NCT06759688

Role of Low Carbohydrate Nutrient in Healing of Infected Diabetic Foot

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 120 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sarah Magdy Abdelmohsen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A low-carbohydrate diet, when combined with standard wound care and diabetes management, appears to accelerate the healing of infected diabetic foot, improve blood glucose control, reduce systemic inflammation and promoting overall patient recovery. This approach could be considered a beneficial adjunct therapy in the treatment of diabetic foot infections.

Detailed description

The research was a case control study. It conducted prospectively from January 2019 to December 2023 in the surgery department of Aswan university hospital. It involving patients with diabetic foot infections. The patients were divided into two groups of patients. The first group committed to not eating carbohydrates in food. The second group ate their daily routine and did not adhere to the carbohydrate's restriction. The diabetic food infection classified from mild, moderate and sever, as per the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Infection Severity Classification.

Conditions

• Carbohydrate Ingestion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Carbohydrates restriction	Patients followed a low carbohydrate dietary approach (LCDs). It means lower than 130 grams carbohydrates per day with special restriction restrictions on: * Artificial sugars (e.g., sweets, baked goods, pasta, bread). * Also, rice, butter made from vegetable oils and all types of oils except olive oil. They were allowed: * All types of fresh fruits and vegetable. * Boiled potatoes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-12-30
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2025-01-06
• Last updated: 2025-01-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Egypt