Clinical Study on the Improvement of Diabetic Neuropathic Pain by Liraglutide

Summary

Diabetic neuropathic pain is a common clinical manifestation of diabetic neuropathy, which seriously affects the quality of life of patients. The clinical treatment is limited and the curative effect is not good. In the previous animal studies, investigators found that the change of pain threshold in diabetic rats showed a staged change, and was significantly related to the change of brain microglia activity. It was confirmed that liraglutide could regulate the activation of microglia in vitro. Then investigators found that it could intervene diabetic neuropathic pain through the intervention of liraglutide in diabetic rats. In the early stage of clinical observation, the investigators also preliminarily observed that liraglutide can intervene diabetic neuropathic pain. At present, liraglutide is a commonly used hypoglycemic drug in clinic. Therefore, on the basis of previous studies, this study intends to select diabetic neuropathic pain patients whose blood sugar is not up to the standard, and give Mecobalamin to treat diabetic neuropathy. In addition, on the basis of the original hypoglycemic treatment, participants are randomly divided into one group to give liraglutide, one group to increase or adjust insulin, with similar blood glucose level. The improvement of diabetic neuropathic pain was observed. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of liraglutide in improving diabetic neuropathic pain.

Timeline

Start

2019-11-30

Primary completion

2022-11-30

Completion

2022-11-30

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