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The 'stepping-down approach' is a therapeutic regimen developed and studied by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for the treatment of obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus. This strategy involves de-escalating from multiple daily insulin injections (MDI) to a combination therapy consisting of a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor (specifically empagliflozin), a glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist (such as dulaglutide or albiglutide), basal insulin, and metformin. The regimen aims to improve glycemic control and facilitate weight loss by replacing prandial insulin injections with non-insulin agents that have weight-lowering properties, thereby addressing common barriers to compliance such as weight gain and injection burden.
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