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Human and Bacterial Protease Activity As Prognostic Tool of Foot Infections in Diabetic Patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diabetic Foot Infection
Registration Number
NCT03964571
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Brief Summary

This study will establish whether human and bacterial protease activity can aid therapeutic decision-making, including targeted treatments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
61
Inclusion Criteria
  • The patient must have given their free and informed consent and signed the consent form
  • The patient must be a member or beneficiary of a health insurance plan
  • The patient has been informed about the study objectives and purpose and their rights as a patient
  • The patient is being treated in the Diabetes and Infectious Disease Department
  • The patient has a chronic foot and/or heel wound classified as Grade 1-3 according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Exclusion Criteria
  • The subject is participating in another category I interventional study, or has participated in another category I interventional trial in the previous 3 months, or is in a period of exclusion determined by a previous study
  • The subject refuses to sign the consent
  • It is impossible to give the subject informed information
  • The patient is under safeguard of justice or state guardianship
  • The patient is pregnant or breastfeeding
  • The patient has chronic foot and/or heel wound classified as Grade 4 according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • Patient with critical ischemia defined by PSGo <50 mmHg or PSCh <70 mmHg

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Reduction in size of woundFrom Day 0 to week 4

% change in surface area of wound; traced on OpSite Flexigrid ® film

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Presence of elevated protease activity in foot woundDay 28

Binary Yes/No; WOUNDCHEK™ Protease Status

Presence of bacterial protease activity in foot woundDay 28

Binary Yes/No; WOUNDCHEK™ Bacterial Status

Presence of pathogenic bacteria in woundDay 28

Wound swabs cultured and bacteria identified

Clinical exam of woundDay 0

Classification as either infection or colonization according to Infectious Diseases Society of America classification

Reduction in size of woundFrom Day 0 to Week 2

% change in surface area of wound; traced on OpSite Flexigrid ® film

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

CH d'Alès

🇫🇷

Alès, France

CH de Bagnols sur Céze

🇫🇷

Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France

CHU de Montpellier

🇫🇷

Montpellier, France

CHU de Nimes

🇫🇷

Nîmes, France

CH d'Alès
🇫🇷Alès, France

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