WO2018228932A1 - Titrage basal avec glycémie cible adaptative - Google Patents

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WO2018228932A1
WO2018228932A1 PCT/EP2018/065126 EP2018065126W WO2018228932A1 WO 2018228932 A1 WO2018228932 A1 WO 2018228932A1 EP 2018065126 W EP2018065126 W EP 2018065126W WO 2018228932 A1 WO2018228932 A1 WO 2018228932A1
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ARADÓTTIR Tinna BJÖRK
Henrik Bengtsson
JENSEN Morten LIND
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  • the present disclosure relates generally to systems, computer programs and computer- readable data carriers storing a computer program and methods for adjusting or
  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus is characterized by progressive disruption of normal physiologic insulin secretion.
  • basal insulin secretion by pancreatic ⁇ cells occurs continuously to maintain steady glucose levels for extended periods between meals.
  • prandial secretion in which insulin is rapidly released in an initial first-phase spike in response to a meal, followed by prolonged insulin secretion that returns to basal levels after 2-3 hours.
  • Insulin is a hormone that binds to insulin receptors to lower blood glucose by facilitating cellular uptake of glucose, amino acids, and fatty acids into skeletal muscle and fat and by inhibiting the output of glucose from the liver.
  • physiologic basal and prandial insulin secretions maintain euglycemia, which affects fasting plasma glucose and postprandial plasma glucose concentrations. Basal and prandial insulin secretion is impaired in Type 2 diabetes and early post-meal response is absent.
  • patients with Type 2 diabetes are provided with insulin medicament treatment regimens.
  • Patients with Type 1 diabetes are also provided with insulin
  • insulin medicament treatment regimens The goal of these insulin medicament treatment regimens is to maintain a desired fasting blood glucose target level that will minimize estimated risk of hypo- and hyperglycaemia.
  • Smart titrators with adjustable step size and physiological parameter estimation and predefined fasting blood glucose target values have been developed to administer insulin medicament treatment regimens.
  • a Continuous Glucose Monitor is a small wearable device that tracks glucose levels during the day and night, and which can notify when glucose levels are too high or too low, enabling the patient to take action.
  • the current standard of care is that patients self-monitor the blood glucose by repeated finger sticks and SMBG.
  • high or low blood glucose events may be missed, and the actual measurement time point may differ from the recommended (i.e. fasting blood glucose measured in a non-fasting state) and there may be barriers to adhere to the recommend number of measurements, see T.
  • United States Patent No. 8,370,077 B2 entitled “System for Optimizing A Patient's Inulin Dosage Regimen" to Hygieia, Inc. discloses a system for optimizing a patient's insulin dosage regimen over time in which inputs corresponding at least to one or more
  • the blood-glucose-level measurements are tagged with an identifier reflective of when the reading was input; specifically, whether it is a morning measurement, a pre-lunch measurement, a pre-dinner measurement, a bedtime measurement, or a nighttime measurement.
  • United States Publication No. 2011/313674 A entitled “Insulin Optimization Systems and Testing Methods with Adjusted Exit Criterion Accounting for System Noise Associated with Biomarkers" to Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. discloses a method for optimizing a therapy to a diabetic patient comprising collecting at least one sampling set of biomarker data.
  • the diabetic patient may begin collection of one or more sampling sets of biomarker data, wherein each sampling set comprises one or more sampling instances recorded over a collection period.
  • Each sampling instance comprises one or more biomarker readings.
  • the collection period for the sampling set may be defined as multiple sampling instances within a day, multiple sampling instances within a week, multiple sampling instances within consecutive weeks, or multiple sampling instances on consecutive days within a week.
  • the biomarker may relate to the levels of glucose, triglycerides, low density lipids, and high density lipids.
  • the biomarker reading is a blood glucose reading, specifically a fasting blood glucose reading.
  • each sampling instance may comprise the biomarker reading and other contextual data associated with the biomarker reading, wherein the contextual data is selected from the group consisting of the time of collection, the date of collection, the time when the last meal was consumed, the recommended dose of insulin, and combinations thereof.
  • United States Publication No. 201 1/0319322 entitled “Systems, Methods and Devices for Achieving Glycemic Balance” to Hygieia discloses a system for optimizing a patient's insulin dosage regimen over time, comprising at least a first memory for storing data inputs corresponding at least to one or more components in a patient's present insulin dosage regimen, and data inputs corresponding at least to the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times, and a processor operatively connected to the at least first memory.
  • the processor is programmed at least to determine from the data inputs corresponding to the patient's blood-glucose-level measurements determined at a plurality of times whether and by how much to vary at least one of the one or more components in the patient's present insulin dosage regimen in order to maintain the patient's future blood-glucose-level measurements within a predefined range.
  • United States Publication No. 2012/0232520 entitled “Multi-Function Analyte Monitor Device and Methods of use” to Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc discloses methods, systems and devices for detecting an analyte sample, determining an analyte concentration associated with the detected analyte sample, storing the determined analyte concentration and a time associated with the determined analyte concentration, retrieving two or more stored analyte concentrations, and determining an adjusted dose level based at least in part on a current dose level and data associated with the two or more retrieved analyte concentrations are provided. For example, adjustments to dosage levels of long-acting insulin may be provided to assist in the management of diabetes and related conditions
  • the present disclosure addresses the need in the art for systems and methods for providing improved insulin medicament titration.
  • the input glucose level used for adjusting the amount of medicament should reflect the critical glucose levels, important for determining the optimal daily basal dose or amount of medicament. Since low glucose values are critical, they are also critical in finding the optimal daily basal dose.
  • TGL titration glucose level
  • a problem to be solved by the present disclosure is therefore to safely and automatically detect TGL based on data from a continuous glucose monitor (CGM).
  • CGM continuous glucose monitor
  • the continuous or near continuous character of CGM data or autonomously generated time stamped glucose data gives an opportunity for a more refined and dynamic detection of the glucose level to base the basal insulin titration on.
  • TGL is also based on an indication of whether or not an exogenous short acting insulin medicament has been injected and influences the blood glucose level on a short term.
  • a further aspect of the present invention is the provision of systems and methods for safe and automatic detection of a titration glucose level based on continuous or near continuous glucose data.
  • the invention allows determining TGL based on CGM data, which is useful in e.g. basal insulin titration for T2D patients.
  • using the lowest average glucose of CGM data over a period of e.g. 24 hours provides a number of benefits in safety, the lowest glucose readings are the critical values in insulin treatment with a long acting insulin, as opposed to using fasting SMPG measurements, where SMPG measurements only reflect one point in time, and therefore do not ensure capture the lowest fasting glucose.
  • CGM data is analyzed using a set of rules, enabling a fasting-glucose-equivalent to be determined automatically from the data stream.
  • the value, coined "Titration Glucose Level,” is determined by filtering out data that is of inadequate quality, that is affected by prandial artifacts, and that is influenced by insulin on board.
  • one aspect of the present disclosure provides a device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject, wherein the device comprises one or more processors and a memory, the memory comprising :
  • a first data structure that includes the prescribed insulin regimen including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage, an insulin state indicator, wherein the insulin state indicator can indicate a short-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window may be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and an only-long-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window can be influenced by a long acting insulin medicament, but the measurements cannot be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • a device that automatically obtains a glucose titration level which can be used as input in an algorithm for adjusting a long acting insulin dose based on the obtained glucose titration level, and wherein the evaluation of the glucose titration level is optimized with respect to characteristics of the blood glucose profile, i.e., whether the blood glucose profile indicates influence of exogenous short acting insulin or not.
  • the evaluation of the titration glucose level is automatic and it adapts to the medical regimen that the subject is following or supposed to follow.
  • the provided device analyzes CGM data by using a set of rules, and thereby enables an automatic determination of a titration glucose level from the data stream.
  • the value of the titration glucose level is determined by filtering out data that is of inadequate quality, that is affected by prandial artifacts, and that is influenced by insulin on board.
  • the titration subset of small glucose measurements wherein the small glucose measurements are small, primarily due to the influence of the long-acting insulin medicament, can be identified based on the insulin state indicator. If the insulin state indicator identifies influence by a short acting insulin the small glucose measurements, will be found in a period spaced in time from intake of
  • carbohydrates and bolus insulin i.e., a fasting period.
  • step B further comprises: based on the status of the insulin state indicator, selecting one of the following evaluation modes:
  • (Bl) for the primary time window in a first evaluation mode (i) obtaining an integer defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the titration subset of small glucose measurements, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose
  • each secondary time window comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements being a subset of the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • computing a corresponding second glucose measure of central tendency and thereby obtaining a plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window, and thereby obtaining a moving or running period of a measure of central tendency across the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • each secondary time window comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements being a subset of the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • computing a corresponding glucose measure of variability and thereby obtaining a plurality of glucose measures of variability
  • each respective glucose measure of variability is computed as a measure of variability of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of variability across the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • the titration subset of small glucose measurements is identified as the subset comprising the glucose measurements within the secondary time window corresponding to the smallest glucose measure of variability, and computing a smallest third glucose measure of central tendency as a measure of central tendency of the titration subset of small glucose measurements, and
  • the method further comprises:
  • the method further comprises:
  • the third evaluation mode upon the occurrence that the state of the insulin state indicator is identified as the a short-acting-insulin-influence state, and thereby using a preferred method for obtaining the titration glucose level, which is preferred for titration with a long acting insulin medicament, when it is identified that short acting insulin medicament may influence the glucose measurements.
  • the measure of variability is the variance
  • the measure of central tendency is the mean value.
  • the method is repeated on a recurring basis.
  • the method further comprises:
  • each insulin medicament record in the plurality of medicament records comprising : (i) a respective insulin medicament injection event representing an insulin medicament injection into the subject using a respective insulin pen in the one or more insulin pens and (ii) a corresponding electronic timestamp that is automatically generated by the respective insulin pen upon occurrence of the respective insulin medicament injection event; for the first glucose measures of central tendency in the first evaluation mode, associating the first glucose measure of central tendency with a tertiary time window representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point of the primary time window, and wherein the primary and the tertiary windows are of the same length,
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency with a time indicator representing the time of evaluation of the respective second glucose measure of central tendency, and thereby obtaining a plurality of time indicators defining a tertiary time window representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point of the primary time window, and wherein the length of the tertiary time window is smaller than the length of the primary time window, or
  • each respective glucose measure of variability with a time indicator representing the time of evaluation of the respective glucose measure of variability, and thereby obtaining a plurality of time indicators defining a tertiary time window representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point of the primary time window, and wherein the length of the tertiary time window is smaller than the length of the primary time window;
  • the first characterization is one of basal regimen adherent and basal regimen nonadherent
  • the tertiary time window is deemed basal regimen adherent when the second data set includes one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen during the respective tertiary time window, and
  • the tertiary time window is deemed basal regimen nonadherent when the second data set fails to include one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen during the tertiary time window;
  • the adjusting the long acting insulin medicament dosage in the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen for the subject is based upon a titration glucose level that is represented by a tertiary time window that is deemed basal regimen adherent and by excluding a titration glucose level that is represented by a tertiary time window that is deemed basal regimen nonadherent.
  • the first data structure comprises, a plurality of consecutive epochs, wherein each respective epoch is associated with a basal insulin medicament dosage, indicating when the basal insulin medicament is to be injected within the respective epoch, and how much of the basal insulin medicament is to be injected, and thereby providing a temporal and quantitative basis for the first characterization.
  • the length of the tertiary window is longer than or the same as the length of each of the epochs.
  • the end point of the tertiary time window is synchronized with an end point of a current epoch, wherein the current epoch is the most recent completed epoch within the plurality of epochs.
  • each respective epoch of the plurality of epochs is associated with a tertiary time window, and thereby obtaining a plurality of tertiary time windows, wherein each tertiary time window represents an evaluation period, wherein each tertiary window is aligned with the respective epoch on a temporal bases, and wherein each tertiary time window is associated with a titration glucose level.
  • the first data structure comprises a specification of temporal and quantitative basis for administration of the long acting insulin medicament, for each of the epochs within the plurality of epochs.
  • the quantitative basis for the long acting insulin medicament is a function of the titration glucose level.
  • the temporal basis is specified as one injection for each epoch within the plurality of epochs.
  • each epoch in the plurality of epochs is a calendar day or a calendar week.
  • successive measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously taken from the subject at an interval rate of 5 minutes or less, 3 minutes or less, or 1 minute or less.
  • the device further comprises a wireless receiver, and wherein the first data set is obtained wirelessly from a glucose sensor affixed to the subject and/or the second data set is obtained wirelessly from the one or more insulin pens.
  • the first data structure further comprises a hypoglycemic risk state indicator, wherein the hypoglycemic risk state indicator can indicate a high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a high variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and a non-high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a non-high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a low variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and wherein the method further comprises:
  • the first evaluation mode in response to identifying the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator, selecting the first evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator is identified as the high hypoglycemic risk state, and thereby using a method for obtaining the titration glucose level (246) which is more sensitive to low glucose values and noise.
  • the secondary time window is 50 minutes to 70 minutes, 60 minutes to 120 minutes, 120 minutes to 180 minutes or 180 minutes to 300 minutes.
  • successive measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously taken from the subject at an interval rate of 4 minutes to 6 minutes, and wherein the secondary time window is 50 minutes to 70 minutes.
  • successive measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously taken from the subject at an interval rate of 40 minutes to 80 minutes, and wherein the secondary time window is 180 minutes to 310 minutes.
  • a method for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject at a computer comprising one or more processors and a memory:
  • the memory storing :
  • a first data structure that includes the prescribed insulin regimen including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage, an insulin state indicator, wherein the insulin state indicator can indicate a short-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window may be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and an only-long-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window can be influenced by a long acting insulin medicament, but the measurements cannot be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and the memory further storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer having one or more processors and a memory, perform the method described above.
  • a computer-readable data carrier having stored thereon the computer program as described above.
  • a device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject comprising one or more processors and a memory, the memory comprising :
  • a first data structure that includes the prescribed insulin regimen including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • the obtaining the titration glucose level in step B, further comprises:
  • (Bl) for the primary time window in a first evaluation mode (i) obtaining an integer defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the subset of glucose measurements, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements equals the obtained integer, (iii) obtaining the measure of central tendency as a first glucose measure of central tendency, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the subset of small glucose measurements, and
  • each secondary time window comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements being a subset of the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • computing a corresponding second glucose measure of central tendency and thereby obtaining a plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of central tendency across the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • each secondary time window comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements being a subset of the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • computing a corresponding glucose measure of variability and thereby obtaining a plurality of glucose measures of variability
  • each respective glucose measure of variability is computed as a measure of variability of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of variability across the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • the titration subset of small glucose measurements is identified as the subset comprising the glucose measurements within the secondary time window corresponding to the smallest glucose measure of variability, and computing a smallest third glucose measure of central tendency as a measure of central tendency of the titration subset of small glucose measurements, and
  • a device that automatically obtain a glucose titration level which can be used as input in an algorithm for adjusting a long acting insulin dose based on the obtained glucose titration level, and wherein the evaluation of the glucose titration level can be optimized with respect characteristics of the blood glucose profile, i.e., the evaluation can be optimized if the blood glucose profile indicates influence of exogenous short acting insulin or not.
  • the evaluation of the titration glucose level is automatic and the evaluation can be made dependent on the medical regimen that the subject is following or supposed to follow.
  • the glucose measurements comprised in the titration subset of small glucose measurements have values smaller than a lower percentile of the glucose measurements, wherein the lower percentile ranges from the 0.1 th percentile to the 50 th percentile, wherein a P th percentile is defined as the lowest glucose measurement that is greater than P% of the glucose measurements in the first data set to be used for identifying the titration subset within the primary time window
  • a basal titration adjustment device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed basal insulin regimen for a subject, wherein the device comprises one or more processors and a memory, the memory comprising :
  • a prescribed insulin regimen including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • a device adapted for adjusting or maintaining the long actin insulin medicament dosage based upon the obtained titration glucose level for a prescribed basal insulin regimen, i.e., the subject is treated with long acting insulin only, and we hereby know that the lowest glucose levels arise from the influence of the long acting insulin medicament.
  • the obtaining the titration glucose level in step B, further comprises: selecting one of the following evaluation modes:
  • (Bl) for the primary time window in a first evaluation mode (i) obtaining an integer defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the subset of glucose measurements, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements equals the obtained integer, (iii) obtaining the measure of central tendency as a first glucose measure of central tendency, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the subset of small glucose measurements, and
  • step B further comprises:
  • each secondary time window comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements being a subset of the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • computing a corresponding second glucose measure of central tendency and thereby obtaining a plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of central tendency across the glucose measurements in the primary time window
  • the obtaining the titration glucose level in step B, further comprises: obtaining a percentage defining a titration percentile defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the titration subset of small glucose measurements, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the glucose measurements defined by the titration percentile of the glucose measurements, wherein the titration percentile ranges from the 0.1 th percentile to the 50 th percentile, and is smaller than or equal to the lower percentile, and wherein a P th percentile is defined as the lowest glucose measurement that is greater than P% of the glucose measurements in the first data set to be used for identifying the titration subset within the primary time window, (iii) obtaining the measure of central tendency as a fourth glucose measure of central tendency, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the subset of small glucose measurements, and
  • a basal titration adjustment device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject, wherein the device comprises one or more processors and a memory, the memory comprising :
  • a prescribed insulin regimen including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • Figure 1 illustrates an exemplary system topology that includes a basal titration adjustment device for automatically adjusting, maintaining or optimizing a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject, a data collection device for collecting patient data, one or more glucose sensors that measure glucose data from the subject, and one or more insulin pens that are used by the subject to inject insulin medicaments in accordance with the prescribed insulin medicament regimen, where the above-identified components are interconnected, optionally through a communications network, in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIGS. 2A, 2B, 2C and 2D collectively illustrate a basal titration adjustment device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • Figures 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D collectively illustrate a basal titration adjustment device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen in accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • Figures 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D collectively provide a flow chart of processes and features of a basal titration adjustment device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen in accordance with various
  • Figure 5 illustrates an example integrated system of connected insulin pen(s), continuous glucose monitor(s), memory and a processor for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • Figure 6A illustrates the temporal relationship between a primary time window, secondary time windows, a tertiary time window, an epoch and time course wherein the plurality of glucose measurements have been obtained in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • Figure 6B illustrates the steps of identifying a titration subset of smallest glucose measurements within a primary time window, and how to obtain the corresponding glucose titration level in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • the illustrated method is particularly suitable, when glucose levels are not influenced by short acting insulin.
  • Figure 6C illustrates the steps of identifying a titration subset of small glucose
  • the illustrated method is particularly suitable, when glucose levels are not influenced by short acting insulin.
  • Figure 6D illustrates the steps of identifying a titration subset of small glucose
  • the illustrated method is particularly suitable, when glucose levels can be influenced by short acting insulin.
  • Figure 6E and 6F collectively illustrate that the relation between tertiary windows and a present time 610, where a user requests an evaluation of the titration glucose level.
  • the figures also illustrate the temporal alignment of tertiary windows, epochs and calendar units, e.g., a calendar day.
  • Figure 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E and 7F collectively illustrate examples of identifying a titration subset of small glucose measurements according embodiment of the present discolure.
  • Figure 7A and 7B illustrate an embodiment wherein the titration subset is identified as the lowest glucose measurements are identified within the primary window.
  • Figure 7C and 7D illustrate an embodiment wherein a running average, for three different time windows (length of secondary time window), of the glucose measurements is calculated within the primary time window.
  • a titration subset can be identified as the subset corresponding to the lowest running average, for a given time window. The identified lowest running average corresponds to the titration glucose level.
  • Figure 7E and 7F illustrate an embodiment wherein a running evaluation of the variance, for three different time windows (length of secondary time window), of the glucose measurements is calculated within the primary time window.
  • a titration subset can be identified as the subset corresponding to the lowest value of the running evaluation of the variance, for a given time window.
  • the titration glucose level is obtained as the average glucose value of the titration subset.
  • Figure 7A, 7C and 7E illustrate examples where the blood glucose in the primary window is influenced by long acting insulin only.
  • Figure 7B, 7D and 7F illustrate examples where the blood glucose in the primary time window is influenced by a short acting insulin.
  • the methods illustrated in Figures 7A to 7D are most suitable when the blood glucose in influenced by long acting insulin only, whereas the methods illustrated in Figure 7E-7F is suitable when the blood glucose is influenced by short acting insulin or in similar situations wherein the variance of the blood glucose has effected to increase.
  • the present disclosure provides robust systems and methods for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject.
  • the present disclosure relies upon the acquisition of data regarding a data set comprising a plurality of glucose measurements of a subject taken over a time course and, for each respective glucose measurement in the plurality of glucose measurements, a corresponding timestamp representing when in the time course the respective glucose measurement was made.
  • Figure 1 illustrates an example of an integrated system 502 for the acquisition of such data
  • Figure 5 provides more details of such a system 502.
  • the integrated system 502 includes one or more connected insulin pens 104, one or more glucose monitors or glucose sensors 102, memory 506, and a processor (not shown) for performing algorithmic categorization of autonomous glucose data of a subject.
  • a glucose monitor 102 is a continuous glucose monitor.
  • autonomous timestamped glucose measurements of the subject are obtained 520.
  • data from the one or more insulin pens 104 used to apply a prescribed insulin regimen to the subject is obtained 540 as a plurality of records.
  • Each record comprises a timestamped event specifying an amount of injected insulin medicament that the subject received as part of the prescribed insulin medicament dosage regimen.
  • the glucose measurements are filtered 504 and stored in non-transitory memory 506.
  • the plurality of glucose measurements of the subject taken over a time are used to determine a titration glucose level of the subject 508. In this way, the glucose data is analyzed to adjust the long acting insulin medicament dosage based upon a the titration glucose level in accordance with the methods of the present disclosure 510.
  • first, second, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another.
  • a first subject could be termed a second subject, and, similarly, a second subject could be termed a first subject, without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
  • the first subject and the second subject are both subjects, but they are not the same subject.
  • the terms "subject” and “user” are used interchangeably herein.
  • insulin pen is meant an injection device suitable for applying discrete doses of insulin, and wherein the injection device is adapted for logging and communicating dose related data.
  • the term “if” may be construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context.
  • the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a stated condition or event] is detected” may be construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [the stated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the stated condition or event],” depending on the context.
  • FIG. 1 A detailed description of a system 48 for adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage 216 in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject in accordance with the present disclosure is described in conjunction with Figures 1 through 3.
  • Figures 1 through 3 collectively illustrate the topology of the system in accordance with the present disclosure.
  • a basal titration adjustment device for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject (“basal titration adjustment device 250") ( Figures 1, 2, and 3)
  • data collection device 200 a device for data collection
  • glucose sensors 102 associated with the subject
  • the data collection device 200 and the basal titration adjustment device 250 will be referenced as separate devices solely for purposes of clarity. That is, the disclosed functionality of the data collection device 200 and the disclosed functionality of the basal titration adjustment device 250 are contained in separate devices as illustrated in Figure 1. However, it will be appreciated that, in fact, in some embodiments, the disclosed functionality of the data collection device 200 and the disclosed functionality of the basal titration adjustment device 250 are contained in a single device. In some embodiments, the disclosed functionality of the data collection device 200 and/or the disclosed functionality of the basal titration adjustment device 250 are contained in a single device and this single device is a glucose monitor 102 or the insulin pen 104.
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 autonomously adjusts a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject.
  • the data collection device 200 which is in electrical communication with the basal titration adjustment device 250, receives autonomous glucose measurements originating from one or more glucose sensors 102 attached to a subject on an ongoing basis.
  • the data collection device 200 also receives insulin medicament injection data from one or more insulin pens 104 used by the subject to inject insulin medicaments.
  • the data collection device 200 receives such data directly from the glucose sensor(s) 102 and insulin pens 104 used by the subject. For instance, in some embodiments the data collection device 200 receives this data wirelessly through radio- frequency signals.
  • such signals are in accordance with an 802.11 (WiFi), Bluetooth, or ZigBee standard.
  • the data collection device 200 receives such data directly, analyzes the data, and passes the analyzed data to the basal titration adjustment device 250.
  • a glucose sensor 102 and/or insulin pen 104 includes an RFID tag and communicates to the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250 using RFID communication.
  • the data collection device 200 also obtains or receives physiological measurements 247 of the subject (e.g., from wearable physiological measurement devices, from measurement devices within the data collection device 200 such as a magnetometer or thermostat, etc).
  • the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250 is not proximate to the subject and/or does not have wireless capabilities or such wireless capabilities are not used for the purpose of acquiring glucose data, insulin medicament injection data, and/or physiological measurement data.
  • a communication network 106 may be used to communicate glucose measurements from the glucose sensor 102 to the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250, insulin medicament injection data from the one or more insulin pens 104 to the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250, and/or physiological measurement data from one or more physiological measurement devices (not shown) to the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250.
  • networks 106 include, are, but not limited to, the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication.
  • the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high- speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA),
  • GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
  • EDGE Enhanced Data GSM Environment
  • HSDPA high- speed downlink packet access
  • HSUPA high-speed uplink packet access
  • Wi-Fi Wireless Fidelity
  • VoIP voice over Internet Protocol
  • Wi- MAX a protocol for e-mail (e.g., Internet message access protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instant messaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging
  • IMAP Internet message access protocol
  • POP post office protocol
  • instant messaging e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250 is part of the glucose sensor 102. That is, in some embodiments, the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250 and the glucose sensor 102 are a single device.
  • the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250 is part of an insulin pen. That is, in some embodiments, the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250 and an insulin pen 104 are a single device.
  • the one or more glucose sensors 102 and the one or more insulin pens 104 may wirelessly transmit information directly to the data collection device 200 and/or basal titration adjustment device 250.
  • the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250 may constitute a portable electronic device, a server computer, or in fact constitute several computers that are linked together in a network or be a virtual machine in a cloud computing context.
  • the exemplary topology shown in Figure 1 merely serves to describe the features of an embodiment of the present disclosure in a manner that will be readily understood to one of skill in the art.
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 comprises one or more computers.
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 is represented as a single computer that includes all of the functionality for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject.
  • the functionality for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject is spread across any number of networked computers and/or resides on each of several networked computers and/or is hosted on one or more virtual machines at a remote location accessible across the communications network 106.
  • One of skill in the art will appreciate that any of a wide array of different computer topologies are used for the application and all such topologies are within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • an exemplary basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject comprises one or more processing units (CPU's) 274, a network or other communications network interface 284, a memory 192 (e.g. , random access memory), one or more magnetic disk storage and/or persistent devices 290 optionally accessed by one or more controllers 288, one or more communication busses 213 for interconnecting the aforementioned components, and a power supply 276 for powering the aforementioned components.
  • data in memory 192 is seamlessly shared with non-volatile memory 290 using known computing techniques such as caching.
  • memory 192 and/or memory 290 includes mass storage that is remotely located with respect to the central processing unit(s) 274.
  • some data stored in memory 192 and/or memory 290 may in fact be hosted on computers that are external to the basal titration adjustment device 250 but that can be electronically accessed by the basal titration adjustment device 250 over an Internet, intranet, or other form of network or electronic cable (illustrated as element 106 in Figure 2) using network interface 284.
  • the memory 192 of the basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject stores:
  • the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214 comprises a long acting insulin medicament dosage indicator 2116 and an associated epoch 218.
  • the indicator 216 indicates, when the basal insulin medicament is to be injected within the associated epoch 218.
  • the prescribed insulin regimen comprises an insulin state indicator 211, wherein the insulin state indicator 211 can indicate a short-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements may be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and an only-long-acting-insulin- influence state, wherein the glucose measurements can be influenced by a long acting insulin medicament only, and the glucose measurements cannot be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament;
  • a first data set 220 the first data set representing a time course and comprising a plurality of glucose measurements of the subject over the time course, and for each respective glucose measurement 230 in the plurality of glucose measurements, a timestamp 232 representing when the respective glucose measurement was made;
  • a primary time window 233 defined within the time course, and thereby comprising a glucose measurements 236 from the first data set 220, the primary time window further comprises a submodule SM I 247, SM2 248 or SM3 275 defining further data structures used to identify a titration subset of small glucose measurements (240, 269, 273), and to obtain a glucose titration level 246 associated with the primary time window 233;
  • submodule SM I 247 comprises an integer 234 defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for a titration subset of small glucose measurements 240, the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 being a subset of smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window 233.
  • the submodule further comprises a first glucose measure of central tendency 244 being a measure of central tendency of the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240.
  • the titration glucose level 246 is to be associated with the first glucose measure of central tendency;
  • submodule SM2 248 defines a plurality of contemporaneously overlapping secondary time windows 260, wherein each secondary time window 262 comprises glucose measurements 266 defining a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 within the primary time window and a second glucose measure of central tendency being the measure of central tendency of the corresponding subset of overlapping glucose measurements, whereby the submodule defines a plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency.
  • the submodule further defines a smallest second glucose measure of central tendency 268 being the smallest second glucose measure of central tendency within the plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency.
  • the titration glucose level 246 is to be associated with smallest second glucose measure of central tendency 268;
  • submodule SM3 275 comprises a plurality of contemporaneously overlapping secondary time windows 260 within the primary time window 233, wherein each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose
  • the submodule 275 further comprises a smallest glucose measure of variability 272 being the smallest glucose measure of variability within the plurality of glucose measures of variability, and a titration subset of small glucose measurements 273 being the subset comprising the glucose measurements within the secondary time window 262 corresponding to the smallest glucose measure of variability 272.
  • the submodule further comprises a smallest third glucose measure of central tendency 274 being a measure of central tendency of the titration subset of small glucose measurements
  • the titration glucose level 246 is to be associated with the smallest third glucose measure of central tendency 274.
  • the basal titration adjustment module 204 is accessible within any browser (phone, tablet, laptop/desktop). In some embodiments the basal titration adjustment module 204 runs on native device frameworks, and is available for download onto the basal titration adjustment device 250 running an operating system 202 such as Android or iOS.
  • one or more of the above identified data elements or modules of the basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject are stored in one or more of the previously described memory devices, and correspond to a set of instructions for performing a function described above.
  • the above-identified data, modules or programs (e.g., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules may be combined or otherwise re-arranged in various implementations.
  • the memory 192 and/or 290 optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, in some embodiments the memory 192 and/or 290 stores additional modules and data structures not described above.
  • a basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage 216 in a prescribed insulin regimen 212 for a subject is a smart phone (e.g., an iPHONE), laptop, tablet computer, desktop computer, or other form of electronic device (e.g., a gaming console).
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 is not mobile. In some embodiments, the basal titration adjustment device 250 is mobile.
  • FIGS 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D provides a further description of a specific embodiment of a basal titration adjustment device 250 that can be used with the instant disclosure.
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 illustrated in Figure 3A through 3D has one or more processing units (CPU's) 274, peripherals interface 370, memory controller 368, a network or other communications interface 284, a memory 192 (e.g.
  • I/O input/output
  • the input 280 is a touch-sensitive display, such as a touch-sensitive surface.
  • the user interface 278 includes one or more soft keyboard embodiments.
  • the soft keyboard embodiments may include standard (QWERTY) and/or non-standard configurations of symbols on the displayed icons.
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 illustrated in Figure 3 optionally includes, in addition to accelerometer(s) 317, a magnetometer (not shown) and a GPS 319 (or
  • GLONASS Global Navigation System
  • GLONASS global navigation system
  • other global navigation system receiver for obtaining information concerning the location and orientation (e.g., portrait or landscape) of the basal titration adjustment device 250 and/or for determining an amount of physical exertion by the subject.
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 illustrated in Figure 3 is only one example of a multifunction device that may be used for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage (216) in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject, and that the basal titration adjustment device 250 optionally has more or fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or more components, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangement of the components.
  • the various components shown in Figure 3 are implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof, including one or more signal processing and/or application specific integrated circuits.
  • Memory 192 of the basal titration adjustment device 250 illustrated in Figure 3 optionally includes high-speed random access memory and optionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Access to memory 192 by other components of the basal titration adjustment device 250, such as CPU(s) 274 is, optionally, controlled by the memory controller 368.
  • the memory 192 of the basal titration adjustment device 250 illustrated in Figure 3 optionally includes a third data set 246 comprising a plurality of physiological measurements, and each such physiological measurement 247 includes a measurement value 248.
  • the physiological measurement 247 is body temperature of the subject.
  • the physiological measurement 247 is a measurement of activity of the subject. In some embodiments, these physiological measurements serve as an additional glycaemic risk measure. In some embodiments, the optional accelerometer 317, optional GPS 319, and/or magnetometer (not shown) of the basal titration adjustment device 250 or such components optionally within the one or more glucose monitors 102 and/or the one or more pens 104 is used to acquire such physiological measurements 247.
  • the peripherals interface 370 can be used to couple input and output peripherals of the device to CPU(s) 274 and memory 192.
  • the one or more processors 274 run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructions stored in memory 192, such as the insulin regimen monitoring module 204, to perform various functions for the basal titration adjustment device 250 and to process data.
  • peripherals interface 370, CPU(s) 274, and memory controller 368 are, optionally, implemented on a single chip. In some other embodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips.
  • RF (radio frequency) circuitry of network interface 284 receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals.
  • the first data structure 210, the first data set 228, the optional second data set 320 is received using this RF circuitry from one or more devices such as a glucose sensor 102 associated with a subject, an insulin pen 104 associated with the subject and/or the data collection device 200.
  • the RF circuitry 108 converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices, glucose sensors 102, and insulin pens 104 and/or the data collection device 200 via the
  • the RF circuitry 284 optionally includes well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth.
  • RF circuitry 284 optionally communicates with the communication network 106.
  • the circuitry 284 does not include RF circuitry and, in fact, is connected to the network 106 through one or more hard wires (e.g., an optical cable, a coaxial cable, or the like).
  • the audio circuitry 372, the optional speaker 360, and the optional microphone 362 provide an audio interface between the subject and the basal titration adjustment device 250.
  • the audio circuitry 372 receives audio data from peripherals interface 370, converts the audio data to electrical signals, and transmits the electrical signals to speaker 360.
  • the speaker 360 converts the electrical signals to human-audible sound waves.
  • the audio circuitry 372 also receives electrical signals converted by the microphone 362 from sound waves.
  • the audio circuitry 372 converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to peripherals interface 370 for processing. Audio data is, optionally, retrieved from and/or transmitted to the memory 192 and/or the RF circuitry 284 by the peripherals interface 370.
  • the power supply 276 optionally includes a power management system, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable devices.
  • a power management system one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable devices.
  • power sources e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)
  • AC alternating current
  • a recharging system e.g., a recharging system
  • a power failure detection circuit e.g.
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 optionally also includes one or more optical sensors 373.
  • the optical sensor(s) 373 optionally include charge- coupled device (CCD) or complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS)
  • the optical sensor(s) 373 receive light from the environment, projected through one or more lens, and converts the light to data representing an image.
  • the optical sensor(s) 373 optionally capture still images and/or video.
  • an optical sensor is located on the back of the basal titration adjustment device 250, opposite the display 282 on the front of the basal titration adjustment device 250, so that the input 280 is enabled for use as a viewfinder for still and/or video image acquisition.
  • another optical sensor 373 is located on the front of the basal titration adjustment device 250 so that the subject's image is obtained (e.g., to verify the health or condition of the subject, to determine the physical activity level of the subject, or to help diagnose a subject's condition remotely, to acquire visual physiological measurements 247 of the subject, etc.).
  • a basal titration adjustment device 250 preferably comprises an operating system 202 that includes procedures for handling various basic system services.
  • the operating system 202 e.g., iOS, DARWIN, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks
  • the operating system 202 includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 is a smart phone. In other embodiments, the basal titration adjustment device 250 is not a smart phone but rather is a tablet computer, desktop computer, emergency vehicle computer, or other form or wired or wireless networked device. In some embodiments, the basal titration adjustment device 250 has any or all of the circuitry, hardware components, and software components found in the basal titration adjustment device 250 depicted in Figures 2 or 3. In the interest of brevity and clarity, only a few of the possible components of the basal titration adjustment device 250 are shown in order to better emphasize the additional software modules that are installed on the basal titration adjustment device 250.
  • the memory 192 of the basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject further stores:
  • the second data set comprising a plurality of insulin medicament records over the time course, each insulin
  • medicament record 321 in the plurality of medicament records comprising : (i) a respective insulin medicament injection event 322 representing an insulin medicament injection into the subject using a respective insulin pen in the one or more insulin pens 104 and (ii) a corresponding electronic timestamp 323 that is automatically generated by the respective insulin pen upon occurrence of the respective insulin medicament injection event; and
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is associated with a time indicator 331 representing the time of evaluation of the respective second glucose measure of central tendency, and thereby obtaining a plurality of time indicators defining a tertiary time window 330 representing an evaluation period, or
  • each respective glucose measure of variability 267 is associated with a time indicator 331 representing the time of evaluation of the respective glucose measure of variability, and thereby obtaining a plurality of time indicators defining a tertiary time window 330 representing an evaluation period;
  • a first characterization 335 applied to the tertiary time window 330, wherein the first characterization 335 is one of basal regimen adherent and basal regimen
  • the tertiary time window 330 is deemed basal regimen adherent when the second data set 320 includes one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 212 during the respective tertiary time window 330, and the tertiary time window is deemed basal regimen nonadherent when the second data set 320 fails to include one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 212 during the tertiary time window 330.
  • system 48 disclosed in Figure 1 can work standalone, in some embodiments it can also be linked with electronic medical records to exchange information in any way.
  • Block 402 illustrates the beginning of the process.
  • a basal titration adjustment device 250 comprises one or more processors 274 and a memory 192/290.
  • the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method.
  • a first data set 228 is obtained.
  • the first data set 228 comprises glucose measurements 230 of the subject from one or more glucose sensors 102.
  • Figure 2 illustrates. Each such glucose
  • the glucose measurement 230 is timestamped with a glucose measurement timestamp 232 to represent when the respective measurement was made.
  • the glucose measurements 230 are autonomously measured.
  • the FREESTYLE LIBRE CGM by ABBOTT (“LIBRE") is an example of a glucose sensor that may be used as a glucose sensor 102 in order to make autonomous glucose measurements of a subject.
  • the LIBRE allows calibration-free glucose measurements with an on-skin coin-sized sensor, which can send up to eight hours of data to a reader device (e.g., the data collection device 200 and/or the basal titration adjustment device 250) via near field communications, when brought close together.
  • the LIBRE can be worn for fourteen days in all daily life activities.
  • the glucose measurements are taken from the subject at an interval rate of 5 minutes or less, 3 minutes or less, or 1 minute or less. In some embodiments, the glucose measurements are taken from the subject at an interval rate of 5 minutes or less, 3 minutes or less, or 1 minute or less, over a time period of a day or more, two days or more, a week or more, or two weeks or more. In some embodiments, the glucose measurements are autonomously taken (e.g., without human effort, without human intervention, etc.). In some embodiments, the glucose measurements are manually taken (e.g., with manual human effort, with human intervention, etc.).
  • the basal titration adjustment device 250 accesses and/or stores a first data structure 210 that includes the prescribed insulin regimen 212 including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage 216, an insulin state indicator 211, wherein the insulin state indicator 211 can indicate a short-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window may be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and an only-long-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window can be influenced by a long acting insulin medicament, but the glucose measurements cannot be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament.
  • the long acting insulin medicament specified by the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214 consists of a single insulin medicament having a duration of action that is between 12 and 24 hours or a mixture of insulin medicaments that collectively have a duration of action that is between 12 and 24 hours.
  • long acting insulin medicaments include, but are not limited to Insulin Degludec (developed by NOVO NORDISK under the brand name Tresiba), NPH (Schmid, 2007, "New options in insulin therapy. J Pediatria (Rio J).
  • Glargine Lith Generation 83(Suppl 5) :S146-S155), Glargine (LANTUS, March 2, 2007, insulin glargine [rDNA origin] injection, [prescribing information], Bridgewater, New Jersey: Sanofi-Aventis), and Determir (Plank et a/., 2005, "A double-blind, randomized, dose-response study investigating the pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties of the long-acting insulin analog detemir," Diabetes Care 28 : 1107-1112).
  • the prescribed regimen may also comprise a bolus insulin medicament dosage regimen specifying the amount of short acting insulin medicament dosage.
  • the short acting insulin medicament specified by the bolus insulin medicament dosage regimen comprises a single insulin medicament having a duration of action that is between three to eight hours or a mixture of insulin medicaments that collectively have a duration of action that is between three to eight hours.
  • Examples of such short acting insulin medicaments include, but are not limited, to Lispro (HUMALOG, May 18, 2001, insulin lispro [rDNA origin] injection, [prescribing information], Indianapolis, Indiana : Eli Lilly and Company), Aspart (NOVOLOG, July 2011, insulin aspart [rDNA origin] injection, [prescribing information], Princeton, New Jersey, NOVO NORDISK Inc., July, 2011), Glulisine (Helms Kelley, 2009, “Insulin glulisine : an evaluation of its pharmacodynamic properties and clinical application," Ann Pharmacother 43 :658-668), and Regular (Gerich, 2002, “Novel insulins: expanding options in diabetes management," Am J Med. 113 :308- 316).
  • Block 420 Referring to block 410 of Figure 4A, the method continues with the process step (b) of obtaining a titration glucose level 246 based on small glucose measurements and the state of the insulin state indicator 211.
  • Block 422. Referring to block 422 of Figure 4A, the method continues with (i) obtaining a primary time window 233 within the time course defining the period of time comprising the glucose measurements 236 in the first data set to be used for identifying the titration glucose level.
  • Block 424 Referring to block 424 of Figure 4A, the method continues with (ii) identifying a titration subset of small glucose measurements 240, 269, 273, identified as a subset of small glucose measurements within the primary time window 233.
  • Block 426 Referring to block 426 of Figure 4A, the method continues with (iii) obtaining the titration glucose level 246 computed as a measure of central tendency 244, 268, 274 of the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240, 269, 273, wherein the measure of central tendency represents a measure of small glucose measurements for the primary time window. Block 428.
  • the method continues with (iv) associating the titration glucose level 246 with the measure of central tendency 244, 268, 274, and thereby completing the process step (b) of obtaining the titration glucose level.
  • Block 440 Referring to block 440 of Figure 4A, the method continues with the process step (C) of adjusting or maintaining the long acting insulin medicament dosage 216 based upon the obtained titration glucose level 246.
  • Block 404 illustrates the end of the process.
  • step A wherein the glucose measurements are obtained
  • step B wherein the titration glucose level is obtained
  • step C wherein the long acting insulin is adjusted based on the glucose titration level.
  • the obtaining the titration glucose level 246, in step B further comprises, based on the status of the insulin state indicator, selecting one of the following evaluation modes: a first evaluation mode illustrated by subprocess Bl, a second evaluation mode illustrated by subprocess B2 and a third evaluation mode illustrated by subprocess B3.
  • Block 450 Referring to block 450 of Figure 4C, the method can continue in a first evaluation mode with the subprocess Bl, wherein the method further comprises, for the primary time window (i) obtaining an integer 234 defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240.
  • Block 452 the method continues with (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window 233, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 equals the obtained integer 234.
  • Block 454. Referring to block 454 of Figure 4C, the method continues with (iii) obtaining a first glucose measure of central tendency 244, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240.
  • Block 456 Referring to block 456 of Figure 4C, the method continues with associating the titration glucose level 246 with the first glucose measure of central tendency 244, whereby the titration glucose level 246 can be fed into the method step C as illustrated on Figure 4B.
  • the process of obtaining the titration glucose level according to the first evaluation mode is also schematically illustrated in Figure 6B.
  • An integer 234 is obtained, the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 is obtained, the first glucose measure of central tendency can be evaluated, and the titration glucose level 246 is obtained.
  • Block 460 the method can continue in a second evaluation mode with the subprocess B2, wherein the method further comprises, for the primary time window 233, obtaining a plurality of contemporaneously overlapping secondary time windows 260 within the primary time window 233, wherein each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements 236 in the primary time window 233 Block 462.
  • the method continues with, for each secondary time window 262 within the plurality of secondary time windows 260, computing a corresponding second glucose measure of central tendency 267, and thereby obtaining a plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency, wherein each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window 262.
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window 262.
  • Block 464 Referring to block 464 of Figure 4C, the method continues with, for the plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency, identifying a smallest second glucose measure of central tendency 268 as the smallest second glucose measure of central tendency within the plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency, whereby the titration subset of small glucose measurements 269 is identified as the subset comprising the glucose measurements within the secondary time window 262 corresponding to the smallest second glucose measure of central tendency 268.
  • Block 466 Referring to block 466 of Figure 4C, the method continues with associating the titration glucose level 246 with the smallest second glucose measure of central tendency 268, whereby the titration glucose level 246 can be fed into the method step C as illustrated on Figure 4B.
  • the process of obtaining the titration glucose level according to the second evaluation mode is also schematically illustrated in Figure 6C.
  • a plurality of secondary time windows is obtained and a second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is associated with each of the secondary time windows, and thereby creating a plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency.
  • the smallest second glucose measure of central tendency in the illustrated example the second glucose measure of central tendency 267-2, is identified as a smallest second glucose measure of central tendency 268 among the plurality of second glucose measures of central tendency, and the corresponding secondary time window 262-2 is identified as the titration subset of small glucose measurements 269, the smallest second glucose measure of central tendency 268 can be associated with the titration glucose level 246, whereby the titration glucose level is obtained, and can be used for adjusting the dose of the long acting insulin medicament.
  • Block 470 Block 470.
  • the method can continue in a third evaluation mode with the subprocess B3, wherein the method further comprises, for the primary time window 233, obtaining a plurality of contemporaneously overlapping secondary time windows 260 within the primary time window 233, wherein each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements 236 in the primary time window 233.
  • Block 472 the method continues with for each secondary time window 262 within the plurality of secondary time windows 260, computing a corresponding glucose measure of variability 271, and thereby obtaining a plurality of glucose measures of variability, wherein each respective glucose measure of variability 271 is computed as a measure of variability of the glucose measurements within the
  • Block 474 Referring to block 474 of Figure 4D, the method continues with, for the plurality of glucose measures of variability, identifying a smallest glucose measure of variability 272, as the smallest glucose measure of variability within the plurality of glucose measures of variability, whereby the titration subset of small glucose measurements 273 is identified as the subset comprising the glucose measurements within the secondary time window 262 corresponding to the smallest glucose measure of variability 272.
  • Block 476 Referring to block 476 of Figure 4D, the method continues with computing a smallest third glucose measure of central tendency 274 as a measure of central tendency of the titration subset of small glucose measurements 273.
  • Block 478 Referring to block 478 of Figure 4D, the method continues with associating the titration glucose level 246 with the smallest third glucose measure of central tendency 274.
  • the process of obtaining the titration glucose level according to the third evaluation mode is also schematically illustrated in Figure 6D.
  • a plurality of secondary time windows is obtained and a glucose measure of variability 271 is associated with each of the secondary time windows, and thereby creating a plurality of glucose measures of variability.
  • the smallest glucose measure of variability in the illustrated example it is the secondary time window 262-2, is identified as a smallest glucose measure of variability 272 among the plurality of glucose measures of variability, and the corresponding secondary time window 262-2 is identified as the titration subset of small glucose measurements 273, a third glucose measure of central tendency 274 is evaluated based on the titration subset of small glucose measurements 273 and associated with the titration glucose level 246, whereby the titration glucose level is obtained, and can be used for adjusting the dose of the long acting insulin medicament.
  • Block 430 in some embodiments according to the present disclosure the method further comprises, in response to identifying the state of the insulin state indicator 211, selecting the first or the second evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the insulin state indicator is identified as the only-long-acting- insulin-influence state, and thereby using a preferred method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246, which is preferred for titration with a long acting insulin medicament, when it is ensured that no short acting insulin medicament influences the glucose measurements 236.
  • Block 430 in response to identifying the state of the insulin state indicator 211, selecting the first or the second evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the insulin state indicator is identified as the only-long-acting- insulin-influence state, and thereby using a preferred method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246, which is preferred for titration with a long acting insulin medicament, when it is ensured that no short acting insulin medicament influences the glucose measurements 236.
  • the method further comprises, in response to identifying the state of the insulin state indicator 310, selecting the third evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the insulin state indicator is identified as the a short-acting-insulin-influence state, and thereby using a preferred method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246, which is preferred for titration with a long acting insulin medicament, when it is identified that short acting insulin medicament influences the glucose measurements 236.
  • the first data structure further comprises a hypoglycemic risk state indicator, wherein the hypoglycemic risk state indicator can indicate a high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a high variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and a non-high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a non-high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a low variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and wherein the method further comprises: in response to identifying the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator, selecting the first evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator is identified as the high hypoglycemic risk state, and thereby using a method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246 which may be beneficial in situation with low glucose values and noise.
  • the hypoglycemic risk state indicator can indicate a high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a high hypoglyce
  • the first data structure further comprises a hypoglycemic risk state indicator, wherein the hypoglycemic risk state indicator can indicate a high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a high variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and a non-high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a non-high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a low variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and wherein the method further comprises: in response to identifying the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator, selecting the second evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator is identified as the non- high hypoglycemic risk state, and thereby using a method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246 which may be beneficial under these circumstances.
  • the measure of variability 271 is the variance.
  • a moving measure of variability is a moving period of variance ⁇ across the glucose measurements, where: and where, G, is the i glucose measurement in the portion k of the plurality of glucose measurements considered, M is a number of glucose measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements and represents a contiguous predetermined time span, i.e., the secondary time window, G is the mean of the M glucose measurements selected from the plurality of glucose measurements of the first data set 228, and k is within the first time window.
  • the measure of central tendency 244, 268, 274 is the mean value.
  • a moving measure of central tendency is a moving mean or moving average ⁇ ⁇ across the glucose measurements, where and where, G, is the i glucose measurement in the portion k of the plurality of glucose measurements considered, M is a number of glucose measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements and represents a contiguous predetermined time span, i.e., the secondary time window, and k is within the first time period.
  • the method is repeated on a recurring basis. For example, whether and how much to adjust the dose of a long-acting insulin medicament can be requested on a daily basis, which means that the titration glucose level is evaluated on a daily basis.
  • the method further comprises obtaining a second data set 320 from one or more insulin pens 104 used by the subject to apply the prescribed insulin regimen, as illustrated in Figures 3A through 3D, the second data set comprises a plurality of insulin medicament records over the time course, each insulin medicament record 321 in the plurality of medicament records comprises: (i) a respective insulin medicament injection event 322 representing an insulin medicament injection into the subject using a respective insulin pen in the one or more insulin pens 104 and (ii) a corresponding electronic timestamp 323 that is automatically generated by the respective insulin pen upon occurrence of the respective insulin medicament injection event.
  • the first glucose measure of central tendency is associated with a tertiary time window 330 representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point 614 of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point 612 of the primary time window 233, and wherein the primary and the tertiary windows are of the same length, as illustrated on Figure 6A in the marked area 604.
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is associated with a time indicator 331
  • a tertiary time window 330 representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point 614 of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point 612 of the primary time window, and wherein the length 615 of the tertiary time window 330 is smaller than the length 613 of the primary time window 233, as illustrated on Figure 6A in the marked area 602.
  • each respective glucose measure of variability 267 is associated with a time indicator 331 representing the time of evaluation of the respective glucose measure of variability, and thereby obtaining a plurality of time indicators defining a tertiary time window 330 representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point 614 of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point (612) of the primary time window, and wherein the length 615 of the tertiary time window 330 is smaller than the length 613 of the primary time window 233.
  • the method continues by associating the titration glucose level 246 with the tertiary time window 330, as illustrated on Figure 6E and 6F, and applying a first characterization 335 to the tertiary time window 330 (not illustrated), wherein the first characterization 335 is one of basal regimen adherent and basal regimen nonadherent, the tertiary time window 330 is deemed basal regimen adherent when the second data set 320 includes one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 212 during the respective tertiary time window 330, and the tertiary time window is deemed basal regimen nonadherent when the second data set 320 fails to include one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 212 during the tertiary time window 330.
  • the method may continue with adjusting the long acting insulin medicament dosage 216 in the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214 for the subject based upon a titration glucose level 244 represented by a tertiary time window 330 that is deemed basal regimen adherent and by excluding a titration glucose level 244 represented by a tertiary time window 330 that is deemed basal regimen nonadherent.
  • the first data structure 210 comprises a plurality of consecutive epochs, wherein each respective epoch 218 is associated with a basal insulin medicament dosage 216, indicating when the basal insulin medicament is to be injected within the respective epoch 218, and how much of the basal insulin medicament is to be injected.
  • the first data structure 210 provides a temporal and quantitative basis for the first characterization.
  • the length 615 of the tertiary window 330 is longer than or the same as the length 619 of each of the epochs 218.
  • the end point 614 of the tertiary time window is synchronized with an end point 618 of a current epoch, wherein the current epoch is the most recent completed epoch within the plurality of epochs.
  • each respective epoch 218 of the plurality of epochs is associated with a tertiary time window 330, and thereby obtaining a plurality of tertiary time windows, wherein each tertiary time window represents an evaluation period, wherein each tertiary window is aligned with the respective epoch on a temporal bases, and wherein each tertiary time window 330 is associated with a titration glucose level 246.
  • the first data structure comprises a specification of temporal and quantitative basis for administration of the long acting insulin medicament, for each of the epochs 218 within the plurality of epochs.
  • the quantitative basis for the long acting insulin medicament is a function of the titration glucose level.
  • the temporal basis is specified as one injection for each epoch 218 within the plurality of epochs.
  • each epoch 218 in the plurality of epochs is a calendar day or a calendar week, as illustrated in Figure 6E and 6F.
  • successive measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously taken from the subject at an interval rate of 5 minutes or less, 3 minutes or less, or 1 minute or less.
  • the device further comprises a wireless receiver 284, and wherein the first data set is obtained wirelessly from a glucose sensor 102 affixed to the subject and/or the second data set is obtained wirelessly from the one or more insulin pens 104.
  • the first data structure further comprises a hypoglycemic risk state indicator 311, wherein the hypoglycemic risk state indicator 311 can indicate a high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a high variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and a non- high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a non-high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a low variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and wherein the method further comprises.
  • the method further comprises selecting the first evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator is identified as the high hypoglycemic risk state, and thereby using a method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246 which is more beneficial in case of low glucose values and noise.
  • the secondary time window is 50 minutes to 70 minutes, 60 minutes to 120 minutes, 120 minutes to 180 minutes or 180 minutes to 300 minutes.
  • successive measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously taken from the subject at an interval rate of 4 minutes to 6 minutes, and wherein the secondary time window is 50 minutes to 70 minutes.
  • successive measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously taken from the subject at an interval rate of 40 minutes to 80 minutes, and wherein the secondary time window is 180 minutes to 310 minutes.
  • FIG. 4B A flow diagram of the subprocesses Bl, B2 and B2 applying a first, second and third evaluation mode, respectively, has been illustrated on Figure 4B through 4D, and Figure 7A through Figure 7F further illustrates by example how the titration subset of small glucose measurements is obtained in order to obtain the titration glucose level.
  • Figure 7A, 7C and 7E illustrate a first case, where a patient is only on basal insulin and therefore the low glucose values can only be caused by basal insulin injections or endogenous insulin or other natural causes.
  • the patient is on multiple daily injections (MDI) treatment which involves injections with fast acting insulin, and small glucose values are therefore not necessarily related to the basal insulin injections or endogenous insulin production, but could also be caused by the fast acting insulin used to account for the carbohydrates ingested during a meal or to correct for a high glucose level after a meal (correction bolus).
  • MDI daily injections
  • the examples of Figure 7A through 7F illustrate glucose data obtained during a time course of 24 hours, and calendar hours is illustrated by rectangles 710.
  • the primary time window 233, the tertiary time window 330, the epoch 218 and the request time 610, where a user requests the calculation of a titration glucose level, is also indicated on the figures.
  • the patterned rectangle 702 indicates the upper and lower boundaries defining a desired range for the blood glucose level.
  • the top panel 704 illustrates the glucose level as a function of time obtained from the plurality of glucose measurements within the time course.
  • each of the sets containing a number of smallest glucose measurements can be used as the titration subset of small glucose measurements 269, and can be used to evaluate the titration glucose level 246.
  • the integer 234 used to define the number of measurements in the titration subset of small glucose measurements is here obtained as a product of the sampling rate and the time window, e.g., 12 measurements per hour for 1 hour is 12 measurements.
  • the integer could also be specified as a nearest integer of a fraction of the total number of measurements within the primary time window.
  • the glucose data illustrated in Figure 7A the patient is on basal insulin only, hence low glucose values only relate to endogenous insulin and long acting insulin.
  • the lowest average is found at around 9 :00 on Jan 20.
  • the glucose data illustrated in Figure 7B the patient takes a correction bolus after dinner which causes glucose to decrease at around 20 : 00.
  • the lowest average is found at around 20:00 on Jan 19.
  • the top panel 714 illustrates the glucose level as a function of time obtained from the plurality of glucose measurements within the time course.
  • the second panel 716 shows the running average glucose with different window sizes of 5 hours, 3 hours and 1 hour, respectively. The lowest evaluated average can be used as the titration glucose level.
  • the illustrated tertiary window 330 corresponds to the running average using a 5 hours window (secondary time window is 5 hours).
  • the glucose data illustrated in Figure 7C the patient is on basal insulin only, hence low glucose values only relate to endogenous insulin and long acting insulin.
  • the smallest average for the 1 hour window 730 is found at around 9 :00 on Jan 20.
  • the smallest average for the 3 hour window 731 is found at around 9 :30.
  • the smallest average for the 5 hour window 732 is found around 10 : 00.
  • the patient takes a correction bolus after dinner which causes glucose to decrease at around 20: 30.
  • the smallest average for the 1 hour window 733 is found at around 20: 30 on Jan 19.
  • the smallest average for the 3 hour window 734 is found at around 17 :00 (beginning of tertiary period for 3 hour window).
  • the smallest average for the 5 hour window 735 is found at around 19 :00 (beginning of tertiary period 330 for the 5 hour window).
  • the top panel 718 illustrates the glucose level as a function of time obtained from the plurality of glucose measurements within the time course.
  • the second panel 720 shows the running variance of the glucose measurements with different window sizes of 5 hours, 3 hours and 1 hour, respectively. The smallest evaluated variance can be used to identify the titration subset of small glucose values, which can be used to evaluate the titration glucose level.
  • the illustrated tertiary window 330 corresponds to the running average using a 5 hours window (secondary time window is 5 hours).
  • secondary time window is 5 hours.
  • the lowest running variance for the 1 hour window 736 is around 3 :30.
  • the smallest running variance for the 3 hour window 737 is found around 4:45.
  • the lowest running variance for the 5 hour window 738 is found around 5: 15.
  • the glucose data illustrated in Figure 7F the patient is on basal and bolus insulin. The patient takes a correction bolus after dinner which causes glucose to decrease at around 20 :00. In this case we are not interested in the lowest glucose value since it is caused by a bolus and not the basal insulin.
  • the lowest running variance for the 1 hour window 739 is around 13 :00.
  • the smallest running variance for the 3 hour window 740 is found around 03: 20.
  • the 3 hour window also has a dip at around 01 : 00 which is almost as low as the dip around 03 :20.
  • the lowest running variance for the 5 hour window 741 is found around 03 :40.
  • Table 1 Time detection of minimum values for running average of glucose measurements and running variance for glucose measurements.
  • titration glucose level for dose guidance algorithms for long acting insulin is determined using low glucose values.
  • the definition titration glucose level is used to emphasize that this is not necessarily a fasting glucose value, rather the glucose titration level to base dose calculations on is low glucose values.
  • periods of low variance in glucose we use the information that the glucose is not influenced by short acting insulin, and we use periods of low average glucose within a specific time window. For example, we use a running average window of 3 hours and choose the window with the lowest value as the titration glucose level. This is useful in long acting insulin treatment since we are certain that there is no fast acting insulin causing the lowest values; all lowered glucose values are due to the long acting insulin or physiological changes.
  • This approach calculates a moving average (MA) of N consecutive measurements, where G is a glucose measurement, the subscript i is the sample at a specific point in time, N is the number of samples in each average, and the titration glucose level of a period is determined by
  • the frequency of continuous glucose measurements can vary, and can span for example from a near continuous signal and up to 1 hour.
  • This method is similar to the running average in that it targets low glucose levels. Therefore it is relevant in basal insulin treatment. This method is more sensitive to low values and noise than the moving average, which might be beneficial in scenarios of e.g. patients with high hyporisk and high glucose variability. As previously mentioned examples of an embodiment can be seen in Figures 7A and 7B.
  • Example 2 second evaluation mode - running or moving average
  • a next dose size typically fasting glucose levels from the past three days are used to determine a next dose size.
  • DexCom G5 as an example.
  • the CGM outputs glucose levels every 5 minutes, which represent the average glucose levels of the past 5 minutes.
  • TGL We detect TGL by selecting the lowest average glucose level over the past 0-24, 24-48 and 48-72 hours to obtain TGL of the past three days. For each 24 hour long time interval, a window of 60 minutes, or 12 consecutive CGM measurements, runs through the glucose data and average of each window is calculated.
  • This approach calculates a moving average (MA) of 12 consecutive measurements of 5 minute intervals using the following equation,
  • G is a glucose measurement and the subscript i refers to the current sample, and the fasting glucose of time interval 0-24 hours is determined by
  • a patient is only on basal insulin and therefore the low glucose values can only be caused by basal insulin injections or endogenous insulin (or other natural causes).
  • the patient is on MDI treatment and therefore low glucose values are not necessarily related to the basal injection or endogenous production, but could also be caused by a meal or correction bolus.
  • Example 3 third evaluation mode - moving variance
  • Dose guidance algorithms for MDI treatment including long and fast acting insulin base their calculations on fasting glucose as well as pre-prandial glucose levels.
  • For the purpose of determining periods of fasting to be used as a titration glucose level we detect periods of low variance in glucose. We do this because glucose variance is typically higher during periods of external glucose entering the system than during fasting.
  • This method is similar to the moving average except that instead of calculating average in a time frame we calculate variance within the time frame. As previously mentioned example of embodiments can be seen in Figure 7E and 7F.
  • a basal titration adjustment device adapted for adjusting a long acting insulin regimen, wherein the device is adapted for obtaining a titration glucose level based on small glucose measurements and the state of an insulin state indicator.
  • a basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject comprising one or more processors 274 and a memory 192/290, the memory comprising : a first data structure 210 that includes the prescribed insulin regimen 212 including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the long acting insulin medicament dosage 216, an insulin state indicator 211, wherein the insulin state indicator 211 can indicate a short-acting-insulin- influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window may be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and an only-long-acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window can be influenced by a long acting insulin medicament, but the measurements cannot be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • step B further comprises:
  • (Bl) for the primary time window in a first evaluation mode (i) obtaining an integer 234 defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window 233, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 equals the obtained integer 234, (iii) obtaining the measure of central tendency as a first glucose measure of central tendency 244, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the subset of small glucose measurements 240, and
  • each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements 236 in the primary time window 233
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window 262, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of central tendency across the glucose measurements in the primary time window,
  • each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements 236 in the primary time window 233
  • each respective glucose measure of variability 271 is computed as a measure of variability of the glucose
  • the method further comprises: in response to identifying the state of the insulin state indicator 211, selecting the first or the second evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the insulin state indicator is identified as the only-long-acting-insulin-influence state, and thereby using a preferred method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246, which is preferred for titration with a long acting insulin medicament, when it is ensured that no short acting insulin medicament influences the glucose measurements 236.
  • the third evaluation mode upon the occurrence that the state of the insulin state indicator is identified as the a short-acting-insulin-influence state, and thereby using a preferred method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246, which is preferred for titration with a long acting insulin medicament, when it is identified that short acting insulin medicament may influence the glucose measurements 236.
  • the method further comprises: obtaining a second data set 320 from one or more insulin pens 104 used by the subject to apply the prescribed insulin regimen, the second data set comprising a plurality of insulin medicament records over the time course, each insulin medicament record 321 in the plurality of medicament records comprising : (i) a respective insulin medicament injection event 322 representing an insulin medicament injection into the subject using a respective insulin pen in the one or more insulin pens 104 and (ii) a corresponding electronic timestamp 323 that is automatically generated by the respective insulin pen upon occurrence of the respective insulin medicament injection event;
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 with a time indicator 331 representing the time of evaluation of the respective second glucose measure of central tendency, and thereby obtaining a plurality of time indicators defining a tertiary time window 330 representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point 614 of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point 612 of the primary time window, and wherein the length 615 of the tertiary time window 330 is smaller than the length 613 of the primary time window 233, or
  • each respective glucose measure of variability 267 with a time indicator 331 representing the time of evaluation of the respective glucose measure of variability, and thereby obtaining a plurality of time indicators defining a tertiary time window 330 representing an evaluation period, wherein a most recent end point 614 of the tertiary time window is synchronized with a most recent end point 612 of the primary time window, and wherein the length 615 of the tertiary time window 330 is smaller than the length 613 of the primary time window 233; and
  • the first characterization 335 is one of basal regimen adherent and basal regimen nonadherent
  • the tertiary time window 330 is deemed basal regimen adherent when the second data set 320 includes one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 212 during the respective tertiary time window 330, and
  • the tertiary time window is deemed basal regimen nonadherent when the second data set 320 fails to include one or more medicament records that establish, on a temporal and quantitative basis, adherence with the prescribed basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 212 during the tertiary time window 330;
  • the adjusting the long acting insulin medicament dosage 216 in the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214 for the subject is based upon a titration glucose level 244 that is represented by a tertiary time window 330 that is deemed basal regimen adherent and by excluding a titration glucose level 244 that is represented by a tertiary time window 330 that is deemed basal regimen nonadherent.
  • the first data structure comprises, a plurality of consecutive epochs, wherein each respective epoch 218 is associated with a basal insulin medicament dosage 216, indicating when the basal insulin medicament is to be injected within the respective epoch 218, and how much of the basal insulin medicament is to be injected, and thereby providing a temporal and quantitative basis for the first characterization.
  • the length 615 of the tertiary window 330 is longer than or the same as the length 619 of each of the epochs 218.
  • each respective epoch 218 of the plurality of epochs is associated with a tertiary time window 330, and thereby obtaining a plurality of tertiary time windows, wherein each tertiary time window represents an evaluation period, wherein each tertiary window is aligned with the respective epoch on a temporal bases, and wherein each tertiary time window 330 is associated with a titration glucose level 246.
  • the first data structure comprises a specification of temporal and quantitative basis for administration of the long acting insulin medicament, for each of the epochs 218 within the plurality of epochs.
  • each epoch 218 in the plurality of epochs is a calendar day or a calendar week.
  • successive measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously taken from the subject at an interval rate of 5 minutes or less, 3 minutes or less, or 1 minute or less.
  • the device further comprises a wireless receiver 284, and wherein the first data set is obtained wirelessly from a glucose sensor 102 affixed to the subject and/or the second data set is obtained wirelessly from the one or more insulin pens 104. 19.
  • the first data structure further comprises a hypoglycemic risk state indicator, wherein the hypoglycemic risk state indicator can indicate a high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a high variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and a non-high hypoglycemic risk state, wherein the subject may have a non-high hypoglycemic risk or wherein a low variability across the plurality of glucose measurements can be observed, and wherein the method further comprises:
  • the first evaluation mode in response to identifying the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator, selecting the first evaluation mode, upon the occurrence that the state of the hypoglycemic risk state indicator is identified as the high hypoglycemic risk state, and thereby using a method for obtaining the titration glucose level 246 which is more sensitive to low glucose values and noise.
  • each insulin medicament record (321) in the plurality of medicament records comprising : (i) a respective insulin medicament injection event (322) representing an insulin medicament injection into the subject using a respective insulin pen in the one or more insulin pens (104) and (ii) a corresponding electronic timestamp (323) that is automatically generated by the respective insulin pen upon occurrence of the respective insulin medicament injection event, (iii) the type of insulin medicament indicating whether the injected insulin medicament is a short acting insulin medicament type or a long acting insulin medicament type.
  • the prescribed insulin regimen further comprises a bolus insulin medicament dosage regimen, wherein the bolus insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the [amount of] short acting insulin dosage.
  • the prescribed insulin regimen 212 further comprises a duration of action for the short acting insulin medicament, wherein the duration of action of a medicament specifies the duration that a measurable medicament effect persist, and thereby influences the glucose level.
  • the prescribed insulin regimen 212 comprises a duration of action for the long acting insulin medicament, wherein the duration of action of a medicament specifies the duration that a measurable medicament effect persist, and thereby influences the glucose level.
  • the insulin state indicator 211 indicates the short-acting-insulin-influence state based on the second data set and the duration of action for the short acting insulin medicament.
  • the insulin state indicator 211 indicates the only-long-acting-insulin-influence state based on the second data set and the duration of action for the short acting insulin medicament.
  • the insulin state indicator 211 indicates the only-long-acting-insulin-influence state further based on the duration of action for the long acting insulin medicament.
  • titration glucose level 246 is associated with the first glucose measure of central tendency 244 by assigning the value of the first measure of central tendency to the titration glucose level.
  • the measurements in the plurality of glucose measurements are autonomously obtained by a continuous glucose monitor.
  • titration glucose level 246 is the glucose level used as input to an algorithm for maintaining or adjusting the long acting insulin medicament dosage 216.
  • the device according to any of the previous embodiments, wherein the glucose measurements 236 in the first data set to be used for identifying the titration glucose level, comprises the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240, 269, 273.
  • glucose measurements comprised in the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240, 269, 273 have values smaller than a lower percentile of the glucose measurements 236, wherein the lower percentile ranges from the 0.1 th percentile to the 50 th percentile, wherein a P percentile is defined as the lowest glucose measurement that is greater than P% of the glucose measurements 236 in the first data set to be used for identifying the titration subset 240, 269, 273 within the primary time window 233.
  • step B further comprises:
  • a method for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject at a computer comprising one or more processors and a memory:
  • the memory storing :
  • a first data structure 210 that includes the prescribed insulin regimen 212 including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage 216, an insulin state indicator 211, wherein the insulin state indicator 211 can indicate a short- acting-insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window may be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and an only-long-acting- insulin-influence state, wherein the glucose measurements within the primary time window can be influenced by a long acting insulin medicament, but the measurements cannot be influenced by a short acting insulin medicament, and the memory further storing
  • a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer having one or more processors and a memory, perform the method of embodiment 39.
  • 41. A computer-readable data carrier having stored thereon the computer program according to embodiment 39.
  • a basal titration adjustment device adapted for adjusting a long acting insulin regimen, wherein the device is adapted for obtaining a titration glucose level based on small glucose measurements.
  • a basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject comprising one or more processors 274 and a memory 192/290, the memory comprising : a first data structure 210 that includes the prescribed insulin regimen 212 including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage 216, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • step B further comprises:
  • (Bl) for the primary time window in a first evaluation mode (i) obtaining an integer 234 defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the subset of glucose measurements 240, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window 233, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 equals the obtained integer 234, (iii) obtaining the measure of central tendency as a first glucose measure of central tendency 244, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the subset of small glucose measurements 240, and
  • each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements 236 in the primary time window 233,
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window 262, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of central tendency across the glucose measurements in the primary time window,
  • each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements (236) in the primary time window 233,
  • each respective glucose measure of variability 272 is computed as a measure of variability of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window 262, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of variability across the glucose measurements in the primary time window, for the plurality of glucose measures of variability, identifying a smallest glucose measure of variability 272 as the smallest glucose measure of variability within the plurality of glucose measures of variability, whereby the titration subset of small glucose measurements 273 is identified as the subset comprising the glucose measurements within the secondary time window 262 corresponding to the smallest glucose measure of variability 272, and
  • a basal titration adjustment device adapted for adjusting a long acting insulin regimen, wherein the device is adapted for obtaining a titration glucose level based on small glucose measurements.
  • a basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed basal insulin regimen for a subject comprising one or more processors 274 and a memory 192/290, the memory comprising : a prescribed insulin regimen 212 including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage 216, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • step B further comprises:
  • (Bl) for the primary time window in a first evaluation mode (i) obtaining an integer 234 defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the subset of glucose measurements 240, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window 233, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 equals the obtained integer 234, (iii) obtaining the measure of central tendency as a first glucose measure of central tendency 244, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the subset of small glucose
  • step B further comprises:
  • each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements 236 in the primary time window 233,
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window 262, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of central tendency across the glucose measurements in the primary time window,
  • step B further comprises:
  • a basal titration adjustment device adapted for adjusting a long acting insulin regimen, wherein the device is adapted for obtaining a titration glucose level based on small glucose measurements.
  • a basal titration adjustment device 250 for autonomously adjusting a long acting insulin medicament dosage in a prescribed insulin regimen for a subject comprising one or more processors 274 and a memory 192/290, the memory comprising : a prescribed insulin regimen 212 including a basal insulin medicament dosage regimen 214, wherein the basal insulin medicament dosage regimen specifies the amount of long acting insulin medicament dosage 216, and instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, perform a method of:
  • step B further comprises:
  • (Bl) for the primary time window in a first evaluation mode (i) obtaining an integer 234 defining the number of glucose measurements to be selected for the subset of glucose measurements 240, (ii) identifying and selecting the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 as a subset of smallest glucose measurements, by identifying and selecting the smallest glucose measurements within the primary time window 233, and ensuring that the number of measurements within the titration subset of small glucose measurements 240 equals the obtained integer 234, (iii) obtaining the measure of central tendency as a first glucose measure of central tendency 244, and computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the subset of small glucose
  • step B further comprises:
  • each secondary time window 262 comprises a subset of overlapping glucose measurements 264 being a subset of the glucose measurements 236 in the primary time window 233,
  • each respective second glucose measure of central tendency 267 is computed as a measure of central tendency of the glucose measurements within the corresponding secondary time window 262, and thereby obtaining a moving period of a measure of central tendency across the glucose measurements in the primary time window,
  • the prescribed insulin regimen 212 further comprises a duration of action for the short acting insulin medicament, wherein the duration of action of a medicament specifies the duration that a measurable medicament effect persist, and thereby influences the glucose level.
  • the prescribed insulin regimen 212 comprises a duration of action for the long acting insulin medicament, wherein the duration of action of a medicament specifies the duration that a measurable
  • the method further comprises: obtaining a second data set 320 from one or more insulin pens 104 used by the subject to apply the prescribed insulin regimen, the second data set comprising a plurality of insulin medicament records over the time course, each insulin medicament record 321 in the plurality of medicament records comprising : (i) a respective insulin medicament injection event 322 representing an insulin medicament injection into the subject using a respective insulin pen in the one or more insulin pens 104 and (ii) a corresponding electronic timestamp 323 that is automatically generated by the respective insulin pen upon occurrence of the respective insulin medicament injection event, (iii) the type of insulin medicament indicating whether the injected insulin medicament is a short acting insulin medicament type or a long acting insulin medicament type, wherein the method further comprises (i) using the second data set and the duration of action to obtain the glucose measurements within the primary time window 233 that are not influenced by the short acting insulin, wherein the titration subset of small glucose measurements are identified within the glucose measurements within the primary
  • the present invention can be implemented as a computer program product that comprises a computer program mechanism embedded in a nontransitory computer readable storage medium.
  • the computer program product could contain the program modules shown in any combination of Figures 1, 2, or 3 and/or described in Figure 4. These program modules can be stored on a CD-ROM, DVD, magnetic disk storage product, or any other non-transitory computer readable data or program storage product.

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L'invention porte sur des systèmes et des procédés destinés à réguler la posologie d'un médicament à base d'insuline à action prolongée chez un sujet. Une pluralité de mesures de glycémie horodatées pratiquées chez le sujet sont obtenues. Un niveau de glucose de titration (246) est calculé en tant que mesure de la tendance centrale (244, 268, 274) d'un sous-ensemble de titrage de petites mesures de glucose (240, 269, 273) identifiées dans les mesures de glucose horodatées, la mesure de la tendance centrale représentant une mesure de petites mesures de glucose pour la fenêtre temporelle primaire. Un dosage de médicament à l'insuline à action prolongée (216) est régulé ou maintenu sur la base du niveau de glucose de titrage obtenu (246).
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