Autopsy report · NCT00704652

Evaluation of Retinal Changes in Systemic Darbepoetin Alpha Treatment in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus

“Patient recruitment was not sufficient to achieve the needed patient numbers.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 1 month after it had already started.
• Ran for about 1 year 4 months before it stopped.
• 5 participants enrolled.
• No results are posted on the registry.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Sponsor

Medical University of Vienna

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Diabetic Retinopathy

Participants

5

Sites

1

Countries

Austria

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• The Mindfulness, Incontinence and Sexual Function Treatment Study
  “Recruitment was unfeasible due to patients being unavailable to recruit.” (75% match in meaning)

Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.