Recruitment

Recruitment Status
Completed

Inclusion Criteria

Medical care prior to admission.
Age older than 20 years old
Presence of diabetic foot ulcers resistant to medical and/or surgical treatment
Medical care prior to admission.
Age older than 20 years old
Presence of diabetic foot ulcers resistant to medical and/or surgical treatment

Exclusion Criteria

Infected wounds
Pregnant women
Cancer diagnosis
...
Infected wounds
Pregnant women
Cancer diagnosis
Vasculitis
Non-diabetic leg ulcers
BMI > 3
Skin autoimmune disease

Summary

Conditions
Neuropathic Diabetic Ulcer - Foot
Type
Interventional
Design
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)
  • Primary Purpose: Treatment

Participation Requirements

Age
Between 20 years and 125 years
Gender
Both males and females

Description

An open multi center trial to document the systemic effects and safety of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields (ELF-MF) stimulation on healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU). The study will be performed in two sites: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, with patients from Medical Services of the Autonomo...

An open multi center trial to document the systemic effects and safety of Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields (ELF-MF) stimulation on healing of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU). The study will be performed in two sites: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, with patients from Medical Services of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, and Cuernavaca, Morelos with patients from Regional General Hospital of Cuernavaca N. 1 IMSS, and Health Services of Morelos. Two ELF-MF investigational exposure systems will be used to stimulate blood at different anatomical regions to enhance wound healing upon peripheral blood mononuclear cell migration to the ulcer site. a) In Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, where DFU subjects should be exposed at either forearm with a sinusoidal oscillating magnetic field of 120 Hz with nominal ELF-MF amplitude of approximately 0.6mT-0.8mT (6-8 Gauss) RMS 2 hours/day, 2 times/week. and b) In Cuernavaca, Morelos, where DFU subjects would be exposed at the thorax with a stimulation system in a quasi-Helmholtz configuration, for 25 minutes/day, 2 times/week to a sinusoidal oscillating magnetic field of 120 Hz, with nominal ELF-MF amplitude of approximately 0.6mT-0.8mT (6-8 Gauss) RMS. Treatment period for both groups will be 14.2 weeks or upon a complete healing. In each treatment session, evolution of ulcer healing should be recorded photographically. Efficacy and adverse effects will be searched for during treatment, short-term (<1 year), and long-term follow-up in both groups (up to 7 years).

Inclusion Criteria

Medical care prior to admission.
Age older than 20 years old
Presence of diabetic foot ulcers resistant to medical and/or surgical treatment
Medical care prior to admission.
Age older than 20 years old
Presence of diabetic foot ulcers resistant to medical and/or surgical treatment

Exclusion Criteria

Infected wounds
Pregnant women
Cancer diagnosis
...
Infected wounds
Pregnant women
Cancer diagnosis
Vasculitis
Non-diabetic leg ulcers
BMI > 3
Skin autoimmune disease

Tracking Information

NCT #
NCT02145962
Collaborators
  • Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
  • Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
Investigators
  • Principal Investigator: Luis E Canedo Dorantes, MD, PhD Autonomous University of Morelos Study Chair: Guillermo Cabrera Alvarez, MD Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Study Chair: Rogelio Salinas Dominguez, MD Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon
  • Luis E Canedo Dorantes, MD, PhD Autonomous University of Morelos Study Chair: Guillermo Cabrera Alvarez, MD Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Study Chair: Rogelio Salinas Dominguez, MD Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon