25 people were recruited to the study, 17
male and 8 female, aged between 42 and
87, all with type 2 diabetes mellitus (Table
2). One participant dropped out after
day 7. Recruitment ceased on reaching
a total of 25 participants. There were 17
participants with no neuropathy and 8
with neuropathy
Following completion of the study it
was revealed that the pot labelled ‘cream
A’ contained the aqueous cream BP and
the pot labelled ‘cream B’ contained the
25% urea-based cream.