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Total Contact Soft Cast in Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Summary
To determine the effectiveness, compliance, patient tolerance, ease of use and safety of total contact soft cast in diabetic foot ulcers.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2020-10-13
Completion Date
2026-10-01
Last Updated
2025-12-15
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Total Contact Soft Cast
The total contact soft cast will consist of wound dressing of choice to the ulcer and a plantar foot accommodative offloading felt pad for all foot ulcers, with 4x4 gauze pads added to the arch to create a rocker bottom for metarsophalangeal joint (MPJj) and plantar heel ulcers. The next layers will be: * Unna boot from MPJs to just below the knee, * Sterile Kerlix from MPJs to just below the knee * Sterile 4 inch Kling wrap from the MPJs to just below the knee, * Four inch coban from MPJs to just below the knee, and * Ace wraps from MPJs to just below the knee
Cam Boot
Removable Diabetic cam boot will be used in patients willing and capable of using it. If patient does not want to use Diabetic cam boot then surgical shoe or regular shoe would be options.
Locations (1)
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States