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Clinical Trials of Footwear in Patients With Diabetes-Study Arm 2,3
This study has been completed.
Sponsored by: Department of Veterans Affairs
Information provided by: Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00013299
  Purpose

This is a randomized clinical trial to: (1) Determine the extent to which custom made study shoes will reduce the incidence of reulceration in diabetic individuals with prior history of foot ulcers, and (2) Estimate costs of ulcer prevention using these strategies.


Condition Intervention Phase
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Device: Prevention of Diabetic Ulcers
Phase II

MedlinePlus related topics: Diabetes Diabetic Foot Foot Health
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title: Clinical Trials of Footwear in Patients With Diabetes-Study Arm 2,3

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Estimated Enrollment: 427
Study Start Date: October 2000
Study Completion Date: April 2001
Detailed Description:

This is a randomized clinical trial to: (1) Determine the extent to which custom made study shoes will reduce the incidence of reulceration in diabetic individuals with prior history of footulcers, and (2) Estimate costs of ulcer prevention using these strategies. Patients from the Seattle VA (n=214) and Group Health Cooperative (n=213) will be randomly assigned to one of two study arms. They are: (1) patients wearing study shoes and premolded polyurethane insoles and (2) the control group of patients wearing their own footwear.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Diabetics with foot ulcerations

  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00013299

Locations
United States, Washington
VAMC, Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington, United States
Sponsors and Collaborators
Investigators
Investigator: John Fryer, Ph.D. Asst. Director Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service
Investigator: Wijegupta Ellepola, Program Analyst Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service
  More Information

Study ID Numbers: A2443R
Study First Received: March 14, 2001
Last Updated: December 12, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00013299  
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Keywords provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:
Foot ulcers, amputation prevention, diabetes, footwear, insoles

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Foot Ulcer
Skin Diseases
Diabetic Neuropathies
Ulcer
Diabetes Mellitus
Vascular Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Foot Diseases
Diabetic Angiopathies
Endocrinopathy
Skin Ulcer
Diabetes Complications
Diabetic Foot
Leg Ulcer

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009