Welcome to our Enriched Treatment Pathway – an expert-led practical and evidence-based tool designed help you to provide optimal management of type 2 diabetes with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs).
You have immediate access to expert opinion and the latest data and evidence, with practical guidance on how to incorporate learning and knowledge into your practice.
Suitable for: Primary care practitioners and diabetes specialists, including any healthcare professional involved in the management of people with type 2 diabetes.
The treatment pathway is available in English, French, Spanish and German.
The pathway was last updated in December 2021.
Program Director Melanie Davies introduces this practical and evidence-based pathway. How will it help you? Watch now to find out more and how you can use it to inform and guide your practice.
Better outcomes with fewer complications are associated with timely and intensified treatment of type 2 diabetes, but many people with diabetes are not receiving the right treatment at the right time.
The uptake of GLP-1RAs is proportionately low despite proven efficacy. The latest American Diabetes Association/European Association for the Study of Diabetes (ADA EASD) guidelines recommend treatment with GLP-1RAs as first choice after metformin (alongside comprehensive lifestyle management), particularly when co-existing cardiovascular disease is present.
We know that your time is limited with competing demands, so we have designed a tool helps you to understand the efficacy, safety and optimal use of these newer medications so that you can make an informed decision on prescribing for individual patients.
Based on the Glucose-Lowering Medication in Type 2 Diabetes: Overall Approach flow diagram from the ADA EASD consensus report (published in 2018, with update published in 2019)1,2, the latest supporting evidence on GLP-1RAs is presented in a multimedia format.
The content includes summaries of clinical trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses; audio and video clips in which clinical experts explain the relevance of key GLP-1RA trial data and/or provide support at critical treatment decision points; excerpts from webcasts and articles; and information on the latest FDA/EMA approval status for each GLP-1RA.
Guided by internationally renowned diabetes researcher Professor Melanie Davies, the pathway aligns research with clinical practice, offering concise learning and practical application.
1 Davies MJ, D’Alessio DA, Fradkin J, et al. Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Diabetes Care 2018;41(12):2669–2701.
2 Buse JB, Wexler DJ, Tsapas A, et al. 2019 Update to: Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2018. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD). Diabetes Care 2020;43(2):487-493.
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Melanie J Davies is Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Leicester and an Honorary Consultant Diabetologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She is based in the Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, and is also the Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Professor Davies’ research interests include the causes, screening, prevention, self-management and treatment of type 2 diabetes. She is a National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator Emeritus and Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre. Professor Davies is the Principal Investigator on a number of large global studies in the field of diabetes, obesity, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular disease and co-chair of ADA EASD’s consensus report on type 2 diabetes management.
Professor Davies has published over 550 original articles and has over £60m of grant funding. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 New Year Honours List for services to diabetes research.
Disclosures
Professor Davies has acted as consultant, advisory board member and speaker for Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca and Janssen, an advisory board member for Lexicon, Servier and Gilead Sciences Ltd, and as a speaker for Napp Pharmaceuticals, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
She has received grants in support of investigator and investigator-initiated trials from Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca and Janssen.
Upon studying the pathway and supporting content, you will be able to:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by North American Center for Continuing Medical Education (NACCME) and Springer Healthcare IME.
The program will be certified with up to a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Participants should claim only credits commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activities.
For each period of 15 minutes using the pathway, 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be awarded, until the maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is reached for 60 minutes or more.
NACCME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
In addition to the faculty, NACCME and Springer Healthcare IME planners and staff include Greaton Sellers, Jules Morgan, Rebecca Hills, and Eleanor McDermid. Greaton Sellers, Jules Morgan, Rebecca Hills, and Eleanor McDermid have no financial relationships to disclose.
You must fill out the evaluation form that you will be directed to when exiting the pathway.
You can return as many times as you would like using your registration login and you can claim credit multiple times in increments of 15 minutes. Although you have ongoing unlimited access to the pathway, you are only able to claim 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ in total.
Please select the appropriate option that designates your time spent on the pathway for your accreditation certificate.
This program has been made possible with an educational grant from Novo Nordisk A/S.
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Melanie J Davies is Professor of Diabetes Medicine at the University of Leicester and an Honorary Consultant Diabetologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. She is based in the Diabetes Research Centre, University of Leicester, and is also the Co-Director of the Leicester Diabetes Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Professor Davies’ research interests include the causes, screening, prevention, self-management and treatment of type 2 diabetes. She is a National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator Emeritus and Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre. Professor Davies is the Principal Investigator on a number of large global studies in the field of diabetes, obesity, physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cardiovascular disease and co-chair of ADA EASD’s consensus report on type 2 diabetes management.
Professor Davies has published over 550 original articles and has over £60m of grant funding. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 New Year Honours List for services to diabetes research.
Disclosures
Professor Davies has acted as consultant, advisory board member and speaker for Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca and Janssen, an advisory board member for Lexicon, Servier and Gilead Sciences Ltd, and as a speaker for Napp Pharmaceuticals, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation and Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Inc.
She has received grants in support of investigator and investigator-initiated trials from Novo Nordisk, Sanofi-Aventis, Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, AstraZeneca and Janssen.
