Conference summaries


Welcome to the ADA 2019 Highlights

Jose C. Florez, MD, PhD
Chair, ADA Scientific Sessions Meeting Planning Committee
The 79th American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions were held in San Francisco, California from June 7-11, 2019. The meeting was attended by over 15,000 professional attendees from 115 countries, … [ Read all ]

CLINICAL TRIALS

Prevention

The Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes (D2d) Study—A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial for Diabetes Prevention

Presented by: Anastassios G. Pittas, MD; Erin S. LeBlanc, MD, MPH; Myrlene Staten, MD; for the D2d Research Group

Therapeutics

Longitudinal Outcomes in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes—The TODAY2 Study

Presented by: Kimberly L. Drews, MD, PhD; Lorraine E. Levy Katz, MD; Petter Bjornstad, MD; Neil H. White, MD; Jeanie B. Tryggestad, MD; Ruth S. Weinstock, MD, PhD; for the TODAY2 Study Group

Complications

Once-Weekly Dulaglutide and Major Cardiovascular Events—Results of the REWIND Trial

Presented by: Gilles R. Dagenais, MD; Rafael Diaz, MD; Matthew C. Riddle, MD; Hertzel C. Gerstein, MD, MSc; Helen Colhoun, MD; Jeffrey L. Probstfield, MD; Hertzel C. Gerstein, MD, MSc

Prevention

PREVIEW: PREVention of diabetes through lifestyle Intervention and population studies in Europe and around the World

Presented by: Ian Macdonald, MD; Edith Feskens, MD, MPH; Margriet Westerterp-Platenga, MD; Mathijs Drummen, MD

Obesity

Results and Comparisons from the RISE Clinical Trial—Adult Medication Study

Presented by: David A. Ehrmann, MD; Kieren J. Mater, MD; Sharon Edelstein, ScM; Steven E. Khan, MD, ChB; Thomas A. Buchanan, MD; Sonia Caprio, MD

Therapeutics

DECLARE-TIMI 58 Trial

Presented by: Itamar Raz, MD; Stephen D. Wiviott, MD; John P. Wilding, MD; Ofri Mosenzon, MD; Lawrence A. Leiter, MD

Therapeutics

The CAROLINA Trial—First Results of the Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial Comparing Linagliptin vs. Glimepiride

Presented by: Julio Rosenstock, MD; Mark A. Espeland, MD; Steven E. Kahn, MD; Nikolaus Marx, MD; Bernard Zinman, MD

Therapeutics

The CREDENCE Trial

Presented by: Rajiv Agarwal, MD; Meg J. Jardine, MD; Bruce Neal, MD; Kenneth W. Mahaffey, MD; Bernard Zinman, MD

Therapeutics

The CARMELINA Trial

Presented by: Steven E. Kahn, MD; Nikolaus Marx, MD; Darren K. McGuire, MD; Christoph Wanner, MD; Mark E. Cooper, MD

Therapeutics

Oral Semaglutide—The PIONEER Program Trials

Presented by: Vanita R. Aroda, MD; Richard E. Pratley, MD; Stephen C. Bain, MA, MD, FRCP; Mansoor Husain, MD, FRCPC; John B. Buse, MD, PhD; Vivian Fonseca, MD
 

CONSENSUS REPORT

Nutrition

ADA Nutrition Therapy for Adults with Diabetes—2019 Consensus Report

Presented by: Alison B. Evert, MD; Janice MacLeod, MA, RDN, CDE; William S. Yancy, Jr., MD, MHS; W. Timothy Garvey, MD; Ka Hei Karen Lau, MS, RD, LDN, CDE; Christopher D. Gardner, PhD; Kelly M. Rawlings, MS
 

SYMPOSIA

Complications

Cardiovascular and Renal Protection in Diabetes—Emphasis on SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists

Presented by: Julie A. Lovshin, MD, PhD; Jens J. Holst, MD, DMSc; David C. Wheeler, MD

Physiology/Obesity

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)—The Overlooked Complications of Type 2 Diabetes

Presented by: Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PhD; Zobair Younossi, MD, MPH; Kenneth Cusi, MD

Complications

Controversies in the Evaluation and Management of Dyslipidemia in Patients with Diabetes

Presented by: Amy Sanghavi Shah, MD, MS; Dan Streja, MD; Savitha Subramanian, MD; Lisa Tannock, MD

Complications

Hypoglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes

Presented by: Kamlesh Khunti, MD, PhD, FRCGP, FRCP; Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH; Frans Pouwer, PhD; Sophia Zoungas, MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACP