N-Acetylcysteine and Milk Thistle for Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy
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Official title
N-Acetylcysteine and Milk Thistle for Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy.
Brief summary
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The study is designed to test if the combination of two potent antioxidant nutritional supplements, N-acetylcysteine and the milk thistle extract silibin, is capable of correcting the shedding of urine protein, the oxidative stress, and the inflammation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic kidney disease.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00915200
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 114 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- N-acetylcysteine Dietary Supplement
- silibin Dietary Supplement
- high-dose silibin Dietary Supplement
- N-acetylcysteine placebo Dietary Supplement
- silibin placebo Dietary Supplement
Dietary Supplement
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 70 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 30, 2009
- Primary completion
- Mar 31, 2016
- Completion
- Mar 31, 2016
- Last update posted
- Jun 26, 2016
2009 – 2016
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr San Ant | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
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- Last update posted Jun 26, 2016 · Synced Sep 1, 2026
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