Can A.I. Coaching Help With Diabetes Control?
An artificial intelligence (AI)-based combination of wearable sensors, a phone app, and personalized lifestyle coaching can help patients with type 2 diabetes achieve their glycemic goals while reducing medication burden, new data show.
Among patients who had been living with diabetes for an average of 9 years, 71% of those who were randomized to the AI-enabled intervention achieved the endpoint of a target hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level < 6.5% at 12 months compared with just 2.4% of those randomized to the usual-care group (P < 0.001).
Kevin M. Pantalone, DO (Cleveland Clinic, OH), the study’s lead author, said the results of this bundled intervention exceeded the researchers’ expectations. “To actually be able to achieve this aggressive target at the same time that a significant number of patients were reducing their number of therapies—including many of the newer and more novel modern therapies like GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors—is very telling in just how powerful these types of interventions can be on patient behavior and improving diabetes outcomes,” Pantalone told TCTMD.
Excerpted from tctMD
