Pathophysiology of Remission in Type 2 Diabetes—The Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT)

DiRECT is a prospective, randomised study of type 2 diabetes of 48mmol/mol (n=16; non-responders). At baseline, the two groups were similar (age 53.3±1.2 vs. 53.6±2.2 years, weight 100.3±2.8 vs. 98.2 ±3.9kg, BMI 34.9±0.7 vs. 34.9±1.2kg/m2) but not duration of diabetes (2.7±0.3 vs. 3.8±0.4 years, p=0.04) nor HbA1c 57.1±1.8 vs. 62.5±2.3 mmol/mol; p Disclosure R. Taylor: None. A. Al-Mrabeh: None. S.V. Zhyzhneuskaya: None. C. Peters: None. A.C. Barnes: None. B. Aribisala: None. K.G. Hollingsworth: None. N. Sattar: Advisory Panel; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH. Speaker's Bureau; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.. Advisory Panel; Self; Novo Nordisk A/S. Speaker's Bureau; Self; Novo Nordisk A/S, Eli Lilly and Company. Research Support; Self; Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH. Advisory Panel; Self; Amgen Inc.. Speaker's Bureau; Self; Amgen Inc., AstraZeneca, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Medscape, Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH. M.E. Lean: Advisory Panel; Self; Novo Nordisk Inc., Orexigen Therapeutics, Inc.. Research Support; Self; Cambridge Weight Plan. Consultant; Self; Counterweight Ltd. Stock/Shareholder; Self; Eat Balanced.