In T2DM patients in protocol I, exenatide reduced fasting glucose from baseline.
In plain wordsIn T2DM patients in protocol I, exenatide reduced fasting blood sugar compared with baseline.
- Peptide
- Exenatide (exendin-4)
- Outcome
- DecreaseProtocol I fasting glucose
- Study
n = 12
- Comparator
- Before exenatide
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · 2 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Fasting glucose
- 10.2 mm
- before
- Fasting glucose
- 7.6 mm
- after
Source sentences
After 2 wk of exenatide (protocol I), fasting plasma glucose decreased (from 10.2 to 7.6 mm) and mean postmeal plasma glucose decreased (from 13.2 to 11.3 mm) (P < 0.05); fasting and meal-stimulated plasma insulin and glucagon did not change significantly.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Seventeen T2DM patients (44 yr; seven females, 10 males; body mass index = 33.6 kg/m(2); glycosylated hemoglobin = 7.9%) received a mixed meal followed for 6 h with double-tracer technique ([1-(14)C]glucose orally; [3-(3)H]glucose i.v.) before and after 2 wk of exenatide.
In protocol II (n = 5), but not in protocol I (n = 12), exenatide was given in the morning of the repeat meal.