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Thursday, October 2, 2008

DexCom : JDRF Study Results Show Continuous Glucose Monitoring Provides Significant Benefits in Management of Type 1 Diabetes

Sep 08, 2008 - New study data presented by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) today at the 44th annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), showed the use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) to be effective in the management of Type 1 Diabetes.

The JDRF initiated the study to help increase access to and reimbursement of this new technology, which has been heralded as one of the most significant advancements in diabetes self-management in the past decade. The 322 person, six-month, multi-center randomized trial included both pediatric and adult patients who used either insulin pumps or multiple daily injections to manage their diabetes. The study was conducted in the United States, and utilized all three commercially-available CGM systems, including the Seven(R) System -- developed by San Diego based DexCom(TM), Inc.... DexCom's Press Release -