Get schooled on hemoglobin a1c targets in type 2 diabetes mellitus by American College of Physicians guidelines coauthor, Devan Kansagara MD MCR, Associate Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University. We summarize outcomes from the landmark diabetes trials (ACCORD, ADVANCE, VADT, UKPDS 33 & 34), how a1c targets effect microvascular and macrovascular events, estimating life expectancy, and how to personalize diabetes control for your patients. We’re proud to announce our new partnership with the ACP to provide free CME credit and MOC points on select episodes of The Curbsiders. ACP members can visit acponline.org to redeem free CME/MOC credit. Full show notes available at http://thecurbsiders.com/podcast Join our mailing list to receive a PDF copy of our show notes every Monday. Rate us on iTunes, recommend a guest or topic and give feedback at thecurbsiders@gmail.com. Credits: Written, produced, and edited by: Matthew Watto MD. Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD, Paul Williams MD, Matthew Watto MD. Guest: Devan Kansagara MD, MCR Time Stamps 00:00 Announcement 00:48 Disclaimer and intro 03:11 Getting to know our guest: one liner, book recommendation, mentorship 06:50 How and why did ACP write their guidance statement on diabetes, A1C targets 09:18 Landmark trials in type 2 diabetes 11:36 Does tight control prevent micro or macrovascular complications 13:20 Trials of newer agents like SGLT2i, GLP-1 and DPP4i 14:33 How do ACP’s guidelines differ from other published guidelines 17:20 Quick recap of landmark trial findings 22:24 Personalizing glycemic control 24:30 Controversy over an A1C goal of 7-8% 28:05 Clinical inertia 30:26 Legacy effect and metabolic memory 34:00 Deintensifying therapy 38:29 Life expectancy and comorbid conditions 43:15 Performance measures in diabetes 44:42 Take-home points 46:30 The Curbsiders recap and give some closing remarks 49:13 Outro  Tags: diabetes, a1c, target, dm, hypoglycemia, glycemic, intensive, tight, glucose, control, cardiovascular, risk, outcome, mortality, death, metformin, insulin, acp, guideline, accord, advance, vadt, ukpds, microvascular, macrovascular, aace, ada, VA, DoD, assistant, care, doctor, education, family, FOAMim, FOAMed, health, hospitalist, hospital, internal, internist, meded, medical, medicine, nurse, practitioner, professional, primary, physician, resident, student