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ReviewDiabetes technology & therapeutics2020

A Review of Continuous Glucose Monitoring-Based Composite Metrics for Glycemic Control.

Michelle Nguyen, Julia Han, Elias K Spanakis, Boris P Kovatchev, David C Klonoff

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In one paragraph

Review in Diabetes technology & therapeutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03508934 (Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Insulin Treated Hospitalized Veterans With DM2 at Higher Risk for Hypoglycemia), which is not on this map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03508934 naactive not recruitingnot on this map

Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Insulin Treated Hospitalized Veterans With DM2 at Higher Risk for Hypoglycemia

TypeinterventionalSponsorVA Office of Research and DevelopmentRan2018 to 2026Enrolled218ConditionsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2, HypoglycemiaArmsGTS (Continuous Glucose Monitoring), POC (Point of Care)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Michelle NguyenDiabetes Research Institute, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California.
Julia HanDiabetes Research Institute, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California.
Elias K SpanakisDivision of Endocrinology, Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
Boris P KovatchevCenter for Diabetes Technology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.
David C KlonoffDiabetes Research Institute, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center, San Mateo, California.
Mills Peninsula Health Services · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

CSRD VA I01 CX001825
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We performed a literature review of composite metrics for describing the quality of glycemic control, as measured by continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Nine composite metrics that describe CGM data were identified. They are described in detail along with their advantages and disadvantages. The primary benefit to using composite metrics in clinical practice is to be able to quickly evaluate a patient's glycemic control in the form of a single number that accounts for multiple dimensions of glycemic control. Very little data exist about (1) how to select the optimal components of composite metrics for CGM; (2) how to best score individual components of composite metrics; and (3) how to correlate composite metric scores with empiric outcomes. Nevertheless, composite metrics are an attractive type of scoring system to present clinicians with a single number that accounts for many dimensions of their patients' glycemia. If a busy health care professional is looking for a single-number summary statistic to describe glucose levels monitored by a CGM, then a composite metric has many attractive features.

Indexed as

Blood GlucoseBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringGlycemic ControlHumansBlood GlucoseComposite indexComposite metricsContinuous glucose monitoringDiabetes treatmentGlycemic control

Identifiers

PMID32069094
PMCPMC7642748
OpenAlexW3007862072

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