drugset / Trial / NCT00346333

Clinical Trial of Lutein for Patients With Retinitis Pigmentosa Receiving Vitamin A

NCT00346333 ↗

Phase 3 Completed 240 enrolled National Eye Institute (NEI)
RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to determine whether lutein in addition to vitamin A will slow the course of retinitis pigmentosa.

Timeline

Start
2003-07
Primary completion
2008-12
Completion
2008-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper No significant difference in rate of decline was found between the lutein plus vitamin A and control plus vitamin A groups over a 4-year interval PMID 20385935 ↗

registry Control Plus Vitamin A vs Lutein Plus Vitamin A; p = 0.66; Longitudinal regression analysis NCT00346333 ↗

registry Control Plus Vitamin A vs Lutein Plus Vitamin A; p = 0.52; Clustered Wilcoxon NCT00346333 ↗

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Lutein Other / unclassified 12 mg —

Indications