New 'Woundsome' technique aims to save legs from amputation
NCT ID NCT07488637
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a procedure called woundsome revascularization in 50 people with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), the most severe form of peripheral artery disease. Doctors use balloon angioplasty to open blocked arteries that supply blood directly to the wound area. The goal is to see if this targeted approach can save more limbs from amputation.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (balloon angioplasty)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could improve limb salvage rates for people with severe leg artery disease, reducing the need for amputation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The procedure carries risks like bleeding or vessel damage.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
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: 1\. Patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) with tissue loss (Rutherford Class 5 or 6, or WIFI stage 2-4) 2. Patients with infrapopliteal arterial occlusions requiring revascularization \- Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients with unsalvageable limbs 2. Patients with acute limb ischemia (ALI) 3. Patients with non-atherosclerotic diseases such as vasculitis, including: Large vessel vasculitis (e.g., giant cell arteritis, Takayasu arteritis) Medium vessel vasculitis (e.g., polyarteritis nodosa, Kawasaki disease) Small vessel vasculitis (e.g., granulomatosis with polyangiitis, microscopic polyangiitis) Other types (e.g., Behçet's disease, Buerger's disease) 4. Patients with contraindications to contrast medium 5. Patients with aortoiliac or femoropopliteal occlusive disease
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Vascular and Endovascular surgery department Assiut university
Asyut, Asyut Governorate, 71511, Egypt
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