Efficacy of Soluble Beta-1,3/1,6-Glucan Compared to Placebo on Chronic Leg Ulcers in Diabetes Patients

Foot Ulcer Clinical Trial

Official title: A Double-Blind Therapeutic Exploratory Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Soluble Beta-1,3/1,6-Glucan Compared to Placebo on Chronic Leg Ulcers in Diabetes Patients

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of soluble beta-1,3/1,6-glucan compared to placebo on the healing of chronic leg ulcers in diabetes patients.

Hypothesis: Through its ability to activate tissue macrophages and counteract diabetes-associated defects in macrophages, the soluble beta-1,3/1,6-glucan will promote the healing of leg ulcers in diabetic patients.

Clinical Trial Description

Diabetes predisposes to ulceration of the foot through a variety of processes, including neuropathy and peripheral arterial disease. Once the skin is broken, healing is frequently delayed and the ulcer develops the biology of a chronic wound. The factors underlaying delayed healing in chronic wounds are not well understood but include the effects of repeated trauma, tissue ischemia, infection, defective white cell function, altered immune processes, and altered expression of tissue cytokines and enzymes.

Management is based on regular cleansing and debridement, off-loading and treatment of intercurrent infection with antibiotics. There are no interventions in routine use, which target aspects of chronic wound biology directly. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Foot Ulcer
• Ulcer

• NCT number: NCT00288392
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Biotec Pharmacon ASA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Start date: June 2005
• Completion date: September 2006