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Aldose reductase inhibitors for the treatment of diabetic polyneuropathy

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Title
Aldose reductase inhibitors for the treatment of diabetic polyneuropathy
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Cochrane database of systematic reviews, October 2007
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd004572.pub2
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Colin Chalk, Tim J Benstead, Fraser Moore

Abstract

Polyneuropathy, a common complication of diabetes mellitus, causes pain and sensory and motor deficits in the limbs, and is also an important independent predictor of foot ulceration. Inhibiting the metabolism of glucose by the polyol pathway using aldose reductase inhibitors is a potential mechanism to slow or reverse the neuropathy's progression. To assess the effects of aldose reductase inhibitors on the progression of symptoms, signs or functional disability in diabetic polyneuropathy. We searched the Cochrane Neuromuscular Disease Group Trials Register, MEDLINE (from January 1966 to May 2007), EMBASE (from January 1980 to May 2007) and LILACS (from 1982 to May 2007). We reviewed bibliographies of randomized trials identified, and contacted authors and experts in the field. We included randomized controlled trials comparing an aldose reductase inhibitor with control, and lasting at least six months. The primary outcome measure was change in neurological function, measured in various ways, including strength testing, sensory examination, and composite scores of neurological examination. Secondary outcome measures were nerve conduction studies, neuropathic symptoms, quality of life, occurrence of foot ulcers and adverse effects. Trials included in the review were selected and assessed independently by at least two of us. Methodological criteria and study results were recorded on data extraction forms. Thirty-two randomized controlled trials meeting the inclusion criteria were identified. Many had significant methodological flaws. Change in neurological function, our primary outcome measure, was assessed in 29 trials, but sufficient data for meta-analysis were only available in 13 studies, involving 879 treated participants and 909 controls. There was no overall significant difference between the treated and control groups (SMD -0.25, 95% CI -0.56 to 0.05), although one subgroup analysis (four trials using tolrestat) favored treatment. A benefit for neuropathic symptoms was suggested by a group of trials using a dichotomized endpoint (improvement or not), but this was contradicted by another group of trials which measured symptoms on a continuous scale. There was no overall benefit on nerve conduction parameters (27 studies) or foot ulceration (one study). Quality of life was not assessed in any of the studies. While most adverse events were infrequent and minor, three compounds had dose limiting adverse events that lead to their withdrawal from human use: severe hypersensitivity reactions with sorbinil, elevation of creatinine with zenarestat, and alteration of liver function with tolrestat. We found no statistically significant difference between aldose reductase inhibitors and placebo in the treatment of diabetic polyneuropathy. Any future clinical trials of aldose reductase inhibitors should be restricted to compounds proven to have substantial biological or preclinical advantages over previously tested agents.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
India 1 <1%
Unknown 190 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 26 14%
Researcher 23 12%
Student > Master 22 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 19 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 15 8%
Other 35 18%
Unknown 51 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 53 28%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13 7%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 6%
Neuroscience 8 4%
Other 27 14%
Unknown 63 33%
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#6,471,259
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#7,754
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#24,072
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Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#43
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