Duration of diabetes and effectiveness of insulin in the management of insulin-naïve Korean patients uncontrolled on oral antidiabetic drugs: a sub-analysis of the MOdaliTy of Insulin treatment eValuation (MOTIV) registry results

To investigate whether duration of diabetes has an impact on the effectiveness of insulinization in diabetes management. This open-label, noninterventional, observational registry was conducted at >500 centers in Korea. Patients with diabetes, on oral antidiabetic drugs, with HbA1c ≥7 % (53 mmol/mol) in the preceding 3 months, being considered for initiation of basal insulin by their physicians, were included. Data were collected at baseline and at 3 and 6 months. Of 6,616 patients evaluated, 62.5 % had diabetes for