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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00904592
Date of registration: 24/12/2008
Primary sponsor: Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Public title: A Study on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Comprehensive Protocol of Prevention and Control in Diabetic Retinopathy
Scientific title: A Study on TCM Comprehensive Protocol of Prevention and Control in Diabetic Retinopathy
Date of first enrolment: September 2008
Target sample size: 480
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00904592
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:   Junguo Duan
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Chengdu University of TCM
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.

- Diagnosed with non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy, including moderate and severe
diabetic retinopathy

- and corrected VA=45 letters(ETDRS), equivalent the decimal value of 0.16(20/125).

- Diagnosed with the syndrome and signs of TCM.

- HbA1C=8.0%.

- Ages ranged from 35 to 75 years.

- Joined in the test voluntarily and signed the Informed consent by GCP regulation.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Complicating severe vitreous hemorrhage, or requiring laser and vitrectomy treatment.

- The patients who have been received the therapy of Retina laser photocoagulation.

- The patients whose dioptric media is so turbid that hard to evaluate the fundus
picture.

- DMKA or other acute metabolic disturbance, or complicating severe acute infection
within a month.

- Combined with other severe Diabetic complication.

- Having any allergic reaction to some drugs, food and pollen etc. or
hypersensitiveness

- Pregnant or breast feeding.

- combined with primarily severe diseases such as cardiovascular, hepatic,renal illness
,hemopoietic system disease, and psychosis.

- Combined with glaucoma, uveitis, ocular neuropathy and severe cataract etc.

- Participated in other clinical trial within 3 month.



Age minimum: 35 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diabetic Retinopathy
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo Comparator
Drug: Qi ming granula
Primary Outcome(s)
incidence rate of proliferative diabetic retinopathy, panretinal photocoagulation [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Symptoms scores of TCM [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
2006BAI04A0401
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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