Study of Maggot Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Maggot Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01681160

Acronym

MDT

Enrollment

128

Registered

2012-09-07

Start date

2009-01-31

Completion date

2011-06-30

Last updated

2012-09-10

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Conditions

DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS

Keywords

MAGGOT THERAPY, DIABETIC FOOT, NURSING CARE, DRESSING

Brief summary

This study was a Kind of clinical trial with equal randomization, that have been done from January 2009 to June 2011 in the AFZALIPOOR hospital endocrine ward in Kerman-Iran on 128 diabetic patient who had foot wounds.Replacement of conventional therapy by new methodes is one of the more important aims for health professional specially for nurses.One of this new treatment is maggot therapy.

Interventions

OTHERprocedure:maggot therapy

each times in maggot therapy continued for three days.wound assessment was done before and after any intervention

OTHERconventional therapy

patients receive ordinary treatment for diabetic foot

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Have a chronic illness more than 7 weeks. * The age of the patients between 40- 90 years old. * Not having capillary disease (Blockage of artery, Rinold). * Not user of anticoagulants and corticosteroids drugs. * Patients without history of allergy to drugs and foods. * Having diabetic type 2

Exclusion criteria

* patients who refer to critical clinical care unit * patients who have amputation

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
change from baseline in BATES-JENSEN WOUND ASSESSMENT score at 3days and change from baseline in BATES-JENSEN WOUND ASSESSMENT score at 6 days	2 years

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026