Eye checkups could help tame diabetes in bangladesh
NCT ID NCT06968637
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether giving diabetes doctors specific care recommendations when their patients have eye problems from diabetes can help lower blood sugar. About 336 adults with diabetes and diabetic retinopathy in Bangladesh will take part. Doctors in one group get eye test results plus tailored advice on managing blood sugar, blood pressure, and cholesterol, while the other group gets only the eye results.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- care recommendations
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show a simple way to improve diabetes management and prevent vision loss by linking eye and diabetes care.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial in two hospitals in Bangladesh, so results may not apply elsewhere. The intervention is just recommendations, not a new drug, so the impact may be limited.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 336 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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30 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with DM * Diagnosed with DR in at least one eye * Over 30 years of age * Currently treated at the Dinajpur Diabetes Hospital and Gausul Azam BNSB Eye Hospital in Bangladesh * willingness to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Any ocular condition impairing the view of the fundus sufficiently to preclude grading of the image for DR. * Inability to comply with retinal photography to the extent that a gradable image cannot be captured, or any other factor leading to absence of sufficient images to grade at least one eye of a participant. * Medical conditions that could impair compliance with follow-up (such as stroke, dementia, etc.) * Unwilling to participate in the study, or incapable of giving informed consent.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Dinajpur Diabetes & Swasthoseba Hospital
RECRUITINGDinajpur Sadar, Dinajpur, 5200, Bangladesh
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Gausul Azam BNSB Eye Hospital
RECRUITINGDinajpur District, Bangladesh
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