Major study aims to uncover why diabetic foot ulcers lead to early death
NCT ID NCT04533152
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
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About 1,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
25 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AP - HM - Hôpital de la Conception
RECRUITINGMarseille, France
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AP-HP - Hôpital Bichat
RECRUITINGParis, France
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AP-HP - Hôpital Lariboisière
RECRUITINGParis, France
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AP-HP - Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière
RECRUITINGParis, France
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CH Pierre Bérégovoy
RECRUITINGNevers, France
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CH Sud Francilien
RECRUITINGCorbeil-Essonnes, France
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CHRU de Lille - Hôpital Claude Huriez
RECRUITINGLille, France
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CHU Côte de Nacre
RECRUITINGCaen, France
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CHU Nîmes - Hôpital universitaire Carémeau
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNîmes, France
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CHU de Bocage Sud
RECRUITINGDijon, France
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CHU de La Réunion - Site Sud
RECRUITINGLa Réunion, France
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CHU de Montpellier - Hôpital Lapeyronie
RECRUITINGMontpellier, France
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CHU de Nantes Hôpital Nord Laennec
RECRUITINGNantes, France
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CHU de Nice - Hôpital l'Archet 2
RECRUITINGNice, France
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CHU de Rouen
RECRUITINGRouen, France
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CHU de Toulouse - Hôpital Rangueil
RECRUITINGToulouse, France
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CHU de la Martinique
WITHDRAWNFort-de-France, Martinique
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CHU de la Milétrie
RECRUITINGPoitiers, 86021, France
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Centre Hospitalier Saint Benoit
RECRUITINGSaint-Benoît, 97470, France
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Groupe Hospitalier de La Rochelle Ré Aunis
RECRUITINGLa Rochelle, France
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HCL - Hôpital Lyon sud
RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, France
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Hopital Haut-Leveque
RECRUITINGPessac, 33600, France
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Hôpital Paris Saint Joseph
RECRUITINGParis, France
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Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Bégin
RECRUITINGSaint-Mandé, France
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Hôtel Dieu
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLe Creusot, France
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Maison de Santé Protestante Bagatelle - Hôpital Bagatelle
RECRUITINGTalence, 33404, France
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