Insuline detemir (Levemir) dans l'etude predictive: resultats obtenus chez les patients diabetiques de type 1 de la cohorte belge. ; Insulin detemir in the predictive study: results in patients with type 1 diabetes in the Belgian cohort

peer reviewed ; Insulin detemir (Levemir) is a soluble human insulin analogue acylated with a 14-carbon fatty acid, which reversibly binds to albumin, thereby providing a more prolonged metabolic effect with lower variability as compared to NPH insulin taken as reference. Thanks to this pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile, insulin detemir is essentially used within a basal-bolus regimen. We report the results obtained in 232 type 1 diabetic patients recruited in Belgium in the frame of the international observational, open, prospective PREDICTIVE study. In patients initially treated wi... Mehr ...