Green Tea Extracts for Mild-to-moderate Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Egyptian Biomedical Research Network

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Dietary Supplement: Green tea

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: NETWORK

Identifiers

NCT04543422

EBRN298

Details and patient eligibility

About

the present randomized placebo-controlled study aimed to evaluate the effect of green tea extract administration on the clinical and neurophysiological parameters in patients with mild-to-moderate diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diabetic patients with peripheral neuropathy

Exclusion criteria

• Patients under treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
• Patients with other causes of peripheral neuropathy.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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200 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Green tea extracts

Experimental group

Description:

Patients in this arm received green tea extract capsules

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Green tea

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Patients in this arm received placebo treatment

Treatment:

Other: Placebo