Blood-based gels battle diabetic foot ulcers in head-to-head trial
NCT ID NCT05979584
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested two treatments made from patients' own blood—platelet-rich plasma and platelet-fibrin plasma—to see which works better for healing diabetic foot ulcers. 56 adults with diabetes and slow-healing foot wounds were randomly assigned to receive one of the treatments plus standard care. The main goal was to compare how many wounds healed within 4 weeks.
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Study facts
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- 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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56 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Finished
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Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. The patient is aged 18-80 years old; 2. Diagnosed as type 1 or type 2 diabetes according to the World Health Organization standard, blood sugar has been controlled before enrollment, and the level of Glycated hemoglobin HbA1c is less than 10%; 3. diabetes wounds with poor healing or prolonged healing need standard wound treatment; 4. There is no disseminated infection or the disseminated infection has been controlled; 5. After preparing the wound bed, the condition for using platelet plasma to close the wound is met; 6. Voluntarily sign an informed consent form; Exclusion Criteria: 1. Severe diseases such as acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, hepatitis, shock, and respiratory failure have not been corrected yet; 2. Severe ischemia of the wound surface, unable to seek medical attention or not yet corrected; 3. Uncontrolled systemic or disseminated infections; 4. Blood glucose is out of control or not yet effectively controlled; 5. Blood system diseases with uncorrected coagulation dysfunction or platelet dysfunction; 6. There is active bleeding inside the wound, and routine basic treatment plans cannot be implemented; 7. Platelets ≤ 80 × 10\^9, hemoglobin\<90g/L; 8. Patients with advanced malignant tumors; 9. Active period of autoimmune diseases; 10. The patient is unable to cooperate or has mental disorders; 11. According to the judgment of the researchers, the patient has a clear and irremovable cause that affects wound healing, which is not suitable for this study or cannot comply with the requirements of this study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Peking University 3rd Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 010, China
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