Citicoline and Vitamin B12 Eye Drops in Type 1 Diabetes : Results of a 36-Month Pilot Study Evaluating Macular Electrophysiological Changes

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INTRODUCTION: Our aim was to evaluate the effects of 36 months of treatment with citicoline and vitamin B12 eye drops on macular function in patients with type 1 diabetes (DM1) with mild signs of non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR).

METHODS: A prospective, randomized, interventional, monocentric, double-masked study was conducted. Twenty patients with DM1 were enrolled and randomly divided into two groups: the DC group (10 patients; mean age ± standard deviation 46.86 ± 8.78 years) in which one eye of each patient was treated with citicoline and vitamin B12 eye drops (OMK2®, Omikron Italia srl, Italy, one drop thrice daily) for a period of 36 months; the DP group (10 patients; mean age ± standard deviation 47.89 ± 7.74 years) in which one eye of each patient was treated with placebo (eye drops containing hypromellose 0.3%, one drop thrice daily) for a period of 36 months. A total of 18 eyes (10 from the DP and 8 from the DC group, respectively) completed the study. In both groups, multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG) recordings were assessed at baseline and after 36 months. In mfERG analysis, the N1-P1 response amplitude density (RAD) evaluated in the 0-2.5° (ring 1), in the 2.5-5° (ring 2), in the 5-10° (ring 3), and in the 0-10° (ring 1 + ring 2 + ring 3) were considered.

RESULTS: With respect to baseline, after 36 months of follow-up, the mfERG RADs recorded in R1, R2, R3, and R1 + R2 + R3 were significantly increased (i.e., R1 + R2 + R3 RAD from 21.552 ± 2.522 nV/degree2 at baseline to 26.912 ± 2.850 nV/degree2 at 36 months) in DC eyes, whereas in DP eyes they were significantly reduced (i.e., R1 + R2 + R3 RAD from 21.033 ± 3.574 nV/degree2 at baseline to 16.151 ± 3.571 nV/degree2 at 36 months).

CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that patients with NPDR treated with citicoline and vitamin B12 eye drops for a 36-month period achieved an improvement of the macular bioelectrical responses detectable by mfERG recordings. By contrast, during the same period of follow-up, patients with NPDR treated with placebo showed a worsening of the macular function.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Advances in therapy - 38(2021), 7 vom: 06. Juli, Seite 3924-3936

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Parisi, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Ziccardi, Lucia [VerfasserIn]
Barbano, Lucilla [VerfasserIn]
Giorno, Paola [VerfasserIn]
Varano, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Parravano, Mariacristina [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

536BQ2JVC7
Citicoline
Cytidine Diphosphate Choline
Diabetic retinopathy
Journal Article
Multifocal electroretinogram
Ophthalmic Solutions
Ophthalmology
P6YC3EG204
Randomized Controlled Trial
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B 12
Vitamins

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Date Completed 05.08.2021

Date Revised 18.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12325-021-01771-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326401075