[Long-term effect of combination glibenclamide-insulin treatment in the secondary failure of sulfonylurea therapy--results of a one-year double blind study].
The long-term efficacy of combined insulin-glibenclamide treatment was investigated in 79 secondary drug failure patients by means of a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled study. During a one-year follow-up period the patients on insulin plus glibenclamide required significantly lower exogenous insulin doses. Coincidentally, C-peptide concentrations were significantly raised in the verum versus the placebo group. Additionally, the administration of glibenclamide resulted in a decreased level of hyperglycaemia during the first six months of the observation period. Glibenclamide withdrawal after six and again after twelve months of the combined therapy provoked a deterioration of glycaemic control, as well as a lowering of the C-peptide concentrations. The findings demonstrate a prolonged beneficial effect of the combined treatment, in contrast to the solely short-term effects predicted by numerous studies. The metabolic improvement must be ascribed in part to the beta-cytotropic effect of glibenclamide. Extrapancreatic pathways via receptor/postreceptor mechanisms cannot be excluded.
D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D005905:Glyburide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001786:Blood Glucose; D002096:C-Peptide; D007328:Insulin; D005905:Glyburide
Langzeiteffekt der Glibenclamid-Insulin-Kombinationsbehandlung beim Sekundärversagen der Sulfonylharnstofftherapie--Ergebnisse einer einjährigen Doppelblindstudie.