Efficacy of Once Weekly Insulin and Lowering HbA1cCarly

Authors

Carly Gilbertson, University of North Dakota

Files

Document Type

Poster

Description

• The purpose of this literature review is to determine if patients with diabetes mellitus taking once weekly insulin injections compared to once daily insulin injections offer the same, or better, effectiveness at lowering their HbA1c. This is critical in the management and progression of the disease. • The electronic databases PubMed, Clinical Key and Embase were searched and there was 92 articles found. Inclusion criteria included articles published within the past 5 years, randomized clinical trials and meta-analysis. Seven studies met final criteria for inclusion. Current research provides data supporting the use of once weekly insulin is just as effective as once daily insulin to reduce HbA1c. • Future research could be conducted to study once weekly insulin in individuals for a longer amount of time, since the once weekly insulin is new. Diabetes comes with many other comorbidities so research could also be conducted in individuals that have secondary comorbidities to diabetes.

Department

Physician Assistant Studies

Degree Name

Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS)

Date of Work

2025

Publication Date

Spring 5-2025

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Gilbertson, Carly, "Efficacy of Once Weekly Insulin and Lowering HbA1cCarly" (2025). Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters. 325.
https://commons.und.edu/pas-grad-posters/325