Can family physicians help patients initiate basal insulin therapy successfully?: randomized trial of patient‐titrated insulin glargine compared with standard oral therapy: lessons for family practice from the Canadian INSIGHT trial

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether FPs could help patients implement bedtime basal insulin therapy as successfully as diabetes experts could. DESIGN: National, multicentre, randomized, open-label trial designed to assess use of bedtime basal insulin therapy compared with use of standard oral-agent therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes being treated by diabetes experts or FPs.