Perineural Platelet-rich Plasma for Diabetic Neuropathy Pain

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-02-18
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Peripheral neuropathy is very common in diabetes mellitus (DM). Till now there is no available effective therapy for this pathology. Objective: To evaluate the clinical effect of perineural platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection as a treatment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN).

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• type II diabetes mellitus

• diabetic peripheral neuropathy

• six months duration of symptoms,

Exclusion Criteria:

• other causes of neuropathy

• patient refusal

• ulcers or amputations

• peripheral vascular diseases

• vertebral spine disease

• connective tissue disease

• platelet dysfunction syndrome

• critical thrombocytopenia

• local infection

• coagulopathy