An Update on the Hypoglycaemia-Hyperglycaemia Minimizer System in the Management of Type 1 Diabetes

LONDON, April 21, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Brian L Levy, et al. European Endocrinology, 2016;12(1):18-23 http://doi.org/10.17925/EE.2016.12.01.18

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Published recently in European Endocrinology, the peer-reviewed journal from touchENDOCRINOLOGY, Brian Levy et al discusses how living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) presents many challenges in terms of daily living. Insulin users need to frequently monitor their blood glucose levels and take multiple injections per day and/or multiple boluses through an insulin infusion pump, with the consequences of failing to match the insulin dose to the body's needs resulting in hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. The former can result in seizures, coma and even death; the latter can have both acute and long-term health implications. Many patients with T1D also fail to meet their treatment goals. In order to reduce the burdens of self-administering insulin, and improve efficacy and safety, there is a need to at least partially remove the patient from the loop via a closed-loop 'artificial pancreas' system. The Hypoglycaemia-Hyperglycaemia Minimizer (HHM) System, comprising a continuous, subcutaneous insulin infusion pump, continuous glucose monitor (CGM) and closed-loop insulin dosing algorithm, is able to predict changes in blood glucose and adjust insulin delivery accordingly to help keep the patient at normal glucose levels. Early clinical data indicate that this system is feasible, effective and safe, and has the potential to dramatically improve the therapeutic outcomes and quality of life for people with T1D.

The full peer-reviewed, open-access article is available here:

http://doi.org/10.17925/EE.2016.12.01.18

Disclosure: Brian L Levy, Thomas W McCann, Jr and Daniel A Finan are employees of Animas Corporation

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