Can a video call heal wounds? telemedicine takes on chronic sores
NCT ID NCT02545374
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using telemedicine (remote doctor visits) helps heal chronic wounds better than usual in-person care. Adults with long-lasting wounds in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France are randomly assigned to telemedicine or standard treatment. The main goal is to see how many wounds heal within six months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Telemedicine
- What this could lead to
- If effective, telemedicine could offer a convenient way to manage chronic wounds at home, potentially improving healing rates and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a regional study with 193 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Telemedicine may not work for all wound types or patients.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
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
-
193 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
-
May 2014
- Finished
-
Mar 2016
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Being adult * Taken up residence on the Languedoc-Roussillon * Patient carrying a wound with healing or improvement objective (wound closure or the appearance of 40% of granulation) * Informed consent signed, * Patient member of the Security Social * Patient having a visiting nurse. Exclusion Criteria: * Patient in vital or functional emergency situation during the first call or during the consultation * Tumoral wound * dialysis patient * Arteritis of stage 4 and not revascularizable * Absence of regular doctor and visiting nurse * patient refusal * Refusal of one of the health professionals participating in the pathology care * Anybody incapable to communicate and to answer the questions * Pregnant or nursing woman * Subject deprived of freedom by court or administrative order * Major subject protected by the law * For the patients in telemedicine: refusal of the collaboration agreement
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Carrying A chronic wound are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Wound healing Department
Montpellier, 34295, France