Active clinical trials for "Diabetic Foot"

Background: Diabetic patients are frequently showed with foot ulceration as a common complication which increases to 20% in admission. Low-level laser therapy is used to control foot ulcer, but there is very limited data to compare the effects of Helium-Neon Laser therapy (HNLT) and Infrared Laser therapy (ILT) on diabetic foot ulcer. Objectives: This study aimed to compare the effects of (HNLT) and (ILT) on diabetic foot ulcer. Methods: Sixty-five patients with diabetic foot ulcer (51 males and 14 females) aged 50-60years. The participants were classified randomly to two groups, Helium-Neon Laser therapy (HNLT) and Infrared Laser therapy (ILT) groups. HNLT group received medical treatment with Helium-Neon Laser therapy and ILT group received medical treatment with Infrared Laser therapy for 8 weeks. Ulcer surface area was assessed using a sheet of cellophane paper at the beginning of the study, after four weeks, and after eight weeks at the end of the study.

This study is a prospective, multi-center, randomized controlled trial designed to collect patient outcome data on 2 commercially available SOC dressings treatments for Diabetic Foot Wounds

This is a multi-center, randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the use of fresh hypothermically stored human amniotic membrane (Affinity; fHSAM) to determine if addition of fHSAM to standard of care (SOC) results in faster healing of Wagner grade 1 and 2 DFUs compared to SOC alone.

This ia a prospective controlled longitudinal study to evaluate the effects of MatriStem® plus standard local wound care versus standard local wound care alone in the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), as assessed by incidence of complete wound healing by 16 weeks and ulcer recurrence with a 2 year follow-up.

This is a pilot study. Maximum 30 subjects with a diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) or surgical foot wound will be consented in order to have 20 eligible subjects who will be enrolled and completed the study. Study duration will be three weeks. Patients will be consented and undergo debridement as standard of care at day 0. Ankle-Brachial Index (ABI), Monofilament Sensory Test and Vibration Perception Threshold(VPT) test will be performed only at day 0. Tissue samples will be taken at this visit during standard of care wound debridement and these tissue samples of the wound would normally be removed as part of routine debridement. These tissue samples of the wound will be used for gene expression and bacterial analysis(research). The patient will then receive topical oxygen therapy using the Transcutaneous O2 device (research) with moist wound dressings for 21 days. Moist wound dressings are used as standard of care. Treatment will be initiated during Screening/Baseline visit(day 0) after routine wound debridement, and patient will receive instructions for home use of the device. The patient will be seen for routine wound debridement at days 7, 14, and 21 with a study window of 5 days., Digital photos of the wound, and vascular evaluations (Transcutaneous oxygen measurements and Hyperspectral imaging. will be performed at each study visit(research). Tissue samples will be taken during standard of care wound debridement at every study visit. Results of the data analysis from this project will be used to inform the design of a larger randomized clinical trial.

A single-centered, non-randomized study with approximately 20 subjects that will be seen for up to 12 weeks, each receiving the EpiFix mesh plus standard of care. Safety and effectiveness will be monitored throughout the study.

This study is designed to test the hypothesis that daily treatment of diabetic foot ulcers with an enzymatic debriding agent, SANTYL, for up to 6 weeks will result in more rapid decrease in ulcer area than diabetic foot ulcers treated with a topical treatment containing silver. After meeting study criteria, participants will be randomly assigned to apply SANTYL or a topical treatment containing silver to their to foot ulcer for up to 6 weeks. At the end of 6 weeks, participants will be followed for an additional 4 weeks to examine the outcome of the study treatment.

The study is aimed at comparing debridement either with CO2 laser or traditional surgery in patients with infected diabetic foot ulcers. The principal endpoint is bacterial load immediately after treatment.

A novel method (PCT n. WO 2010/007502 A2, 2010) has been developed to obtain platelet gel from umbilical cord blood (CBPG). The main advantages so far identified in CBPG as compared to platelet gel derived from adult platelets relate to the lack of microbiological contamination in the former and to a different profile of growth factors concentrations, such as a higher content of VEGF and lower content of TGF in CBPG. Recent developments have led to a procedure in which CBPG can be prepared, stored in a cryopreservation bag and applied to the skin ulcer without breaking the sterility chain. In spite of promising results on allogeneic CBPG, a randomized clinical trial of sufficient statistical power to detect significant advantages (clinical and economical) will be performed in patients affected by diabetic foot ulcers and randomly treated with CBPG versus standard local medications (SLM).This study is a multicenter (8 centers) controlled randomized clinical trial. Outcomes: (1) primary objective is to evaluate the number of closed skin ulcers within 4 weeks of treatment with CBPG vs standard local medications; (2) secondary objectives are percent skin ulcer closure area, number and type of adverse events and cost of treatment. Sample size calculation: 95 + 5 (dropout) test and 95 + 5 (dropout) control patients ensure 80% power to detect as statistically significant (p<0.05) >60% healing in test vs 40% healing in control.Each clinical centre has been invited to enrol 15 treated and 15 control patients, according to local availability in 12 months. CB units are routinely collected after mother's informed consent before and after placenta delivery in accredited public cord blood banks belonging to the Italian Cord Blood Network (ITCBN) coordinated by the Centro Nazionale Sangue (CNS). After storage and transportation at monitored room temperature, the units will be processed for the preparation of CBPG within 48 hours of collection. CBPG will be prepared according to standard procedures with a defined final platelet concentration (0.8-1.2 x 109/L). The CBPC units will be finally cryopreserved in a -80°C freezer in view of the clinical use of the CBPG, which will require thawing at 37°C in a waterbath and activation with Calcium gluconate. For SLM, each clinical center will use their validated standard procedures.

The investigators plan a randomized clinical trial of 150 patients with infected diabetes-related lower extremity wounds to compare the clinical and economic effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy with continuous irrigation and negative pressure wound therapy without irrigation.