NCT05661474

Fitostimoline® Hydrogel Versus Saline Gauze Dressing in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

The Effects of Fitostimoline® Hydrogel Versus Saline Gauze Dressing in Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulcers: a Monocentric, Two-arm, Open-label, Randomized, Controlled Trial.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federico II University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is one of the most widespread metabolic diseases and the alarming rise in its prevalence worldwide poses enormous challenges. The microvascular and macrovascular complications of DM heavy impact on longevity and quality of life, and in particular diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are among the ten top causes of worldwide disease burden and disability Essential components of the standard care, management, and treatment of DFUs are represented by health education, strict control of blood glucose and cardiovascular risk factors, offloading, local debridement, and adequate dressing. A wide variety of dressing is available, and these include basic contact dressings (low adherence dressings such as saline gauze, paraffin gauze or simple absorbent dressings) and advanced dressings (alginate, hydrogel, films, hydrocolloid, foam). It is important underline that due to lack of evidence from head-to-head randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the relative effects of any of these dressings in DFUs remain unclear. Consequently, so far clinical evidence supporting the choice for either hydrogel or saline gauze dressing, has been related mostly on clinician perception rather than high quality evidence. Here we evaluated the efficacy and safety of Fitostimoline® hydrogel dressing versus saline gauze dressing in patients with DFUs in a monocentric, two-arm, open-label, randomized, controlled trial.

Conditions

• Diabetic Foot

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Fitostimoline ® hydrogel group	Treatment of DFUs with Fitostimoline® hydrogel every day for 12 weeks.
DRUG	Saline gauze group	Treatment of DFUs with saline gauze every day for 12 weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-02-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-12
• Completion: 2022-12-12
• First posted: 2022-12-22
• Last updated: 2022-12-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy