FEATURED AUTHORITIES ON DIABETES MANAGAMENT
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What was the physiological, safety, and compliance-focused rationale for combining basal insulin plus GLP-1 RA into a fixed ratio formulation? How would this approach achieve pan-glycemic (FBG and PPG) control?
What are the withdrawal and regimen adherence rates with the GLP-1 RA/insulin regimens, and how do the fixed ratio combination formulations affect GI side effects sometimes encountered with GLP-1 RAs? Is the incidence of side effects lower?
What is the appropriate way to add fixed ratio combination GLP-1 RA/insulin regimens to oral foundational therapy? Are these drugs added sequentially? Should the oral agents be discontinued?
How would you deploy the fixed ratio combination regimens in patients who had documented postprandial hyperglycemia? Would one combination offer an advantage over the other, based on pharmacokinetic properties of the GLP-1 RA?
How would deploy the fixed ratio combination agents in an obese patient who was not meeting HA1c target goals on metformin alone, or a second oral agent?
Given the established use of metformin and SGLT2 inhibitors as oral foundation agents, where do you believe the GLP-1 RA/insulin combination regimens, which are injectable, are likely to play the most important role in guideline-directed care?
Are there significant clinical differences—pharmacokinetic, safety, weight loss, control of PPG—between the two combination formulations, i.e. glargine insulin plus lixisenatide (iGlarLixi) vs. degludec insulin plus liraglutide (iDegLira)?
What markers and strategies do you recommend for titrating fixed-dose combination regimens? What dosing considerations apply to ensure optimal HA1c control?
From a front lines translational perspective, where are combination insulin-plus-GLP-1 RA regimens likely to fit into the sequencing algorithm for care of patients with T2D?
Can you provide some background, including dosing and units of each component, for the two fixed ratio, combination, insulin-plus-GLP-1 receptor agonist formulations that have been investigated and are likely to be approved?
How do slow dose titration strategies for the fixed ratio, combination formulations, i.e. glargine insulin plus lixisenatide (iGlarLixi) vs. degludec insulin plus liraglutide (iDegLira) potentially affect the side effects seen?
What is your current perspective on the LEADER Trial and how should we translate its findings to the front lines of diabetes care? Can you describe the trial design?