Wound Heterogeneity: Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Research type
Research Study
Full title
A Pilot Study to investigate wound heterogeneity within non-healing diabetic foot ulcers: donation of biological samples
IRAS ID
159248
Contact name
K G Harding CBE
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Cardiff University
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
In view of the difficulty in obtaining sufficient tissue samples this study is restricted to patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) who are scheduled already for amputation. Fifteen patients will be recruited into the study over a period of 6 months.
The study aims to identify whether certain markers in the tissue can be used to identify whether a DFU is or will become hard to heal. Tissue samples will be taken from different sites on the amputated limb including the DFU and surrounding healthy skin and used to identify bacteria and chemical markers that are present in non healing wounds.
REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
14/WA/1191
Date of REC Opinion
9 Oct 2014
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion