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DIabetic Retinopathy Candesartan Trials (DIRECT)
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Study NCT00252694   Information provided by AstraZeneca
First Received: November 10, 2005   Last Updated: March 9, 2009   History of Changes

November 10, 2005
March 9, 2009
August 2001
February 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Progression of diabetic retinopathy is a change from baseline to any retinal photograph taken after the randomization visit by at least 3 steps in the ETDRS severity scale. [ Time Frame: Assessed at the end of the study ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Progression of diabetic retinopathy is a change from baseline to any retinal photograph taken after the randomization visit by at least 3 steps in the ETDRS severity scale.
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The rate of change in mean urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) [ Time Frame: Assessed from baseline to the end of the study. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
The rate of change in mean urinary albumin excretion rate (UAER) from baseline to the end of the study.
 
DIabetic Retinopathy Candesartan Trials
Effects of Candesartan Cilexetil (Candesartan) on Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetic Patients With Retinopathy.

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.

 
Phase III
Interventional
Treatment, Randomized, Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Type 2 Diabetes
Drug: Candesartan cilexetil
  • No Intervention: Placebo
  • Experimental: Candesartan Cilexetil

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Completed
1800
April 2008
February 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

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
Both
37 Years to 75 Years
No
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NCT00252694
 
D2453C00047, DIRECT, SH-AHM-0047
AstraZeneca
Takeda Global Research & Development Center, Inc.
Study Director: AstraZeneca Atacand Medical Science Director, MD AstraZeneca
AstraZeneca
March 2009

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