New wearable device could revolutionize leg ulcer healing
NCT ID NCT07268482
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new system called Tight Alright that uses a small wearable device under bandages to measure pressure on leg ulcers. The device sends real-time pressure data to a mobile app and healthcare team, helping ensure the right pressure is applied for healing. About 40 adults with chronic venous leg ulcers will be split into two groups: one gets usual care, the other uses the device plus usual care. Researchers will compare ulcer healing over 90 days to see if the system improves outcomes.
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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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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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- Lead sponsor
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A company
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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 chronic venous leg ulcers (≥6-week and ≤5-year durations) currently in compression therapy treatment. * Between 5 and 100 cm2 wound area at randomization. * Ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) of \>0,8 * Capable of using use a smart device. Exclusion Criteria: * Uncontrolled diabetes \[haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) ≥12% in the last 3 months\] * Index ulcer has active infection on day of inclusion requiring systemic antibiotic therapy * Renal failure * Exposed tendon, ligament, muscle or bone in the index ulcer * Osteomyelitis, cellulitis or gangrene in study limb * Subjects with an amputation above transmetatarsal in study limb * Active malignancy affecting study limb * Index ulcer is of arterial aetiology (ABPI \<0.8) * Pregnant or breast-feeding women or women of childbearing potential not willing to use a method of highly effective contraception for the duration of the study * Planned vascular surgery, angioplasty or thrombolysis procedures during study period. Or patients who are within six weeks of having had such a procedure * Planned surgical procedure during study period for the index wound * Prior skin replacement, negative-pressure therapy and ultrasound therapy to the study wound in the two weeks before screening * Currently receiving or has received radio or chemotherapy within three months of randomisation * Index wound would require ultrasound near an electronic implant or prosthesis * Not capable of providing informed consent * Currently enrolled in or has been enrolled in another investigation device or drug trial in the last 30 days
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Merlin Park University Hospital
Galway, Galway, Ireland
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