Insulin dressing shows promise for diabetic foot ulcers
NCT ID NCT07432581
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether applying insulin directly to diabetic foot ulcers helps them heal better than standard saline dressings. Thirty adults with diabetes and foot ulcers participated. Researchers measured healing rates and whether surgery was needed.
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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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2024
- 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 85 years
- 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: * Patients with diabetes between the age group 18-85 years. * Both sexes. * Patients who were diagnosed with diabetic foot according to the 2010 Edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Diabetes Foot Complications (edited by the American Diabetes Association) presented to diabetic foot clinic on regular basis. * Participants who were able to and willing to participate in the study voluntarily who could come for dressings on a daily basis, or patients who agreed for admission for the duration of treatment were included in the study. * Patients having ulcer below the ankle on the dorsal or plantar aspect of the foot. * Patients with grade I and grade II ulcers of Wegener's Classification without significant growth of granulation tissue. * Patients with controlled blood glucose levels between 110 and 130 gm/dl. Hemoglobin A1c was 7.1 ± 0.34. * Non heavely infected wounds without significant growth of granulation tissue. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with diabetic foot ulcers of Wagner grade V. * X-ray showing features of osteomyelitis. * Duplex showing significant atherosclerotic changes and venous abnormalities like varicosities. * Malnutrition and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. * Other clinically significant medical conditions that would impair wound healing like any hepatic, renal, immunological and neurological disease and coagulopathy. * Patients receiving corticosteroids, other immunosuppressive agents, radiation or chemotherapy one month prior to entry into the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cairo University
Cairo, 12613, Egypt
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