Effectiveness of Epalrestat in treatment of diabetic patients suffering due to damage of peripheral nerves.
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2015/02/005538
- Lead Sponsor
- Primary Investigator
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 100
1. Patients of either sex in the age group between 20 to 70 years.
2. Diabetic patients stabilized on antidiabetic medication (on stable dose of antidiabetic drugs for the last 4 weeks) with stable glycemic control (HbA1c < 9%, with ± 0.5% variation in the previous 3 months) presenting with subjective symptoms of peripheral neuropathy confirmed on the basis Modified neuropathy disability score >2.
3. Subjects who provide a written informed consent to abide by the study requirements.
1. Patients with stage 3(N3)19i.e.disabling neuropathy or presence of symptoms/
Signs of foot ulcer.
2. Patients with diabetic neuropathy requiring hospital admission for management of neuropathy/ diabetic complications / any other disease conditions.
3. Patients presenting with primary cause of neurologic disorders other than diabetes (alcoholic neuropathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, sequelae of cerebrovascular disease).
4. Patients presenting with arteriosclerosis obliterans (ankle brachial pressure index of < 0.8)
5. Patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the ingredients of the test /
comparator formulation.
6. Patients with severe cardiac, hepatic, gastrointestinal, renal, pulmonary and skin diseases.
7. Patients with H/O alcohol/ drug abuse
8. Pregnant and lactating females.
9. Simultaneous participation in another clinical study or if they were receiving other experimental medications for diabetic neuropathy, prostaglandin E1 preparations, or any other medication that affects symptoms of diabetic neuropathy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method