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Efficacy and Safety of Ginkgo Biloba Extract EGb761® in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy: A Single-Center, Open-Label, Parallel-Group Controlled Trial

Efficacy and Safety of Ginkgo Biloba Extract EGb761® in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy: A Single-Center, Open-Label, Parallel-Group Controlled Trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500111450
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-10-31
Start date
2025-10-31
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-11-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Long-standing diabetes mellitus with or without diabetic retinopathy

Interventions

Control Group:Conventional glucose-lowering treatment.
Ginaton? Group:Since joining the group, Jin Na Duo has been taken three times daily—morning, noon, and evening—2 tablets each time (40 mg per tablet), for a duration of 2 years.

Sponsors

Shanghai General Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1.Aged 18 years or older, regardless of gender; 2.Meeting the diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus with glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) =5 years without diagnosed diabetic retinopathy OR, according to the DR staging criteria proposed by the Group of Fundus Diseases, Ophthalmology Society of Chinese Medical Association in 2014, having at least one eye diagnosed with Stage I or II non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR) without concomitant diabetic macular edema (DME); 4.Voluntarily signing the informed consent form;

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Pregnant or lactating women; 2.Poorly controlled hypertension (defined as >=180/100 mmHg); 3.Patients with coexisting ocular pathologies, such as glaucoma or cataract; 4.Patients with severe impairment of cardiac, pulmonary, hepatic, or renal function, or coagulation disorders, e.g., alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >=2 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) >=2 ULN, total bilirubin (BIL) >=1.5 ULN, or estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <=30 mL/min/1.73 m^2; 5.Patients with comorbid psychiatric or neurological disorders; 6.Patients with a known allergy to any component of the investigational product; 7.Patients who received Ginkgo biloba extract treatment within the past 12 months; 8.Patients with a history of intraocular treatments, such as panretinal photocoagulation (PRP), and/or anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy, and/or ocular surgery; 9.Patients with a history of cardiovascular events or conditions requiring long-term anticoagulation therapy, such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, atrial fibrillation, or cardiac valve replacement; 10.Any contraindication that, in the investigator's judgment, could limit clinical assessment or treatment; 11.Concurrent participation in any other clinical trial; 12.Patients deemed by the investigator to be unsuitable for inclusion in this study;

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Retinal and choroidal hemodynamic parameters;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c);Hemorheology;Renal Function;Peripheral Neuropathy;Fundus condition;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactKun Liu

Shanghai General Hospital

drliukun@sjtu.edu.cn+86 21 63240090

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026