Efficacy and Safety of Garamycin® Sponge in Diabetic Patients With a Moderate or Severe Foot Ulce… (NCT01951768) | Clinical Trial Compass
CompletedPhase 4
Efficacy and Safety of Garamycin® Sponge in Diabetic Patients With a Moderate or Severe Foot Ulcer Infection
Switzerland88 participantsStarted 2013-09
Plain-language summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Garamycin Sponge (Gentamicin-Collagen sponge) in combination with antibiotics is safe and effective in treating moderate and severe diabetic foot infections.
Who can participate
Age range18 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Is aged ≥ 18.
* Has diabetes mellitus, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria.
* Has an open foot wound with visible inflammation, namely at least 1 skin ulcer located on or below the malleolus that presents with the following clinical manifestations of a moderate or severe infection based on the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA).
* Has received appropriate surgical intervention to remove all necrotic and infected bone if diagnosed with osteomyelitis
* Meets certain minimal laboratory criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Has an ulcer infection which, based upon the patient's known history of hypersensitivity cannot be appropriately treated with at least one of the empiric systemic antibiotic regimens per protocol.
* Has received \> 48 hours of potentially effective antibiotic therapy and the wounds are clinically improving. If a patient has received an antibiotic within 72 hours, but is not improving or deep-tissue culture results indicate that the infecting pathogen is not susceptible to that antibiotic, the patient may be enrolled.
* Requires or is likely to require treatment with any concomitant topical product or wound therapy during the study period.