Deciphering Current Treatment Recommendations for Type 2 Diabetes

Deciphering Current Treatment Recommendations for Type 2 Diabetes

Release Date: August 13, 2015
Last Reviewed: August 7, 2015
Expiration Date: August 13, 2016
Time to Complete Activity: 1.0 hour

This activity is provided by Paradigm Medical Communications, LLC.

Target Audience
This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of physicians specializing in internal medicine, primary care, and endocrinology/diabetology. 

Learning Objectives
Upon proper completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Explain the principles of personalized type 2 diabetes management, including the incorporation of new therapies, as outlined in the most recent clinical guidelines and algorithms.
• Differentiate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of the incretin-based antihyperglycemic agents so as to appropriately use these agents for individualized type 2 diabetes management.
• Describe the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of SGLT2 inhibitors as well as ongoing outcomes research efforts to appropriately use these agents for individualized type 2 diabetes management.
• Apply guideline and algorithm recommendations to individualize insulin treatment regimens for type 2 diabetes.

Agenda

• Treatment Plans That Match Individual Agents to Individual Patients: Focus on Incretin-based Therapies
• Where Do SGLT2 Inhibitors Fit Within an Individualized Treatment Plan for the Patient with Type 2 Diabetes?
• Advancing to Triple Therapy, Basal Insulin, and Beyond
• Summary

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Disclosure of Commercial Support
This activity is supported by independent educational grants from AstraZeneca LP and from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Lilly USA, LLC.

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Lawrence Blonde, MD, FACP, FACE (Chair)
Grant/Research Support to Institution: Eli Lilly and Company; Novo Nordisk; sanofi-aventis US
Retained Consultant: AstraZeneca; GlaxoSmithKline; Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Merck & Co, Inc; Novo Nordisk; Quest Diagnostics, Inc; sanofi-aventis US
Speakers Bureau: AstraZeneca; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Merck & Co, Inc; Novo Nordisk; sanofi-aventis US

George Grunberger, MD, FACP, FACE
Grant/Research Support: AstraZeneca; Eli Lilly and Company; Merck & Co, Inc.; Novo Nordisk; sanofi-aventis US
Speakers Bureau: AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc/Eli Lilly and Company; Eli Lilly and Company; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Merck & Co, Inc; Novo Nordisk; sanofi-aventis US

Javier Morales, MD
Advisory Board: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Eli Lilly and Company; Novo Nordisk
Speakers Bureau: Eli Lilly and Company; Novo Nordisk

Carol H. Wysham, MD, FACP
Advisory Board: AstraZeneca; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; sanofi-aventis US
Grant/Research Support: Abbott; AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Merck & Co, Inc; Novo Nordisk; sanofi-aventis US
Speakers Bureau: AstraZeneca; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Eli Lilly and Company; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc; Novo Nordisk; sanofi-aventis US

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Peer reviewer, Carol Levy, MD, CDE, has the following financial relationships to disclose;
Retained Consultant: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc

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