NCT01681160

Study of Maggot Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Maggot Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 128 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kerman Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was a Kind of clinical trial with equal randomization, that have been done from January 2009 to June 2011 in the AFZALIPOOR hospital endocrine ward in Kerman-Iran on 128 diabetic patient who had foot wounds.Replacement of conventional therapy by new methodes is one of the more important aims for health professional specially for nurses.One of this new treatment is maggot therapy.

Conditions

• DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	procedure:maggot therapy	each times in maggot therapy continued for three days.wound assessment was done before and after any intervention
OTHER	conventional therapy	patients receive ordinary treatment for diabetic foot

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-01-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2012-09-07
• Last updated: 2012-09-10