Clinical trials: Plantar Ulcers
Diabetes Mellitus, Foot Ulcer
Achilles Tendon Lengthening in Patients With Diabetes to Prevent Foot Ulcers
People with diabetes often develop severe skin problems (ulcers) on their feet. Sometimes these are treated with surgery and other times by temporarily immobilizing the foot in a cast.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Foot Ulcer, Peripheral Neuropathy
- Trial name
- NCT00006426
- Testing
- Achilles tendon-lengthening surgery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Foot Ulcer, Diabetic
Reduction of Plantar Pressure in Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Patients Using Insoles With Removable Pegs Design
The purpose of this study was to determine if insoles with removable pegs could effectively reduce the plantar aspect pressure with the aid of in-shoe plantar pressure analysis for guidance of peg removal.
- Trial name
- NCT01699100
- Testing
- device
- Volunteers
- 26 people
- Sponsor
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Diabetic Foot, Diabetes Mellitus
The Role of Extrinsic Foot Muscles Chances in Determining the Risk of Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Many foot and lower limb disorders resulting from diabetes, such as deformity, muscle weakness, reduced range of motion, stiffness of connective tissue, amount of oxygenation, functional capacity, poor balance and coordination…
- Trial name
- NCT06736210
- Testing
- Muscle Elastic Properties Measurement, Muscle Oxygen Saturation (SmO2), Plantar Pressure Analysis
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University
Diabetes Mellitus, Peripheral Neuropathy
Botulinum Toxin Effects on Plantar Ulcer Recurrence
The purpose of this grant is to collect pilot data to assess the amount of botulinum toxin that needs to be injected into the calf muscles of subjects with diabetes mellitus, peripheral neuropathy, and a plantar ulcer to decrease…
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Peripheral Neuropathy, Plantar Ulcers
- Trial name
- NCT00845897
- Testing
- Botulinum Toxin, Saline
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Diabetic Foot Ulcer
Evaluating Plantar Foot Pressure in a Novel Diabetic Offloading Device
The impacts from diabetes are both patient related and healthcare based. Offloading is recognised as the priority treatment for healing neuropathic and neuro-ischaemic plantar foot ulcers.
- Trial name
- NCT04336176
- Testing
- PulseFlow DF boot, Usual standard of care
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 12 people
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds