Defining Outcomes for β-cell Replacement Therapy in the Treatment of Diabetes: A Consensus Report on the Igls Criteria from the IPITA/EPITA Opinion Leaders Workshop

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Contributors

  • Michael R. Rickels - , University of Pennsylvania (Author)
  • Peter G. Stock - , University of California at San Francisco (Author)
  • Eelco J.P. De Koning - , Leiden University (Author)
  • Lorenzo Piemonti - , Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Author)
  • Johann Pratschke - , Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Author)
  • Rodolfo Alejandro - , University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (Author)
  • Melena D. Bellin - , University of Minnesota System (Author)
  • Thierry Berney - , Geneva University Hospitals (Author)
  • Pratik Choudhary - , King's College London (KCL) (Author)
  • Paul R. Johnson - , University of Oxford (Author)
  • Raja Kandaswamy - , University of Minnesota System (Author)
  • Thomas W.H. Kay - , University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Bart Keymeulen - , Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Author)
  • Yogish C. Kudva - , Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN (Author)
  • Esther Latres - , Breakthrough T1D (formerly known as Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) (Author)
  • Robert M. Langer - , Ordensklinikum Linz (Author)
  • Roger Lehmann - , University of Zurich (Author)
  • Barbara Ludwig - , Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • James F. Markmann - , Massachusetts General Hospital (Author)
  • Marjana Marinac - , Breakthrough T1D (formerly known as Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) (Author)
  • Jon S. Odorico - , University of Wisconsin-Madison (Author)
  • François Pattou - , University Hospital of Lille (Author)
  • Peter A. Senior - , University of Alberta (Author)
  • James A.M. Shaw - , Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Marie Christine Vantyghem - , University Hospital of Lille (Author)
  • Steven White - , Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Author)

Abstract

β-cell replacement therapy, available currently as pancreas or islet transplantation, has developed without a clear definition of graft functional and clinical outcomes. The International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association and European Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association held a workshop to develop consensus for an International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association and European Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association Statement on the definition of function and failure of current and future forms of β-cell replacement therapy. There was consensus that β-cell replacement therapy could be considered as a treatment for β-cell failure, regardless of etiology and without requiring undetectable C-peptide, accompanied by glycemic instability with either problematic hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia. Glycemic control should be assessed at a minimum by glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ) and the occurrence of severe hypoglycemia. Optimal β-cell graft function is defined by near-normal glycemic control (HbA 1c ≤6.5% [48 mmol/mol]) without severe hypoglycemia or requirement for insulin or other antihyperglycemic therapy, and with an increase over pretransplant measurement of C-peptide. Good β-cell graft function requires HbA 1c less than 7.0% (53 mmol/mol) without severe hypoglycemia and with a significant (>50%) reduction in insulin requirements and restoration of clinically significant C-peptide production. Marginal β-cell graft function is defined by failure to achieve HbA 1c less than 7.0% (53 mmol/mol), the occurrence of any severe hypoglycemia, or less than 50% reduction in insulin requirements when there is restoration of clinically significant C-peptide production documented by improvement in hypoglycemia awareness/severity, or glycemic variability/lability. A failed β-cell graft is defined by the absence of any evidence for clinically significant C-peptide production. Optimal and good function are considered successful clinical outcomes.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1479-1486
Number of pages8
JournalTransplantation
Volume102
Issue number9
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2018
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 29528967

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

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