Multifactorial Strategies for the Prevention of the Risks of Ulceration in Patients Affected by Diabetic Foot (DARE-DiaFoot)

NCT ID: NCT07021222

Last Updated: 2025-12-29

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

150 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2026-09-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-15

Brief Summary

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This is a no-profit, multicentre, national, clinical trial for the prevention of the complications of the diabetic foot in two populations of patients with diabetes mellitus type-2.

Detailed Description

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This is a no-profit, multicentre, national, clinical trial for the prevention of the complications of the diabetic foot in two populations of patients with diabetes mellitus type-2.

A first population has no previous history of foot ulceration, but has a moderate ulcerative risk (grade 2); a second population is affected by diabetic foot, had foot ulcers (grade 3), but these must have been resolved from at least six months.

One centre provides thorough biomechanical and functional analyses also based on modern Computed Tomography in weight-bearing; another centre performs state-of-the-art clinical assessments and metabolic analyses; the third centre performs the latter, together with advanced biological and biochemical analyses.

Comparisons of all these multi-instrumental measurements between the two populations are performed at baseline and at 12 month follow-up, with multidisciplinary investigative approach.

A mix of risk and predisposition factors should emerge combining the three groups of measures, in the two populations, along the two times of data collection.

Conditions

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Diabetes Mellitus Foot Ulcer

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

population 1 will be enrolled with no previous history of foot ulceration, but has a moderate ulcerative risk (grade 2); population 2 is affected by diabetic foot, had foot ulcers (grade 3), but these must have been resolved from at least six months.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Population 2

Patients affected by diabetes mellitus type-2: typical adult subjects affected by diabetic foot, who had foot ulcers and thus in risk grade 3. The ulcerative lesions must have been resolved from at least 6 months, so that there is no longer acute inflammatory process in progress at the time of blood sampling.

Group Type OTHER

Partial Analysis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Population 2 receives two groups of analyses:Clinical-metabolical analyses and Biological-biochemical analyses.

Population 1

Patients affected by diabetes mellitus type-2 with no previous history of foot ulceration, but with a moderate ulcerative risk.

Group Type OTHER

Full Analysis

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Population 1 receives all three groups of analyses:Clinical-metabolical analyses, Biological-biochemical analyses, and Biomechanical-functional analyses.

Interventions

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Full Analysis

Population 1 receives all three groups of analyses:Clinical-metabolical analyses, Biological-biochemical analyses, and Biomechanical-functional analyses.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Partial Analysis

Population 2 receives two groups of analyses:Clinical-metabolical analyses and Biological-biochemical analyses.

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male and female patients aged between 18 and 75 years.
* Diabetes mellitus type-2 patients with mild to moderate risk of ulceration at the foot (grade 2).


* Male and female patients aged between 18 and 75 years.
* Patients with diabetes mellitus type-2 and diabetic foot with an history of ulcerative lesions (grade 3), healed for at least 6 months.

Exclusion Criteria

* History or evidence of ulcers at the foot
* Infections in progress, ongoing neoplasms
* Immunosuppressive therapies, and cortisone-based therapy
* Pregnancy and lactation
* Inability to provide informed consent


* Infections in progress, ongoing neoplasms
* Immunosuppressive therapies, and cortisone-based therapy
* Pregnancy and lactation
* Inability to provide informed consent
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Maria Cecilia Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Central Contacts

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Lisa Berti, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 051.63.66

Email: [email protected]

Alberto Leardini, DPHIL

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 051.63.66

Email: [email protected]

References

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van Netten JJ, Raspovic A, Lavery LA, Monteiro-Soares M, Paton J, Rasmussen A, Sacco ICN, Bus SA. Prevention of foot ulcers in persons with diabetes at risk of ulceration: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2024 Mar;40(3):e3652. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.3652. Epub 2023 May 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37243880 (View on PubMed)

Senneville E, Albalawi Z, van Asten SA, Abbas ZG, Allison G, Aragon-Sanchez J, Embil JM, Lavery LA, Alhasan M, Oz O, Uckay I, Urbancic-Rovan V, Xu ZR, Peters EJG. IWGDF/IDSA guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes-related foot infections (IWGDF/IDSA 2023). Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2024 Mar;40(3):e3687. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.3687. Epub 2023 Oct 1.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 37779323 (View on PubMed)

Leardini A, Benedetti MG, Berti L, Bettinelli D, Nativo R, Giannini S. Rear-foot, mid-foot and fore-foot motion during the stance phase of gait. Gait Posture. 2007 Mar;25(3):453-62. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.05.017. Epub 2006 Sep 11.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16965916 (View on PubMed)

Ortolani M, Leardini A, Pavani C, Scicolone S, Girolami M, Bevoni R, Lullini G, Durante S, Berti L, Belvedere C. Angular and linear measurements of adult flexible flatfoot via weight-bearing CT scans and 3D bone reconstruction tools. Sci Rep. 2021 Aug 9;11(1):16139. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95708-x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 34373546 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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DARE-DiaFoot

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id