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SALACIA: SALvesAn vs Conventional Management of dIAbetic Foot Wounds
Sponsor: NHS Lanarkshire
Summary
Increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus has led to increasing numbers of chronic non-healing foot ulcers (wounds). Electrolysed water is a novel antiseptic which reduces bacterial load and appears to encourage wound healing. The investigators propose to compare electrolysed water against conventional management.
Official title: SALACIA: Randomised Control Trial of SALvesAn Neutral Electrolysed Water Versus Conventional Management of Non-healing dIAbetic Foot Wounds
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 89 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
200
Start Date
2025-07-01
Completion Date
2026-09-01
Last Updated
2025-04-03
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Electrolysed water
Electrolysed water is a novel antiseptic produced by passing an electric current through a mixture of tap water and salt. Microbiocidal activity is due to the presence of hypochlorous acid at neutral Ph. Irrigation of chronic wounds reduces bacterial load and appears to encourage wound healing. We propose to compare electrolysed water against conventional management.
Conventional irrigant
The irrigant (Prontosan™) that is currently 'in-use' in the conventional management of diabetic foot wounds