External Shoe Lift to Improve Healing and Adherence in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers

NCT ID: NCT04117269

Last Updated: 2022-05-18

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

42 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-11-15

Study Completion Date

2023-12-31

Brief Summary

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Previous researches hipothesize that imposed limb-length discrepancies may discourage adherence in patients with active diabetic foot ulcer and using offloading devices. Our hipothesis is that the use of an external shoe lift contralaterally to the affected foot may improve adherence to offloading devices and improve healing.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Diabetic Foot Ulcer Peripheral Neuropathy Treatment Adherence and Compliance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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External shoe lift

Those patients allocated in the experimental group will be supplemented with a external shoe lift in the contralateral limb in their conventional shoes to compensate the differences with the affected foot (using a offloading device to active ulcer).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

External shoe lift

Intervention Type DEVICE

Height compensation will be made with cork or EVA (polyurethane + Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) depending the characteristics of the shoe. It will be made by the same orthophaedic technician. The prescription of the heigh of the lift will be made with the patient in a barefoot standing position, a calibre will be used to mark the femoro-tibial joint in both lower limbs in order to rule out the asymmetry. After this, the patient will shod the offloading device in the ulcerated feet and their conventional footwear in the other foot (with the use of their own foot orthosis). 5 millimeters splints will be added under the non affected footwear until the previous mark in both limbs been balanced. The difference in the heigh between limbs will be assessed measuring all the splints used previously

Standard of care

Those patients allocated in the control group will not be supplemented, they will be treated with a standard of care treatment.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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External shoe lift

Height compensation will be made with cork or EVA (polyurethane + Ethylene Vinyl Acetate) depending the characteristics of the shoe. It will be made by the same orthophaedic technician. The prescription of the heigh of the lift will be made with the patient in a barefoot standing position, a calibre will be used to mark the femoro-tibial joint in both lower limbs in order to rule out the asymmetry. After this, the patient will shod the offloading device in the ulcerated feet and their conventional footwear in the other foot (with the use of their own foot orthosis). 5 millimeters splints will be added under the non affected footwear until the previous mark in both limbs been balanced. The difference in the heigh between limbs will be assessed measuring all the splints used previously

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Plantar diabetic foot ulcer.
* Wagner I and II classification.
* Ulcer area between 1-30 cm square centimeters.
* HbA1c values in the last three months below 11%
* Ankle brachial Index (ABI) value \> 0.5.

Exclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of Critical Limb Ischaemia definid by TASCC II guideline.
* Presence of foot ulcer in both feet.
* Presence of soft tissue infection.
* Osteomyelitis suspicion.
* Peripheral neuropathy due to different causes than diabetes.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universidad Complutense de Madrid

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Raúl Juan Molines Barroso, Phd

Clinical Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Diabetic foot Unit Complutense University

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Spain

Central Contacts

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Raúl Juan Molines Barroso, Phd

Role: CONTACT

639059104 ext. +34

Facility Contacts

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Raúl Juan Molines Barroso, Phd

Role: primary

639059104 ext. +34

Other Identifiers

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19/337-E

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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