Benfotiamine in Diabetic Nephropathy (Benfo)

November 13, 2009 updated by: University Medical Center Groningen

A Double-Blind Clinical Trial of Benfotiamine Treatment in Diabetic Nephropathy

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of benfotiamine supplementation in patients with diabetic nephropathy, and to determine whether it will slow down the progression to end-stage renal disease (ESRD).

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

There is a worldwide increase in prevalence in type 2 diabetes mellitus, which is being paralleled by an increasing number of patients reaching dialysis because of diabetic nephropathy. Much of the fivefold increase in patients receiving dialysis treatment that occurred over the past two decades is attributable to type 2 diabetes and diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes is now the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (ESRD), with more than 40% of all new cases of ESRD occurring in patients with diabetes.

Benfotiamine has been shown to reduce diabetic nephropathy and retinopathy in animal experimental models. We hypothesize that benfothiamine supplementation in patients with diabetic nephropathy will ameliorate the effects of both albuminuria/proteinuria and hyperglycaemia on oxidative stress and advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) accumulation in renal tissue, and thereby decrease inflammatory responses and fibrotic responses, causing slowing down of progression to ESRD as a consequence.

Intervention:

The intervention duration is 12 weeks for each group.

  • Group A: Benfotiamine (300 mg) 3x 1 film coated tablet daily (900 mg daily dose benfotiamine)
  • Group B: Placebo 3x 1 film coated tablet daily

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

86

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

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

Study Locations

  • Netherlands
      • Zwolle, Netherlands, 8000 GK
        • Isala Klinieken Hospital

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

40 years to 75 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Type 2 diabetes mellitus
  • Patients are on treatment with angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEi) and/or angiotensin II antagonists (AIIA) in an unchanged dose for at least 3 months
  • Active diabetic nephropathy as indicated by presence of microalbuminuria (15-300 mg/24 h urine) in at least two samples within 2-6 weeks in advance of inclusion in the trial
  • HbA1c < 8.5%, a higher HbA1c < 9.5% is acceptable if the treating physician and the patient have accepted that striving for lower values is an unreachable goal (patients with high HbA1c values are the ones that one would expect to be benefit most from treatment with benfotiamine)
  • eGFR (estimated by MDRD formula) > 30 ml/min
  • Males and postmenopausal females
  • Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Renal impairment by other causes than diabetes
  • Stage of the disease more severe than indicated in Inclusion criteria (macroalbuminuria or renal insufficiency)
  • Severe hypoglycemia during the last 3 months, needing help from another person
  • Severe hepatopathy (laboratory values about three times higher than normal
  • Endocrine disorders, e.g. hyper/hypothyroidism
  • Blood pressure > 160/90 mmHg
  • Severe cardiac function disturbances and severe heart rhythm disturbances
  • Neoplasm's (excluding history of treated skin cancer of the type basal cell carcinoma BCC or squamous cell carcinoma SCC)
  • Severe general diseases or mental disorders making the participation in the study impossible
  • Drug abuse
  • Female patients during pregnancy and lactation period and female patients with active menses during the past year
  • Hypersensitivity to benfotiamine
  • HbA1c > 9.5%
  • Use of thiamine containing supplements during the last 3 months
  • Participation in another study within one month before joining the benfotiamine study

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 Assignment
  • Masking: Triple

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: A
Drug: Benfotiamine
3x 300 mg film coated tablet daily (900 mg per day). Duration: 12 weeks.
Other Names:
  • Milgamma® mono 300, Wörwag Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
  • A11DA05
Placebo Comparator: B
Drug: Placebo
3x 1 film coated tablet daily. Duration: 12 weeks.
Other Names:
  • Placebo, Wörwag Pharma GmbH & Co. KG

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in urinary excretion of: - Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1) - Albumin
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change in urinary excretion of: β2 microglobulin, macrophage inhibiting factor (MIF), monocyte chemo-attractant protein-1 (MCP-1), and other advanced glycation end-products (AGEs).
Time Frame: 12 weeks
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University Medical Center Groningen

Collaborators

Isala
Wörwag Pharma GmbH & Co. KG
Predictions Network

Investigators

  • Study Director: G J Navis, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen
  • Principal Investigator: H JG Bilo, MD, PhD, Isala

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 28, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 28, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

November 29, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 16, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 13, 2009

Last Verified

November 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • BENFO-1
  • NL17390.075.07

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