Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers Through Cleaner Feet
Status:
Recruiting
Trial end date:
2023-06-30
Target enrollment:
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Summary
Foot complications are among the most serious and costly complications of diabetes. People
with diabetes have a 10-fold increased risk for a leg or foot amputation compared to those
that do not have diabetes. Amputation of all or part of foot is usually preceded by a foot
ulcer, which became infected. This is a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of a topical
antiseptic, chlorhexidine, for daily foot cleaning on the recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers
in Veterans with a recent history of a foot ulcer.