Status:
UNKNOWN
Wound Healing In Diabetes (WHy) Study
Lead Sponsor:
The University of The West Indies
Collaborating Sponsors:
Chronic Disease Research Centre
Barbados Diabetes Foundation
Conditions:
Impaired Wound Healing
Diabetes Mellitus
Eligibility:
All Genders
Brief Summary
This observational study aims to identify risk factors and molecular mechanisms of impaired wound healing, to guide better foot care in the diabetic population.
Detailed Description
Diabetes is linked with vascular complications of the eye, kidney and foot. Barbadians suffer from an unusually high prevalence of diabetic foot complications, which can cause difficult-to-heal foot u...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- clinical diagnosis of diabetes
- Barbadian national
- self reported ethnicity of Black/African descent
- clear knowledge of ulcer history
Exclusion
- no clinical diagnosis of diabetes
- non-national of Barbados
- self reported ethnicity not Black/African Descent
- unclear knowledge of ulcer history
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
605 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01002521
Start Date
December 1 2009
End Date
June 1 2012
Last Update
October 27 2009
Active Locations (1)
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Chronic Disease Research Centre
Bridgetown, Saint Michael, Barbados, BB11115