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NCT Number: NCT00252694

DIabetic Retinopathy Candesartan Trials

The primary objective is to determine whether candesartan, compared to placebo reduces the progression of diabetic retinopathy in normoalbuminuric type 2 diabetic patients with retinopathy.

The secondary objective is to determine whether candesartan, compared to placebo, reduces the incidence of clinically significant macular oedema (CSME) and/or proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR) and beneficially influences the rate change in urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER).

This study is part of the DIRECT Programme also including a primary prevention study of diabetic retinopathy in type 1 diabetes and a secondary prevention study in type 1 diabetes. The primary objective for all three pooled studies is to determine whether candesartan, compared to placebo, reduces the incidence of microalbuminuria in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients.

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Key information

Conditions

Type 2 Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 Endocrine System Diseases Glucose Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

37 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female aged 37 - 75 years with type 2 diabetes diagnosed at age of 36 years or thereafter.
  • Duration of diabetes for > 1 year and < 20 years with stable diabetic therapy within last 6 months.
  • Patients with untreated resting mean sitting SBP < 130 mmHg and mean sitting DBP < 85 or treated resting mean SBP < 160 mmHg and mean sitting DBP < 90 mmHg with retinal photograph grading level >20/10 up to < 47/47 (on ETDRS severity scale).

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with the following conditions are excluded from participation in the study:
  • Cataract or media opacity of a degree which precludes taking gradable retinal photographs
  • Angle closure glaucoma, which precludes pharmacological dilatation of the pupil
  • History of or presence of proliferative retinopathy
  • History or presence of clinical significant macular oedema (CSME)
  • History or evidence of photocoagulation of the retina
  • Other retinal conditions which may mask assessment, eg, retinal vein occlusion
  • Positive micral dipstick test
  • Presence of secondary diabetes
  • Pregnant or lactating women or women of child bearing potential not practicing an adequate method of contraception
  • Need of treatment with ACE-inhibitor
  • Haemodynamically significant aortic or mitral valve stenosis
  • Known renal artery stenosis or kidney transplantation
  • Hypersensitivity to study drug
  • Severe concomitant disease which may interfere with the assessment of the patient, eg, malignancy, as judged by the investigator

Treatment and study plan

Candesartan

Drug

32 mg oral tablet

Other names: ATACAND

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With a 3-step or Greater Increase in Early Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy Study (EDTRS) Severity Scale

    Time frame: From baseline to end of study, i.e. 5 years, with visits after a half year, one year and thereafter one visit per year.

    3 steps were defined as either a 1-step change in one eye and a 2-step change in the other eye or as a 3-step change in one eye only. EDRTS is a scale with 11 steps (1-11). A generlized log-rank test was used to test difference between treatments.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants With at Least a 3 Step Improvement or a Persistent 2-step Improvement in the ETDRS Severity Scale.

    Time frame: From baseline to end of study, i.e. 5 years.

    3 steps were defined as either a 1-step change in one eye and a 2-step change in the other eye or as a 3-step change in one eye only. EDRTS is a scale with 11 steps (1-11).

  2. Number of Participants With Incident Clinically Significant Macular Edema (CSME) and/or Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR).

    Time frame: From baseline to end of study, i.e. 5 years.

    Clinically Significant Macular Edema (CSME) and Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy (PDR) are diagnosed via retinal photographs.

  3. Rate of Change in Urinary Albumin Excretion Rate (UAER).

    Time frame: From Baseline to end of study, i.e. 5 years.

    An estimate of the slope from fitting a linear regression of log(UAER) over time (post-randomisation, yearly assessments) for each patient.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AstraZeneca

Industry

Collaborators

  • Takeda

Registry information

Official study title

Effects of Candesartan Cilexetil (Candesartan) on Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Retinopathy.

Acronym: DIRECT

Important dates

Study start
2001
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Nov 15, 2005
Registry last updated
Jun 6, 2014

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