Study of Maggot Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcers (MDT)

Kerman Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: DIABETIC FOOT ULCERS

Treatments: Other: conventional therapy; Other: procedure:maggot therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01681160

86/116

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 128 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No 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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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128 participants in 1 patient group

MAGGOT THERAPY & conventional therapy T

Experimental group

Description:

Maggot therapy,ADMINISTERED TWO TIMES AS A NEW METHODS OF DRESSING in experimental group.conventional therapy ,administered two times in control group

Treatment:

Other: procedure:maggot therapy

Other: conventional therapy