TY - JOUR
T1 - NIH Plans Study of Diabetes Control and Complications
AU - Salans, Lester B.
PY - 1982/12/9
Y1 - 1982/12/9
N2 - To the Editor: The National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has initiated a multicenter clinical trial — the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) — to address the issue of the relation between metabolic control and chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. The study was undertaken after extensive consultation with diabetes specialists and after determination that a study of this issue is desirable, ethical, and feasible. The trial will consist of four sequential phases: planning, feasibility study, full-scale clinical trial, and data analysis/reporting. A draft protocol for the feasibility study (Phase II) has been developed by.
AB - To the Editor: The National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has initiated a multicenter clinical trial — the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) — to address the issue of the relation between metabolic control and chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. The study was undertaken after extensive consultation with diabetes specialists and after determination that a study of this issue is desirable, ethical, and feasible. The trial will consist of four sequential phases: planning, feasibility study, full-scale clinical trial, and data analysis/reporting. A draft protocol for the feasibility study (Phase II) has been developed by.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0020478419
U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198212093072421
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198212093072421
M3 - Letter
C2 - 7144825
AN - SCOPUS:0020478419
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 307
SP - 1527
EP - 1528
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 24
ER -