NCT00012688

Periodontal Care and Glycemic Control in Diabetes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: US Department of Veterans Affairs · Federal
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Diabetes is a prevalent and costly disease among users of VA care. Goals of diabetes care include the prevention and/or delay of complications via adequate glycemic control. Improvements in periodontal status may also improve diabetes control.

Detailed description

Background: Diabetes is a prevalent and costly disease among users of VA care. Goals of diabetes care include the prevention and/or delay of complications via adequate glycemic control. Improvements in periodontal status may also improve diabetes control. Objectives: This project will determine the efficacy of a program of periodontal screening and therapy in improving the level of glycemic control in poorly controlled diabetics. Methods: Status: Subject accrual is complete. Data collection is ongoing.

Conditions

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Poor Glycemic Control
• Peridontal Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Doxycycline HCI 10mg po for 2 weeks
PROCEDURE	Ultrasonic scaling with 0.12% chlorhexidine gluconate

Timeline

• Completion: 2003-09-01
• First posted: 2001-03-16
• Last updated: 2015-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States