Do vitamins for homocyst(e)ine slow progression of diabetic nephropathy?

ISRCTN ISRCTN41332305
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN41332305
Secondary identifying numbers MCT-41551
Submission date
01/09/2005
Registration date
01/09/2005
Last edited
29/04/2010
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Urological and Genital Diseases
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English Summary

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr John David Spence
Scientific

Stroke Prev. & Ath. Research Centre
Robarts Research Institute
Siebens-Drake Research Bldg.
1400 Western Rd.
London, Ontario
N6G 2V2
Canada

Phone +1 519 663 3113
Email dspence@robarts.ca

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Scientific titleLowering total homocysteine using vitamins to slow the progression of diabetic nephropathy: a randomised controlled trial
Study acronymDIVINe
Study hypothesisTo test whether lowering total homocysteine with vitamins slows progression of diabetic nephropathy.
Ethics approval(s)University of Western Ontario, Office of Research Ethics approved on the 31st May 2005
ConditionDiabetic nephropathy
InterventionPlacebo versus active vitamin combination tablet once daily.
Intervention typeSupplement
Primary outcome measureThe change in glomerular filtration rate (GFR)
Secondary outcome measures1. Renal outcomes (change from baseline in urea, creatinine, urinary albumin excretion, creatinine clearance, and progression to dialysis or transplantation)
2. Vascular events (stroke, death, myocardial infarction, revascularisation)
3. Cognitive decline
4. Progression of carotid intima-media thickness and plaque volume (London study centre only)
Overall study start date01/10/2000
Overall study end date30/09/2005

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupAdult
Lower age limit18 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participants300
Participant inclusion criteria1. Type I or type II diabetes mellitus
2. Clinical or histological diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy
3. Urinary albumin excretion level of at least 300 mg/day or urinary protein level of at least 500 mg/day (based upon a 24 hour urine collection) within the past 24 months
4. Patient is able and willing to give informed consent
5. Over the age of 18 years old, either sex
6. Individual patient co-operation is obtained for regular follow-up until completion of the trial
Participant exclusion criteria1. Patient starting on an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker who has been taking the drug for less than three months. (After a three-month time period the patient may then be considered eligible for the trial).
2. Patient not expected to survive three years because of intercurrent cancer or other severe illness
3. Patient expected to be non-compliant; who will not adhere to the study visit protocol, who will not take the study vitamins or who will not discontinue previous multivitamin or B-complex vitamin use
4. Patient on dialysis or imminently expected to require dialysis
5. Other known renal disease that may impact on progression rate (i.e. renal artery stenosis or glomerular renal disease such as membranous nephropathy)
6. Women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to practice a form of birth control for the duration on the trial deemed appropriate by the Investigator
7. Patient with a creatinine clearance of less than 30 ml/min based on the Cockcroft-Gault method or less than 25 ml/min if the patient is currently on an ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (within 30 days prior to randomization if less than 35 ml/min or within 6 months if greater than or equal to 35 ml/min)
Recruitment start date01/10/2000
Recruitment end date30/09/2005

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • Canada

Study participating centre

Stroke Prev. & Ath. Research Centre
London, Ontario
N6G 2V2
Canada

Sponsor information

John P. Robarts Research Institute (Canada)
Not defined

P.O. Box 5015
100 Perth Drive
London, Ontario
N6A 5K8
Canada

Phone +1 519 663 5777
Email info@robarts.ca
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/02grkyz14

Funders

Funder type

Research organisation

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (Canada) - http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca (ref: MCT-41551)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 28/04/2010 Yes No