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PHOTOFINISH: a Clinical Study To Evaluate The Efficacy And Safety Of the System VULNOFAST® Plus/VULNOLIGHT® In Addition To The Usual Care (UC) Vs UC Alone For The Treatment Of Infected Diabetic Foot Ulcers

RecruitingNAAges 18 Years - anyAllL.Molteni & C. dei F.lli Alitti-Soc. di Esercizio…
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The aim of this randomised, open-label, multicentre clinical trial is to evaluate the superiority of the treatment which foresees the addition of the system VULNOFAST® plus / VULNOLIGHT® to the Usual Care, versus the treatment with Usual Care alone, for the healing of chronic diabetic foot ulcer. VULNOFAST® plus is a sterile solution used in combination with a red light source VULNOLIGHT®. Usual Care is defined as procedures to apply to the foot ulcer, carried out in the order in which they are listed in the protocol.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Main Inclusion Criteria: * Able and willing to give voluntary written informed consent. The ICF, must be signed before any study-related procedures and/or assessments are performed. * Outpatients or inpatients (male and female) of any ethnic origin, aged 18 years or over, diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus. * Glycaemic control confirmed by a glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) levels ≤10% (86 mmol/mol), evaluated in the 3 months before enrolment or at Visit 1. * Fasting plasma glucose (FPG) less than 300 mg/dl. * A chronic diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) below the malleolus, with an area ≥ 2 and ≤ 40 cm2 and with a maximum diameter/length ≤ 10 cm measured by MolecuLight i:X medical device \[note: chronic wound is defined as a wound that, after the normal clinical practice, does not start healing within 4 weeks or does not heal within 8 weeks\]. * A diabetic foot wound with a depth equal or higher to grade 2 according to the category "Depth/tissue loss" of PEDIS, but not involving bone, diagnosed by clinical examination. * Presence of infected foot ulcer of grade 2 according to the category "Infection" of PEDIS, diagnosed by clinical examination. * Able to take oral medications. * Patients must be willing and able to comply with the protocol and study procedures. Main Exclusion Criteria: * Patients unable to give written informed consent. * Females who are pregnant or lactating. * Females who are of child bearing potential and not taking adequate contraceptive precautions are excluded from the trial. Females of child bearing potential taking acceptable contraceptive precautions can be included. * Participation in any other clinical trial or currently receiving any other investigational product(s) within 30 days prior to Visit 1. * Ankle brachial systolic blood pressure index \< 0.5 (Winsor Index) in the infected limb. * Ulcer probe to bone positive. * Any surgery planned during the study period (from ICF signature to last planned follow-up visit). * Clinical diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) requiring percutaneous or surgical revascularization. * Transcutaneous oximetry (TcPo2) measurement \< 30 mmHg. * Use of any antibiotics (local or systemic) within 48h before Visit 1. * Patient for whom punch biopsy is contraindicated. * Patients that cannot take amoxicillin and clavulanic acid (background antibiotic therapy) at the dosage stated in the protocol and according to the current Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC). * Patients that cannot be treated with topical antiseptic containing Iodopovidone and/or with iodopovidone impregnated gauze according to the contraindication available in the current Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC).
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What it tests

  • Usual Care alone
  • System VULNOFAST® plus / VULNOLIGHT® in addition to Usual Care
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Where

7 sites
U.O.C. Diabetologia e Malattie Metaboliche, Ospedale San Donato
Arezzo, Italy
Unit Piede Diabetico, SODc Diabetologia e Malattie del Metabolismo, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi
Florence, Italy
Centro di Assistenza Vulnologica, Ospedale Villa Scassi
Genova, Italy
Unità di Diabetologia, Endocrinologia e Malattie Metaboliche, IRCSS Centro Cardiologico Monzino
Milan, Italy
U.O. Malattie Endocrine del Ricambio e della Nutrizione, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Giaccone
Palermo, Italy
Dipartimento di Endocrinologia e Malattie Metaboliche, Centro Piede Diabetico, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia
Perugia, Italy
SOS Diabetologia, Presidio Ospedaliero San Jacopo
Pistoia, Italy
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