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DIABETES
ISSN 2054-6181 Vol 5.1 • October 2017 • europeanmedical-journal.com
INSIDE
Review of
EASD 2017
Lisbon, Portugal
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL BOARD...................................................................................................................................... 4
CONGRESS REVIEW..................................................................................................................................... 12
• Review of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 53rd Annual
Meeting 2017, held in Lisbon, Portugal, 11th–15th September 2017
INTERVIEWS WITH EMJ DIABETES EDITORIAL BOARD.................................................................... 28
SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS
• SESSION ONE: BASAL INSULINS: STILL INNOVATING AFTER ALL THESE YEARS............... 38
• SESSION TWO: CH
DIABETES ISSN 2054-6181
CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................
DIABETES • FUTURE TREATMENTS OF DIABETIC RETI
EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Prof Jörg Huber
DIABETES AIMS AND SCOPE • The European Me
DIABETES 5.1 OCTOBER 2017 Director Spencer Gore
Welcome Hello, and a wholehearted welcome to a
europeanmedical-journal.com EUROPEAN UNION Invest
Foreword Prof Jörg Huber Res
European Medical Journal 2.1 2017
FEATURE Climate Change: What Can Doctors Do? •
EASD ANNUAL CONGRESS 2017 FIL - FEIRA INTERNACIO
of knowledge of diabetes and related metabo
Study Associates Sodium Intake with Type 2 Diabet
in a press release dated 14th September, 20
We believe further research is required to guide
Results found no statistically significant
The study found patients had a significant, averag
These results suggest that increased frequency of
Transgender Diabetics Require More Specialist Sup
Because non-alcoholic fatty liver independently r
research group, also discovered T2DM patients to
also 17, 28, and 38 years of age for the three ge
babies (53% compared to 69%), reduced neonat
Delivery of the baby is currently the
Would you like to write for the EMJ blog? Interac
Martijn Brouwers Internist-endocrinologist, Depa
Q: One of your particular interests is in providi
stimulation of the sympathetic nervous syste
crosstalk (gut-adipose, tissue-muscle) in obe
polyphenols or other functional foods may help in
Within the context of a healthy lifestyle, I thin
medical and dentistry students, as well as
A: Scientific organisations are very importan
The new treatments with newer antidiabetic medica
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SESSION 1: BASAL INSULINS: STILL
to the current gold standard glycated haemoglobin
world patients with diabetes face many challenges
Insulin injection 80 Blood glucose (mg/dL) 0
Claims database RCT supplement
that patients remain poorly controlled on O
that were consistent with reductions observed wit
accessed: 6 September 2017. 20. Gliklich RE,
SESSION 2: CHANGING THE TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITU
plus a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (
populations and, despite differences in stud
Evidence for Fixed-Ratio Basal Insulin/ Glucagon-
Who Can Benefit and How to Use: Assessing
• Injectable therapies, including basal insulin
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (N=2,470), in whic
LS mean change in HbA1c (%) 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -
library/EPAR_-_Product_Information/ human/002647/
treatment of type 2 diabetes: A rando
SESSION 3: INNOVATING BEYOND GLUCOSE CONTRO
MEETING SUMMARY Advances in treatment offerings a
• Preliminary evidence generated from analyses
To date, several CV outcomes trials have b
HbA1c was 7.5%.2 Approximately 75% of patients we
ODYSSEY DM-DYSLIPIDEMIA was a randomised, dou
(DKA) and uncharacteristically mild-to-moderat
Unmet Needs in Adult Patients with Type 1 Diabete
(70–180 mg/dL). In addition, there was no increas
The study comprised a 2-week screening period, 2-
quantitative data on the differential effect
metrics of success that are affordable, accessibl
physicians’ working hours, data can be transmitte
DM-DYSLIPIDEMIA trial: Lipid-lowering efficacy
Abstract Reviews A ROLE FOR CONNEXIN
EASD 2017 In conclusion, our study reports that
Abstract Reviews Females Males T2DM
EASD 2017 linkage study. PLoS Med. 2012;9(10):e1
Abstract Reviews Table 1: Clinical and laboratory
EASD 2017 47.8%, respectively (р=0.76). Renin
Abstract Reviews Society (DDG) for making her pa
EASD 2017 2. Hall KD et al. Calorie for calorie,
Abstract Reviews (PBO) or DAPA plus PBO, with no
EASD 2017 Disclosure: This research has been con
Abstract Reviews Our genetic study suggests that
EASD 2017 A B Figure 1: SOCS2-/- macrosomic phen
Abstract Reviews VOLUNTARY EXERCISE CAN MODIFY
EASD 2017 Palatable food in obesity under seden
EDITOR’S PICK The Editor’s Pick for
pressure (BP) goals in persons with DM to
such as diabetic nephropathy. The benefi
Table 1: A summary of the clinical trial data on
stroke; and 0.3% versus 0.47%; HR: 0.63; 95% CI:
Table 2: Recommendations for management of hypert
placebo (9.3% versus 10.5%), whereas ARB did not
Recent data from several randomised clinical tria
blood pressure in adults: Report from the panel
FUTURE TREATMENTS OF DIABETIC RETINOPATHY:
regimens can be challenging. Drugs that can
achieved with intravitreal anti-VEGF antibodi
The ongoing Phase II trial is using 0.75
Table 2 continued. Drug Clinical phase Im
and proinflammatory cytokines, but facilitates
In a Phase I, dose-escalation study (doses rangin
development of DR. In a randomised trial,
with the primary endpoint analysis at 6 months. E
29. Chhablani J et al. Short-term safety profile
Pharmaceuticals Wins £2.4m Biomedical Catalyst Gr
ROLE OF PROBIOTICS IN DIABETES: A REV
The objective of this review was to first understa
bacterial fragments also diffuse through
Furthermore, when the mice were given a high- fat
levels, blunting of glucose excursions on t
Table 2: Overview of important clinical studies d
9. Langdon A et al. The effects of
TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS AND STEM CELL THERAPY: A
to peripheral insulin resistance. Another compone
Table 1: Clinical trials using bone marrow hemato
diabetes, partially or completely in some cases,
The fate of the infused cells was explored by Soo
of different stem cells being tried. Due to most
placebo-controlled study. Cell Transplant. 2014;2
ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR THERAPY I
Table 1: Summary of molecular differences between
residual oedema (Table 2).7 Despite improvements
After 12 months, all remaining patients wer
efficacy.19 Two noteworthy points not seen in RCT
improvements in mean BCVA and mean CRT with pegap
Furthermore, current evidence strongly supports t
118(4):615-25. 11. Schmidt-Erfurth U et al.; REST
ANTI-VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR THERA
which are effective but associated with increased
only antigen binding domains specific to all
RISE/RIDE RISE/RIDE were two parallel, method
VEGF-A, VEGF-B, and placental growth factor.
Pegaptanib Pegaptanib sodium (Macugen™,
option, even after using an analytical model to a
bevacizumab for diabetic macular oedema:
EUROPEAN MEDICAL JOURNAL provides influential arti
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