marak, M., Calhoun, P., Pritchard, R., Dolzhenko, E., McCarthy, C., Gabrielson, D., Brown, S., Ahmann, A., & Bergenstal, R.
- Affiliations
- 2JAEB Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL
- Jaeb Center for Health Research (US)
- 9Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
- 7Iowa Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center, West Des Moines, IA
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- 6University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
- 19SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
- 14Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
- ORCID
- Venue
- Diabetes Care
- Publisher
- American Diabetes Association
- Published
- 2024-07-23
- Volume
- 47
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1682-1687
- ISSN
- 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-5548
- PMC
- PMC11362108
- OpenAlex
- W4400912290
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- 33
- References
- 3
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 13 · 2024: 2
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- 10.87
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- en
- Open access
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- Diabetes Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- MannKind
- Health Research Foundation, Inc.
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
- Keywords
- inhaled insulin, Technosphere insulin, rapid-acting insulin analogs, type 1 diabetes, postprandial glucose excursions, bolus insulin, multiple daily insulin injections, artificial pancreas, insulin pump therapy, hypoglycemia
- MeSH terms
- Administration, Inhalation, Adult, Blood Glucose, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Female, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Insulin, Insulin Infusion Systems, Male, Middle Aged, Postprandial Period, Insulin, Short-Acting
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