NCT02308059

Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Diabetic Neuropathy

Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy: Correlation Between Ultrasound Findings and Clinical Features

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 106 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cukurova University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The current study aimed to evaluate the cross-sectional area (CSA) of peripheral nerves in people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy using ultrasonography and correlate the CSA with clinical and demographic data.

Detailed description

Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (n=53) and a matched healthy control group (n=53) underwent blinded ultrasonography imaging of the sciatic, tibial and median nerves. Matching was performed according to patient body mass index (BMI), sex and age. CSAs of the nerves were recorded, and the associations between pain intensity (measured with a visual analog scale \[VAS\]), the Leeds Assessment of Neuropathic Symptoms and Signs (LANSS) pain scale, diabetes mellitus duration, BMI, HbA1c and blood glucose levels were evaluated.

Conditions

• Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ultrasonographic evaluation of nerves in diabetic patients	Ultrasonographic evaluation of peripheral nerves in patients with diabetes mellitus which have peripheral neuropathy
OTHER	Ultrasonographic evaluation of nerves of healthy volunteers	evaluation of peripheral nerves and correlated with group I

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-04-01
• Primary completion: 2014-12-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2014-12-04
• Last updated: 2014-12-04