Table 1 Results from the Real World Feasibility Study [32].
Current treatment | Percentage of study patients (%) | Treatment preferences (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
"I will NOT change my current treatment" | "I am willing to consider new oral agents" | "I am willing to consider SC insulin" | "I am willing to consider inhaled insulin" | |||||||
Inhaled insulin available | Inhaled insulin NOT available | Inhaled insulin available | Inhaled human insulin NOT available | Inhaled insulin available | Inhaled insulin NOT available | Inhaled insulin available | Inhaled insulin NOT available | Inhaled insulin available | Inhaled insulin NOT available | |
Diet/exercise | 5.4 | 7.2 | 28.6 | 39.3 | 47.6 | 60.7 | 4.8 | 0 | 4.8 | N/A |
1 oral agent | 32.5 | 36.6 | 26.0 | 41.5 | 33.9 | 43.0 | 5.5 | 14.1 | 30.7 | N/A |
2 oral agents | 52.4 | 46.1 | 28.8 | 45.3 | 19.0 | 35.8 | 8.3 | 17.9 | 38.5 | N/A |
3 oral agents | 9.7 | 10.1 | 23.7 | 43.6 | 5.3 | 33.3 | 15.3 | 20.5 | 50.0 | N/A |