PMID- 35581905 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220803 LR - 20221207 IS - 1463-1326 (Electronic) IS - 1462-8902 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 9 DP - 2022 Sep TI - Type 2 diabetes subgroups and response to glucose-lowering therapy: Results from the EDICT and Qatar studies. PG - 1810-1818 LID - 10.1111/dom.14767 [doi] AB - AIM: To examine the efficacy of glucose-lowering medications in subgroups of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Cluster analysis was performed in participants in the Efficacy and Durability of Initial Combination Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes (EDICT) study and the Qatar study using age, body mass index (BMI), glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c), and homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and beta-cell function (HOMA-beta). Participants also underwent an oral glucose tolerance test with measurement of plasma glucose, insulin and C-peptide concentrations to derive independent measures of insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity. The response to glucose-lowering therapies (change in HbA1c) was measured in each participant cluster for 3 years. RESULTS: Three distinct and comparable clusters/groups of T2DM patients were identified in both the EDICT and Qatar studies. Participants in Group 1 had the highest HbA1c and manifested severe insulin deficiency. Participants in Group 3 had comparable insulin sensitivity to those in Group 1 but better beta-cell function and better glucose control. Participants in Group 2 had the highest BMI with severe insulin resistance accompanied by marked hyperinsulinaemia, which was primarily attributable to decreased insulin clearance. Unexpectedly, participants in Group 1 had better response to combination therapy with pioglitazone plus exenatide than with insulin therapy or metformin sequentially followed by glipizide and basal insulin, while participants in Group 2 responded equally well to both therapies despite very severe insulin resistance. CONCLUSION: Distinct metabolic phenotypes characterize different T2DM clusters and differential responses to glucose-lowering therapies. Participants with severe insulin deficiency respond better to agents that preserve beta-cell function, while, surprisingly, patients with severe insulin resistance did not respond favourably to insulin sensitizers. CI - (c) 2022 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Abdul-Ghani, Tamam AU - Abdul-Ghani T AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA. FAU - Puckett, Curtiss AU - Puckett C AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA. FAU - Migahid, Osama AU - Migahid O AD - Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. FAU - Abdelgani, Siham AU - Abdelgani S AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA. FAU - Migahed, Ayman AU - Migahed A AD - Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. FAU - Adams, John AU - Adams J AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA. FAU - Triplitt, Curtis AU - Triplitt C AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA. FAU - DeFronzo, Ralph AU - DeFronzo R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3839-1724 AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA. FAU - Jayyousi, Amin AU - Jayyousi A AD - Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar. FAU - Abdul-Ghani, Muhammad AU - Abdul-Ghani M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4556-1787 AD - Division of Diabetes, University of Texas Health Science Center and Texas Diabetes Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220629 PL - England TA - Diabetes Obes Metab JT - Diabetes, obesity & metabolism JID - 100883645 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) RN - 0 (Glycated Hemoglobin A) RN - 0 (Hypoglycemic Agents) RN - 0 (Insulin) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism MH - *Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/drug therapy MH - Glucose/therapeutic use MH - Glycated Hemoglobin/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Hypoglycemic Agents/therapeutic use MH - Insulin/metabolism MH - *Insulin Resistance MH - Qatar/epidemiology OTO - NOTNLM OT - cluster analysis OT - glucose-lowering therapy OT - type 2 diabetes subgroups EDAT- 2022/05/19 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/04 06:00 CRDT- 2022/05/18 01:23 PHST- 2022/04/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/02/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/05/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/18 01:23 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/dom.14767 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Diabetes Obes Metab. 2022 Sep;24(9):1810-1818. doi: 10.1111/dom.14767. Epub 2022 Jun 29.