The purpose of this study is to determine whether the gentamicin-collagen sponge when combined with standard of daily wound care is safe and effective in treating mildly infected skin ulcers compared to treatment with an oral antibiotic (levofloxacin) and standard daily wound care.
Infected skin ulcers in patients with diabetes can be very debilitating because they are difficult to heal. Diabetic ulcers are responsible for frequent health care visits, and are a major predictor of amputation. Diabetic ulcers can be caused by a patient's inability to sense pain or warmth as well as peripheral vascular disease, which causes diminished blood flow to the foot. Early aggressive treatment is necessary to treat infection and prevent the need for amputation. Gentamicin is an antibiotic that is effective in treating certain kinds of infection. Collagen is a protein that is found in all mammals. The gentamicin-collagen sponge is a thin flat sponge made out of collagen that comes from cow tendons and containing gentamicin. When applied to an open ulcer, the collagen breaks down and the gentamicin is released into the ulcer, but very little is absorbed into the blood stream. The high levels of gentamicin in the open infected ulcer may help treat the infection. In this study, all subjects will be given the necessary supplies and taught how to take care of their foot ulcer. Subjects who are randomly assigned to the gentamicin-collagen sponge treatment group will place a gentamicin-collagen sponge on their ulcer during daily wound care. Subjects who are randomly assigned to the oral levofloxacin treatment group will also perform daily wound care, but they will not be given the gentamicin-collagen sponge. Instead they will be given the antibiotic, levofloxacin to take by mouth during the treatment period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
70
Inserted daily into open ulcer
750mg oral levofloxacin daily
Chesapeake Research Group LLC
Pasadena, Maryland, United States
Number of Participants With a Clinical Outcome of "Clinical Cure"
Number of Participants with a clinical outcome of "clinical cure" at final visit. Clinical Cure is defined as positive clinical response and with pathogen eradication.
Time frame: Final Study Visit (Day 21 [or 28 or 35])
Number of Participants With a Clinical Outcome of "Clinical Cure" in Each Treatment Group
Number of participants with a clinical outcome of "clinical cure" in each treatment group at/by each time point (except the Final Study Visit). Clinical Cure is defined as positive clinical response and with pathogen eradication.
Time frame: Each time point (Day 3, 7 [14 and 21 if necessary])
Time to Baseline Pathogen Eradication
Time frame: assessed at each time point on days 7, 14, 21, time to pathogen eradication from baseline up to day 21 reported
Number of Participants With Complete Wound Closure by Each Visit
Time frame: At each timepoint Day 3, 7, 14 & 21
Time to Clinical Cure
Time to Clinical Cure is measured by days to the first observed cure. Clinical Cure is defined as positive clinical response and with pathogen eradication.
Time frame: Actual time assessed (Day 1, 3, 7 [14 and 21 if necessary] and Day 21 [or 28 or 35])
Time to Pathogen Eradication
Time to Baseline Pathogen Eradication summed
Time frame: Actual time assessed (Day 1-21
Time to Positive Clinical Response
Time frame: (Day 1, 3, 7 [14 and 21 if necessary] and Day 21 [or 28 or 35])
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