Treatment of Foot and Leg Ulcers Using a Laser

NCT ID: NCT03955289

Last Updated: 2023-07-24

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

34 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-15

Study Completion Date

2019-02-01

Brief Summary

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The investigators plan to do a retrospective chart review on patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic.

Detailed Description

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The investigators plan to do a retrospective chart review on patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic starting on May 17, 2018 to November 13, 2018. The investigators chose this date because that is the first time laser treatments were performed in the clinic. The investigators will collect the following data points:

* Ulcer etiology
* Ulcer location
* Prior ulcer treatment type and duration, and wound measurements/characteristics
* Wound size 4-6 weeks prior to laser treatment; at treatment time; and then each follow up measurement healed or x weeks
* eGFR
* Albumin
* Last A1c-Presence/absence of DM
* Amputation history
* Vascular status via ABI's
* Identify comorbidities
* Identify associated encounters in the patients such as complications (i.e. infection), related readmissions The investigators will identify this information from patient charts (EPIC EMR).

Conditions

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Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

OTHER

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients who underwent laser treatment for their foot ulcer at the UT Southwestern wound clinic starting on May 17, 2018 to November 13, 2018
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Larry Lavery

Professor and Director of Research

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Lawrence Lavery, DPM MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Locations

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UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Dallas, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Rice JB, Desai U, Cummings AK, Birnbaum HG, Skornicki M, Parsons NB. Burden of diabetic foot ulcers for medicare and private insurers. Diabetes Care. 2014;37(3):651-8. doi: 10.2337/dc13-2176. Epub 2013 Nov 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Alsaad SM, Ross EV, Smith WJ, DeRienzo DP. Analysis of Depth of Ablation,Thermal Damage, Wound Healing, and Wound Contraction With Erbium YAG Laser in a Yorkshire Pig Model. J Drugs Dermatol. 2015 Nov;14(11):1245-52.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Madni TD, Lu KB, Imran JB, Clark AT, Hoopman JE, Kenkel JM, Phelan HA. Chronic burn wound treatment by Erbium: YAG fractional ablation: First described report and literature review. Burns. 2019 Feb;45(1):256-258. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2018.10.001. Epub 2018 Oct 17. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Phillips TJ, Morton LM, Uebelhoer NS, Dover JS. Ablative Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser in the Treatment of Chronic, Posttraumatic, Lower-Extremity Ulcers in Elderly Patients. JAMA Dermatol. 2015 Aug;151(8):868-71. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2015.0645.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Krakowski AC, Diaz L, Admani S, Uebelhoer NS, Shumaker PR. Healing of chronic wounds with adjunctive ablative fractional laser resurfacing in two pediatric patients. Lasers Surg Med. 2016 Feb;48(2):166-9. doi: 10.1002/lsm.22398. Epub 2015 Aug 7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26251161 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://sciton.com/physicians/profractional

2\. Sciton Inc. (n.d.). \[Brochure\]. Author. Retrieved November 8, 2018

Other Identifiers

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2018-0270

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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