A Study for Prevention of Kidney Disease in Diabetic Patients (BENEDICT)

Summary

The BENEDICT study is conducted to examine the effects of an ACE inhibitor, calcium channel blockade, a combination of these, and placebo, in the prevention of micro- and macro-albuminuria in Type 2 diabetic patients.

Timeline

Start

1997-03

Primary completion

2006-01

Completion

—

Publications

• Rurali E, Noris M, Chianca A, Donadelli R, Banterla F, Galbusera M, Gherardi G, Gastoldi S, Parvanova A, Iliev I, Bossi A, Haefliger C, Trevisan R, Remuzzi G, Ruggenenti P; BENEDICT Study Group. ADAMTS13 predicts renal and cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients and response to therapy. Diabetes. 2013 Oct;62(10):3599-609. doi: 10.2337/db13-0530. Epub 2013 Jun 3.
• Ruggenenti P, Porrini EL, Gaspari F, Motterlini N, Cannata A, Carrara F, Cella C, Ferrari S, Stucchi N, Parvanova A, Iliev I, Dodesini AR, Trevisan R, Bossi A, Zaletel J, Remuzzi G; GFR Study Investigators. Glomerular hyperfiltration and renal disease progression in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2012 Oct;35(10):2061-8. doi: 10.2337/dc11-2189. Epub 2012 Jul 6.
• Ruggenenti P, Fassi A, Ilieva A, Iliev IP, Chiurchiu C, Rubis N, Gherardi G, Ene-Iordache B, Gaspari F, Perna A, Cravedi P, Bossi A, Trevisan R, Motterlini N, Remuzzi G; BENEDICT-B Study Investigators. Effects of verapamil added-on trandolapril therapy in hypertensive type 2 diabetes patients with microalbuminuria: the BENEDICT-B randomized trial. J Hypertens. 2011 Feb;29(2):207-16. doi: 10.1097/hjh.0b013e32834069bd.
• Ruggenenti P, Iliev I, Costa GM, Parvanova A, Perna A, Giuliano GA, Motterlini N, Ene-Iordache B, Remuzzi G; Bergamo Nephrologic Diabetes Complications Trial Study Group. Preventing left ventricular hypertrophy by ACE inhibition in hypertensive patients with type 2 diabetes: a prespecified analysis of the Bergamo Nephrologic Diabetes Complications Trial (BENEDICT). Diabetes Care. 2008 Aug;31(8):1629-34. doi: 10.2337/dc08-0371. Epub 2008 Apr 28.

Drugs

Indications