NCT00634998

Vitamin C Supplementation as a Preventive Treatment of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 10 (actual)
• Sponsor: Washington State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this pilot study is to determine whether vitamin C supplementation is beneficial in treating and/or preventing diabetic peripheral neuropathy in people with type 2 diabetes.

Detailed description

Painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), a condition characterized by pain affecting the feet, legs and hands that is often characterized as burning or a "pins and needles" sensation, is estimated to affect up to 66% of the U.S. diabetic population. This pilot study will examine the effect of a daily dose of ascorbic acid, a known aldose reductase inhibitor, versus placebo, and the effect that it can have on intracellular erythrocyte (red blood cell) sorbitol levels, aldose reductase activity and aldose reductase enzyme levels utilizing benchtop methods, and effects on clinical DPN-associated pain reporting and changes in quantitative sensory testing in the lower extremities via touch discrimination and vibratory sensory testing in patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) over the course of 90 days of treatment.

Conditions

• Diabetic Neuropathies

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Vitamin C	1000mg Vitamin C capsules orally twice daily
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Placebo	1000mg Placebo capsules orally twice daily for 90 days

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-11-01
• Primary completion: 2008-08-01
• Completion: 2008-08-01
• First posted: 2008-03-13
• Last updated: 2023-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States