Heidelberg Study on Diabetes and Complications

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18-75
SponsorHeidelberg University

About this trial

The prospective observational study entitled "Heidelberg Study on Diabetes and Complications" is designed to Monitor the presence and development of diabetic complications in type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients, as well as pre-diabetics. Mail Goal is to detect new metabolic mechanisms or new risk factors for the development of diabetic complications in order to identify risk-subgroups. Non-diabetic controls will be enrolled for reference and comparison.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial population

Study Population comprises patients with Diabetes, patients with pre-diabetes, and healthy controls. In total, 500 participants shall be enrolled and observed for 10 years.

Trial design

Design model

Cohort

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • No interventions are planned for this study.

    Other intervention

    No interventions are planned for this study, it is purely observational.

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Patients with diabetes1 intervention
Group B: Pre-Diabetics1 intervention
Group C: Healthy controls1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Development of diabetic complications

Diabetic complications include diabetic nephropathy, diabetic retinopathy, diabetic polyneuropathy, autonomous neuropathy, or macrovascular complications such as stroke, peripheral artery disease, or myocardial infarction.

Time frame
10 years

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

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