Less is More: The Promise of Weekly Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes

Estimated Time
1.25 hr

Release Date
Feb 18, 2025

Expiration Date
Feb 03, 2026

Explore how weekly insulin innovations are reshaping type 2 diabetes (T2D) treatment through an evidence-based review of ultra-long-acting basal insulin and clinical trial insights. Tailored specifically for primary care physicians (PCPs), a 15-minute pre-work session offers practical strategies for integrating these advances into your practice.

Then dive into the 60-minute course, developed in collaboration with The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), to deepen your understanding of innovative insulin therapies for T2D. Through a detailed exploration of cutting-edge clinical practices, this activity provides actionable strategies for seamlessly integrating weekly insulin options into patient care.

Key Topics Include:

  • Insights into ultra-long-acting basal insulin for T2D
  • Best practices for initiating and managing weekly insulin
  • Clinical considerations for optimizing patient outcomes
  • Describing the place of novel insulin therapies, including once-weekly basal insulin, in treating T2D
  • Developing strategies for initiating, dosing, and titrating once-weekly basal insulin for T2D
  • Examining the consequences of delaying initiation and intensification of basal insulin in eligible patients
  • Communicating to your patients the advantages of once-weekly basal insulin, considering patient concerns about weight gain and hypoglycemia

Stay ahead in diabetes care with expert-led, accessible, and actionable content. Enroll now to transform your approach to T2D management!

Speakers

Accreditation and Disclosure Information

Target Audience
This activity is intended for PCPs and other members of the healthcare team in the U.S. who care for patients with T2D.

Educational Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

  • Describe the place of novel insulin therapies, including once-weekly basal insulin, in treating T2D
  • Develop strategies for initiating, dosing, and titrating once-weekly basal insulin for T2D
  • Examine the consequences of delaying initiation and intensification of basal insulin in eligible patients
  • Communicate to your patients the advantages of once-weekly basal insulin, considering patient concerns about weight gain and hypoglycemia

Agenda

  • Once-Weekly Insulin: Trials, Trends, and Tackling Inertia
    • Introduction to Once-Weekly Insulin Formulations
    • Clinical Trial Results
    • Simplifying Data Interpretation
  • Once-Weekly Insulin: A Game Changer in a Crowded Market
  • Practices for Initiating and Dosing Once-Weekly Basal Insulin in T2D
  • The Promise of Once-Weekly Insulin

Accreditation, Support and Credit
This activity is provided by ACOFP and MLI
       


Joint Accreditation with Commendation LogoIn support of improving patient care, Medical Learning Institute Inc 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.

 

Osteopathic Physician Continuing Medical Education
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 1.25 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report continuing medical education (CME) credits commensurate with the physician’s participation in this program.

Allopathic Physician Continuing Medical Education
Medical Learning Institute Inc (MLI) designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Participation information will be shared through the ACCME's Program and Activity Reporting System (PARS).

AAFP CME Credit
Joint Accreditation with Commendation LogoThe AAFP has reviewed Less is More: The Promise of Weekly Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes and deemed it acceptable for up to 1.25 Enduring Materials, Self-Study AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 02/18/2025 to 02/03/2026. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

 

Support Statement
This activity is supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

Disclosure & Conflict of Interest Policy
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Medical Learning Institute Inc is committed to providing high quality continuing education to healthcare professionals, as individuals and teams, with a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from ineligible companies that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education. To that end, MLI requires faculty, presenters, planners, staff, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this CE activity to disclose all financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME, as related to the content of this CE activity, regardless of the amount or their view of the relevance to the education. All identified COI will be thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to MLI policy. These disclosures will be provided to learners prior to the start of the CE activity.

Faculty Disclosures
Planner/Presenter
Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS

Benioff Professor in Children’s Health
Professor of Pediatrics
Director of UCSF Pediatric Diabetes Program
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA

Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
Consultant/Advisor: Arecor, Eli Lilly, MannKind, Novo Nordisk, Portal Insulin, Tandem

Planner/Presenter
Jay H. Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP

Professor, Diabetologist
Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health
Touro University California, College of Osteopathic Medicine
Vallejo, CA, USA

Jay H. Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
Consultant/Advisor: Abbott, Bayer, Eli Lilly, Madrigal, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi
Other: Member of American Diabetes Association, American College of Diabetology (Chair of the Executive Board), American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians, American Academy of Family Physicians, American Osteopathic Association and the Global NASH Council.
The following relationships have ended within the last 24 months:
Consultant/Advisor: Nevro (ended 6/2023)

Planner/Presenter
Carol Hatch Wysham, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Medical Manager, Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic
MultiCare Rockwood Clinic
Spokane, WA, USA

Carol Hatch Wysham, MD, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:
Consultant/Advisor: Abbott, Biomea (ended), MannKind, Novo Nordisk
Speaker’s Bureau: Eli Lilly, MannKind, Novo Nordisk.
Research Support: AbbVie, Bayer, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk (all to institution)
Stock Options: Pendulum

All of the relevant financial relationships of individuals for this activity have been mitigated.

Planning Committee and Content/Peer Reviewers
The planners and content/peer reviewers from Medical Learning Institute Inc, the accredited provider, and ACOFP, the joint provider, do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies unless listed below.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussions of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this CE activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the CE activity are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
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