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treated group), indicating that TZDs can promote recovery of beta-cell function<br />

independently of the amelioration of insulin sensitivity.<br />

5) TZDs in the prevention of diabetes<br />

Troglitazone in Prevention of Diabetes (TRIPOD)<br />

In this study (151) 266 Hispanic women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus<br />

which were at high risk for type 2 diabeteswere randomized into placebo (n=133) or<br />

troglitazone (n=133) groups. Troglitazone was the first TZD, approved in the US in 1997,<br />

for treatment of type 2 diabetes and subsequently withdrawn from the marked in 2000,<br />

because of hepatotoxicity. During a median follow-up of 30 months, average annual<br />

diabetes incidence rates were 12.1 and 5.4 in women assigned to placebo and troglitazone,<br />

respectively (p

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