Conversion of Hyperglycemic Patients Being Treated With Intravenous Insulin Infusions to Lantus Insulin
Summary
The primary objective of this study is to determine the optimal dose of glargine insulin when converting from intravenous short-acting continuous insulin infusions in surgical and intensive care unit patients using a prospective, controlled, parallel group, randomized study design.
Note: Lantus insulin is the proprietary name for glargine insulin.
Description
Critical illness causes an impairment of insulin secretion and insulin action, resulting in hyperglycemia even in normal individuals and a worsening of the hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes. Normalization of elevated glucose levels by intensive insulin infusion therapy in these critically ill patients has been proven to dramatically improve in-hospital mortality rates. After glucose levels have been controlled with insulin infusions, the best way to convert them to subcutaneous insulin regimens has not been demonstrated conclusively but the insulin regimen best suited is a combination of a basal insulin such as glargine (Lantus) insulin with premeal insulin boluses using a short-acting insulin such as Lispro or Aspart.
Subjects will be randomized into three groups, 25 subjects in each group, the groups differing according to the starting dose of glargine insulin as follows:
1. Multiply the total daily IV insulin dose, using the final 6 hour infusion rate to estimate the total daily dose, by 0.4 to get the starting dose of glargine, continuing the insulin drip for 5 hours after giving the glargine before stopping the infusion;
2. Multiply the total daily IV insulin dose, using the final 6 hour infusion rate to estimate the total daily dose, by 0.6 to get the starting dose of glargine, continuing the insulin drip for 5 hours after giving the glargine before stopping the infusion;
3. Multiply the total daily IV insulin dose, using the final 6 hour infusion rate to estimate the total daily dose, by 0.8 to get the starting dose of glargine, continuing the insulin drip for 5 hours after giving the glargine before stopping the infusion.
The glargine insulin will then be continued as the basal insulin, adjusting doses every 24 hours based on the fasting blood glucose level. In addition, patients will receive Lispro or Aspart insulin as prandial bolus insulins with the goals premeal being 80 - 120 mg/dl, including bedtime. Glucose measurements will be obtained every 1- 4 hours while patients are on their insulin infusions, depending upon the stability of their condition and the stability of their glucose levels. Following transfer to glargine insulin, they will have glucose measured at least four times per day, premeal and bedtime as per standard protocol in the hospital for patients receiving insulin. Glucose data will be obtained from such patients and this will be compared among the various glargine regimens.
Study Design
Allocation: Randomized, Control: Dose Comparison, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment
Conditions
Hyperglycemia
Intervention
insulin glargine, insulin glargine, insulin glargine
Location
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Illinois
United States
60611
Status
Completed
Source
Northwestern University
Results (where available)
Links
- Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00338104
- Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 15, 2010
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Insulin Resistance
Diminished effectiveness of INSULIN in lowering blood sugar levels: requiring the use of 200 units or more of insulin per day to prevent HYPERGLYCEMIA or KETOSIS. It can be caused by the presence of INSULIN ANTIBODIES or the abnormalities in insulin receptors (RECEPTOR, INSULIN) on target cell surfaces. It is often associated with OBESITY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; INFECTION; and certain rare conditions. (from Stedman, 25th ed)
Hyperinsulinism
A syndrome with excessively high INSULIN levels in the BLOOD. It may cause HYPOGLYCEMIA. Etiology of hyperinsulinism varies, including hypersecretion of a beta cell tumor (INSULINOMA); autoantibodies against insulin (INSULIN ANTIBODIES); defective insulin receptor (INSULIN RESISTANCE); or overuse of exogenous insulin or HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS.
Insulin, Long-acting
Insulin formulation containing substance which delays or retards time period of the absorption of insulin.
Insulin
A 51-amino acid pancreatic hormone that plays a major role in the regulation of glucose metabolism, directly by suppressing endogenous glucose production (GLYCOGENOLYSIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS) and indirectly by suppressing GLUCAGON secretion and LIPOLYSIS. Native insulin is a globular protein comprised of a zinc-coordinated hexamer. Each insulin monomer containing two chains, A (21 residues) and B (30 residues), linked by two disulfide bonds. Insulin is used as a drug to control insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1).
Insulin Infusion Systems
Portable or implantable devices for infusion of insulin. Includes open-loop systems which may be patient-operated or controlled by a pre-set program and are designed for constant delivery of small quantities of insulin, increased during food ingestion, and closed-loop systems which deliver quantities of insulin automatically based on an electronic glucose sensor.
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