Exploring the characteristics of suboptimally controlled patients after 24 weeks of basal insulin treatment: An individualized approach to intensification

AIM: To identify characteristics of suboptimally controlled patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) on basal insulin treatment who may benefit from intensive titration or further intensification of treatment. METHODS: A post hoc analysis of SOLVE: a 24-week, international, observational study conducted in 17,374 patients with T2DM inadequately controlled on oral antidiabetic drugs (OADs) started on once-daily insulin detemir. Patients were divided into two groups based on whether they achieved HbA1c10years: 1.44 [1.17;1.77]; p2 OADs: 1.38 [1.14;1.66]; p=0.0003). Overall reporting of hypoglycemia was low; fewer patients with HbA1c⩾7.0% (⩾53.0mmol/mol) reported hypoglycemic events compared with patients with HbA1c<7.0% (9.8% vs. 12.5%, respectively; p