Of those, 49 patients showed a C-peptide level greater than 200 pmol/L, of whom 38 were re-classified with type 2 diabetes, and 11 patients await re-classification and monogenic diabetes results.

Although ‘lean type 2 diabetes’ is not uncommon, clinicians must first exclude other causes including autoimmune, monogenic, ...

Once-daily oral verapamil may help preserve stimulated C-peptide secretion for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published in JAMA. In findings from a randomized ...

Though intensive diabetes management did not have a beneficial impact on C-peptide, Beck said, the study showed automated insulin delivery still has a beneficial effect for youths newly diagnosed ...

Cardiologist Dr Alok Chopra emphasises the importance of testing insulin levels as normal blood sugar can hide insulin ...

Vertex has been conducting a phase 1/2 study of this cell and device approach to measure whether it led to an increase in peak C-peptide—a biomarker of insulin production—in individuals with ...

Jeyam A, Colhoun H, McGurnaghan S, et al. Clinical impact of residual C-peptide secretion in type 1 diabetes on glycemia and microvascular complications. Diabetes Care 2021;44:390-398.