Endocrine Abstracts

Objective: To investigate whether restoration of insulin secretion and long-term optimal glycemic control can be achieved by short-term liraglutide (a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist) therapy compared with basal insulin therapy in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes.Research Design and Methods: Japanese subjects with type 2 diabetes had a short-term, 3 week course of basal insulin therapy (n=114) or liraglutide therapy (n=29) to...