Vitamin B Complex and Diabetic Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes

Summary

Homocysteine levels have been found elevated in T1DM patients with Diabetic nephropathy (DN) due to several causes, including dietary deficiencies. Hyperhomocysteinemia induces renal injury and is associated with increasing urinary albumin excretion(UAE). Therefore, the investigators performed a randomized-controlled trial of oral supplementation with vitamin B complex as an adjuvant therapy for nephropathy in pediatric patients with T1DM and assessed its relation to homocysteine levels, glycemic control, microalbuminuria and cystatin C as a marker of nephropathy.

Timeline

Start

2017-03-01

Primary completion

2018-03-01

Completion

2018-04-02

Publications

• Elbarbary NS, Ismail EAR, Zaki MA, Darwish YW, Ibrahim MZ, El-Hamamsy M. Vitamin B complex supplementation as a homocysteine-lowering therapy for early stage diabetic nephropathy in pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes: A randomized controlled trial. Clin Nutr. 2020 Jan;39(1):49-56. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2019.01.006. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

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