New program aims to speed healing of diabetic foot ulcers
NCT ID NCT07223268
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called CARE-D-Foot-Nav, where a diabetes educator acts as a personal navigator for people with diabetic foot ulcers. The navigator helps with blood sugar control, wound care, transportation, and emotional support. Researchers want to see if this extra help leads to more ulcers healing within 20 weeks compared to usual care alone. The study plans to enroll 270 adults with diabetes and a foot ulcer.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- patient navigator program (CARE-D-Foot-Nav)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this program could become a standard way to help people with diabetic foot ulcers heal faster and avoid complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study testing a support program, not a new drug. The results may not show a clear benefit over usual care, and the program may not be widely available if it is too costly or hard to implement.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 270 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2030
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.
- 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 admitted for any reason who have a full-thickness DFU (defined as a wound below the ankle through the dermis) or undergo a single toe amputation * History of prior amputations and DFUs of any severity Exclusion Criteria: * Adults unable to understand the nature and scope of the study, enrolled in another clinical trial, or planned for discharge to an acute or long-term care facility, * Patients who undergo amputation of two or more toes during hospitalization and/or have a Society for Vascular Surgery Wound, Ischemia, foot Infection grade 4
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Grady Memorial Hospital
RECRUITINGAtlanta, Georgia, 30303, United States
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