Continuous glucose monitoring improves patient satisfaction and frequency of glucose monitoring but does not lead to better glycaemic control in youth with type 1 diabetes.

Review of Boucher SE et al . Effect of 6 months of flash glucose monitoring in youth with type 1 diabetes and high-risk control: a randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care , 2020; dc200613.\n\nDesign : Multicentre randomised controlled trial.\n\nSetting : New Zealand.\n\nPatients : 64 patients aged 13–20 years with established type 1 diabetes and glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) ≥9% (≥75 mmol/mol) recruited from three academic diabetes centres.\n\nExposure : 6 months of intermittently scanned continuous glucose monitoring (isCGM) vs 6 months of standard capillary self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG).\n\nOutcome : HbA1c at the end of the 6-month period.\n\nSecondary outcomes : glucose-monitoring frequency and diabetes subscale mean item …