Diabetes Control And Complications Trial
The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), was a landmark medical study conducted by the United States National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). It significantly changed the management principles of Diabetes mellitus from the 1990s onwards. The completed study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1993.
A study in the United Kingdom known as the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS), released in 1999, found similar results for people with type 2 diabetes. Between the two studies, the treatment of people with diabetes was significantly changed.
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