Major study aims to uncover why diabetic foot ulcers lead to early death

NCT ID NCT04533152

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study follows 1,000 adults with diabetic foot ulcers for up to 5 years to learn why some have worse outcomes, including death. Researchers will track health events and build a risk score to identify those most at risk. The goal is to better understand the disease and improve future care.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Participants

About 1,000 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Nov 2021

Expected to finish

Nov 2029

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Who is studied

PDF study is designed to be the first French multicentre, observational and prospective cohort of patients with DFU referred from the community into secondary and tertiary care foot clinics. Twenty-three French centres agreed to participate in this study. Each centre will recruit during the 3-year inclusion period.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: Adults with diabetes and DFU, defined as a foot skin ulceration or open LLA wound, measuring at least 5 mm of diameter, located below the malleolus, and induced by diabetic complications. In the case of an amputation before inclusion, the amputation stump will be considered as the main wound and not the wound that led to the amputation. Exclusion Criteria: * Acute or chronic lower-limb ischemia without open skin wound, * Foot infection without open skin wound, * Intercurrent disease prohibiting participation in an observational study, * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Curatorship or guardianship * Prisoners -- Patient currently participating to more than one other clinical study (interventional or observational, 2 study maximum including PDF) or currently participating to another study interfering with standard care of diabetic foot

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

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How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    25 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • AP - HM - Hôpital de la Conception

    RECRUITING

    Marseille, France

  • AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat

    RECRUITING

    Paris, France

  • AP-HP - Hôpital Lariboisière

    RECRUITING

    Paris, France

  • AP-HP - Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière

    RECRUITING

    Paris, France

  • CH Pierre Bérégovoy

    RECRUITING

    Nevers, France

  • CH Sud Francilien

    RECRUITING

    Corbeil-Essonnes, France

  • CHRU de Lille - Hôpital Claude Huriez

    RECRUITING

    Lille, France

  • CHU Côte de Nacre

    RECRUITING

    Caen, France

  • CHU Nîmes - Hôpital universitaire Carémeau

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nîmes, France

  • CHU de Bocage Sud

    RECRUITING

    Dijon, France

  • CHU de La Réunion - Site Sud

    RECRUITING

    La Réunion, France

  • CHU de Montpellier - Hôpital Lapeyronie

    RECRUITING

    Montpellier, France

  • CHU de Nantes Hôpital Nord Laennec

    RECRUITING

    Nantes, France

  • CHU de Nice - Hôpital l'Archet 2

    RECRUITING

    Nice, France

  • CHU de Rouen

    RECRUITING

    Rouen, France

  • CHU de Toulouse - Hôpital Rangueil

    RECRUITING

    Toulouse, France

  • CHU de la Martinique

    WITHDRAWN

    Fort-de-France, Martinique

  • CHU de la Milétrie

    RECRUITING

    Poitiers, 86021, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Saint Benoit

    RECRUITING

    Saint-Benoît, 97470, France

  • Groupe Hospitalier de La Rochelle Ré Aunis

    RECRUITING

    La Rochelle, France

  • HCL - Hôpital Lyon sud

    RECRUITING

    Pierre-Bénite, France

  • Hopital Haut-Leveque

    RECRUITING

    Pessac, 33600, France

  • Hôpital Paris Saint Joseph

    RECRUITING

    Paris, France

  • Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin

    RECRUITING

    Saint-Mandé, France

  • Hôtel Dieu

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Le Creusot, France

  • Maison de Santé Protestante Bagatelle - Hôpital Bagatelle

    RECRUITING

    Talence, 33404, France

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