Rosiglitazone Reduced the Incidence of Diabetes in Patients With Impaired Glucose Tolerance

STUDY

DREAM (Diabetes REduction Assessment with ramipril and rosiglitizone Medication) Trial Investigators; Gerstein HC, Yusuf S, Bosch J, Pogue J, Sheridan P, Dinccag N, Hanefeld M, Hoogwerf B, Laakso M, Mohan V, Shaw J, Zinman, B, Holman RR: Effect of rosiglitazone on the frequency of diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance or impaired fasting glucose: a randomised controlled trial.

SUMMARY

Design. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.

Subjects. Adults > 30 years of age with impaired fasting glucose (IFG; fasting plasma glucose [FPG] > 110 mg/dl and < 126 mg/dl and 2-hour plasma glucose < 200 mg/dl during oral glucose tolerance test [OGTT]) or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT; FPG < 126 mg/dl and 2-hour plasma glucose 140-200 mg/dl and no previous history of diabetes or cardiovascular disease).

Methods. Potentially eligible patients entered a placebo run-in period; those who were successful in taking 80% of doses were then randomized to …