Apidra Children & Adolescents Study

A Study of Effectiveness and Safety of Apidra in Combination With Lantus Therapy in Basal-bolus Insulin Regimen in Inadequately Controlled Children and Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes in the Russian Federation.

Primary Objective:

Evaluate the percentage of patients achieving glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level < 8% (in patients of 6-12 years old) and HbA1c level < 7.5% (in patients of 13-17 year old) at 6 and 12 months of treatment

Secondary Objectives:

Change in HbA1c level at 6 and 12 months of treatment Monthly rate of hypoglycaemia/per patient from the baseline to the end of the study Change in daily dose of glargine and glulisine at 6 and 12 months of treatment.

Inclusion criteria:

• ChildrenAdolescents with Type 1 diabetes Mellitus l(T1DM) onger than 1 year duration
• Age 6 -17 y.o.
• With 8%<HbA1c <10%
• Treated with insulin glargine and any rapid insulin
• Ability to perform a self blood-glucose monitoring (SBGM)
• Signed Informed consent.

Exclusion criteria:

• Diabetes Mellitus type 2
• ChildrenAdolescents with Type 1 diabetes Mellitus previously treated with Apidra
• Hypersensitivity to Insulin glulisine
• Pregnant or lactation women
• Gestational diabetes mellitus
• Treatment with systemic corticosteroids in the 1 month prior to study entry
• T1DM complications: such as already existing active proliferative diabetic retinopathy, as defined by the application of photocoagulation or surgery, in the 6 months before study entry or any other unstable (rapidly progressing) retinopathy that may require photocoagulation or surgery during the study.

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