To understand the effect of the addition of colesevelam HCl to oral agent therapy in individuals with type 2 diabetes on glycemic control by utilizing a novel technology, continuous glucose monitoring with ambulatory glucose profile analysis. To date there are no studies of this compound that have employed continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) with ambulatory glucose profile (AGP) analysis to obtain data that will detail the diurnal glucose patterns associated with this therapy. We plan to employ CGM at critical points throughout the study. AGP analysis will enable rapid assessment of the clinical status of the subject. Using statistically stable estimates of hourly values represented by five percentile curves AGP depicts glucose exposure, variability and stability. Previously, we have used AGP analysis to characterize glucose perturbations in individuals ranging from normal glucose tolerance to overt type 2 diabetes.
