Phototherapy for evaluation of the healing process in chronic wounds of patients with diabetes
Phase 1
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Chronic skin ulcer not elsewhere classifiedInsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- Registration Number
- RBR-8xd262t
- Lead Sponsor
- niversidade Federal dos Vales do jequitinhonha e Mucuri
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Age equal to or greater than 18 years; of both sexes; diabetic participants with chronic wounds who accept to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
Patients with other types of lesions, such as erysipelas, lymphangitis, and chronic lymphedema; Pregnancy; Use of immunosuppressants or chronic corticosteroids; Patients undergoing cancer treatment; Wounds in an infectious process or wound bed with presence of coagulation necrosis covering more than 25% and lesion in the final stage of epithelialization; Photosensitivity or any adverse reactions to sunlight exposure
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method It is expected that the effects of the application of light emitting diode, phototherapy on the healing activity in chronic wounds of patients with diabetes are greater in the speed of wound remodeling, in the contraction of the edges of the lesion and in the number of fibroblasts and collagens in the tissues
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method secondary outcomes are not expected