American Diabetes Association

Erika Lundgrin, MD, discusses her recent work comparing the various components of financial toxicity, determining what has the greatest effect on negative outcomes.

Shipra Patel, MD, MS, discusses her recent study highlighting best practices for phase 1 and 2 obesity trials to avoid attrition and loss of data.

Bharat Saboo, MS, discusses his recent study investigating the LLM device in improving both physical and psychological issues associated with T1D.

Samuel Shangwu Wu, PhD, discusses his recent work evaluating TMRCP as an effective endpoint for future T1D trials.

Catch up on any data and key clinician perspectives presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions 2026.

Fonseca discusses substantially lower persistence and adherence with GLP-1s in real-world practice, highlighting methods for clinicians to address this.

This episode covers recently released data regarding the Dexcom G7 and Eli Lilly’s investigational triple agonist retatrutide from ADA 2026.

Shaminie Athinarayanan, PhD, discusses her recent study investigating the role of carbohydrate reduction in patients with obesity currently going through menopause.

Lance Sloan, MD, discusses his recent sub-analysis of the CATALYST trial, investigating whether hypercortisolism limits the efficacy of GLP-1s.

Amit Gupta, MBBS, DNB, joins the show to discuss diabetes treatment in a traditionally underserved population and to address the IDF’s work in moving it forward.

Sparrow Pharmaceuticals presented phase 2a data for the HSD-1 inhibitor clofutriben at ADA 2026.

Elecoglipron 75 mg produced 10.5% body weight reduction at 26 weeks in VISTA and a 1.9% HbA1c reduction at 26 weeks in SOLSTICE.

Ketan Dhatariya, MD, PhD, MS, joins the show to discuss how therapies for diabetes have evolved in the UK in comparison to the US.

twiist improved time in range by 16 percentage points and reduced HbA1c by 0.7 points over 13 weeks in insulin-treated adults with type 2 diabetes, with no severe hypoglycemia events.

In the phase 2 SLIMMER-UP-SWITCH trial, ecnoglutide delivered greater weight loss and waist circumference reduction than semaglutide at 20 weeks in adults with obesity in China.

Trang Ly, PhD, MBBS, joins the show to discuss Insulet’s recent advancements in automated insulin delivery and the trajectory of the Omnipod platform.

DKA remains a growing challenge in diabetes care, with new data highlighting missed diagnoses, rising admissions, and higher costs.

A new substudy of VESALIUS-CV presented at ADA 2026 has confirmed that evolocumab’s cardioprotective effects extend to patients at risk from diabetes.

Across a trio of phase 3 trials, CagriSema delivered superior HbA1c reduction and weight loss versus semaglutide in adults with type 2 diabetes

Vivian Fonseca, MD, explains data showing nearly half of patients with T2D discontinued GLP-1 therapy within 1 year, reducing their likelihood of achieving weight loss and HbA1c goals.

Timothy Garvey, MD, discusses petrelintide’s efficacy in patients with overweight and obesity, as well as its comparably low incidence of gastrointestinal effects.

Orforglipron added to titrated insulin glargine reduced HbA1c by up to 2.05% and body weight by up to 6.1% versus placebo, without increasing hypoglycemia risk.

Carel le Roux, PhD, discusses the full results from SYNCHRONIZE-1, a trial investigating Boehringer Ingelheim’s dual GLP-1/glucagon agonist.

In a post-hoc analysis of ATTAIN-1 and ATTAIN-2, the highest dose of orforglipron delivered meaningful weight loss across all menopause stages.

Shah explains proactive ketone monitoring, home DKA prevention strategies, and the future of continuous ketone monitoring.

Viral Shah, MD, outlines the case for earlier ketone detection across diabetes types, the limitations of urine testing, and what CKM technology may change in clinical practice.

Eugene Wright, Jr., MD, joins the show to discuss the current state of technological integration into diabetes care, from glucose monitors to insulin delivery and beyond.

Buse discusses phase VESPER results, berobenatide's weight loss potential, and expectations for the upcoming phase 3 program

Eli Lilly’s investigative GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple agonist has demonstrated its efficacy in reducing several major factors of obesity versus placebo.

Eli Lilly’s investigative GLP-1/GIP/glucagon triple agonist has outperformed placebo in patients with poorly-controlled T2D.