Effect of Oral Supplementation With Curcumin in Patients With Proteinuric Diabetic Kidney Disease

January 11, 2017 updated by: Magdalena Madero, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez
The purpose of this study is to determine if the oral supplementation with curcumin reduces proteinuria, improves the redox and pro-inflammatory state in patients with chronic kidney disease associated to Diabetes mellitus.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Diabetic Kidney Disease (DKD) represents the fist cause of end-stage kidney disease in Mexico and the world, and it is characterized by the presence of hyperfiltration, glomerular hypertrophy, tubular albuminuria and mesangial matrix expansion, mainly by the oxidative stress and the pro-inflammatory state.

Current treatments are limited on controlling proteinuria and delay progression of the disease, but even with an optimal management, a significant number of patient progress to end-stage renal disease.

Curcumin, found in the extracts of the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa L., has a wide spectrum of biological and pharmacological activities, such as anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-carcinogenic and anti-diabetic effects. It has the capacity to act directly with highly reactive oxygen species, induce the expression of various cytoprotective proteins through Keap1/Nrf2/ARE pathway and reducing inflammatory transcription factors such as NF-κB and TNF-α.

Curcumin could be an adjuvant treatment in the management of DKC due to his pleiotropic nature, low cost and few side effects.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

100

Phase

  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact Backup

Study Locations

      • Mexico City, Mexico, 14080
        • Recruiting
        • Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus type 2 and proteinuric kidney disease with 1000 mg of more proteins in daily recollection
  • Glomerular filtration rate between 15-60 mL/min/ 1.73 m2 calculated by CKD-EPI
  • Patients taking Angiotensin II Receptor Blocker or ACE inhibitors

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Renal replacement therapy
  • Autoimmune disease or malignancy
  • Pregnancy
  • Hepatic damage
  • Congestive heart failure classification III or IV (NYHA)
  • History of organ transplantation
  • History of chemotherapy or immunosuppression within 2 years prior to screening

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: DOUBLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Curcumin
Each patient of this group will receive 1.67 grams of curcumin ( 7 capsules of 231 mg) divided in 3 doses daily for 6 months.
Other Names:
  • Tumeric
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Placebo
The control group will receive 7-capsules/ day identical in color and size, containing placebo for 6 months.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Urine protein excretion
Time Frame: 24 weeks
Quantify proteinuria and adjust based in creatinuria, before and after the treatment. ( Units: g/g).
24 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Free radical scavenging activity
Time Frame: 6 months

Free radical scavenging activity in plasma using DPPH, a purple-colored stable free radical is reduced to the yellow-colored diphenyl picryl-hydrazine, and the absorbance will be measure at 518 nm.

The results were expressed as percentage of DPPH inhibition.

6 months
Malondialdehyde (MDA)
Time Frame: 6 months
Malondialdehyde (MDA) in plasma. We will measure the reaction with 1-methyl-2- phenylindole at 586 nm, using a standard curve of tetrame- thoxypropane.
6 months
Proinflammatory status
Time Frame: 6 months
Enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) will be use to the measurement of serum TGF-b, IL-10, IL-6 and TNF-a.
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

May 1, 2016

Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)

May 1, 2017

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

May 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

September 12, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2017

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 13, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 13, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2017

Last Verified

September 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • INC.12-793

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