Status of Current Clinical Trials in Diabetic Polyneuropathy
Open Access
- 1 August 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences
- Vol. 28 (3), 191-198
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0317167100001335
Abstract
Peripheral polyneuropathy is the most frequent complication of diabetic mellitus. In spite of many clinical trials of different specific interventions for diabetic polyneuropathy, intensive glycemic control remains the only effective specific therapy currently available for this troublesome complication. This systematic overview reports the status of current clinical trials in diabetic polyneuropathy with an emphasis on those interventions directed towards specific pathophysiological derangements. A discussion of clinical trials of agents directed towards relieving painful symptoms of diabetic polyneuropathy concludes this overview.Keywords
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