Type 1 diabetes

Endocrine Management and Clinical Outcomes in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation

Diabetes Technol TherPublished Retrospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

Pediatric patients at our institution have favorable endocrine outcomes as evidenced by median HbA1C under the goal of 6.5% through the initial 3 years by following our modified management protocols.

Study context

Population
Pediatric recipients of total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) at one institution, managed with modified endocrine protocols
Participants
86 recipients
Outcome
Post-TPIAT glycemic management (HbA1c)
Follow-up
Through 4 years postsurgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre
  • Single-centre

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Median HbA1c · 12 months post-TPIAT

TPIAT

6.0

median · 25-75th percentile 5.6–6.7 · % · n = 82

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

OutcomeValues
Median HbA1c · 18 monthsTPIAT median 6.4 (25-75th percentile 5.6–7.5) % · n = 56
Median HbA1c · 2 yearsTPIAT median 6.4 (25-75th percentile 5.6–7.4) % · n = 46
Median HbA1c · 3 yearsTPIAT median 6.5 (25-75th percentile 5.5–8.1) % · n = 31
Median HbA1c · 4 yearsTPIAT median 7.2 (25-75th percentile 6.2–8.3) % · n = 16

Original publication

Endocrine Management and Clinical Outcomes in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients Undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Islet Autotransplantation. Diabetes Technol Ther. Published 26 October 2023. doi:10.1089/dia.2023.0243

Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →

Get them every week

New studies on this topic in My Week and in your Monday e-mail.

We e-mail you a sign-in link and a code. No password, no spam.