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Adapting Lifestyle Offloading for DFUs

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by University of Southern California
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorUniversity of Southern California
Started2025-02-10
Est. completion2026-04
Eligibility
Age21 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations1 site

Summary

The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to develop and test a tailored occupational therapist-led lifestyle-focused intervention to aid patients in improving diabetic foot ulcer care. The main questions it aims to answer are to determine the acceptability and feasibility of taking a tailored lifestyle-focused approach as part of comprehensive diabetic foot ulcer management. Patient participants with DFUs who require offloading treatment will receive the tailored lifestyle-focused self-management intervention.

Eligibility

Age: 21 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* English speaking
* Age 21 years or older
* History of active DFU necessitating offloading
* Capacity to provide informed consent
* Access to telehealth (internet connection and equipment)
* Ability to walk independently or with an assistive device
* Self-reported life expectancy of more than one year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Self-reported deafness or blindness
* history of lower extremity amputation besides toes

Conditions3

DiabetesDiabetic FootDiabetic Foot Ulcer

Locations1 site

University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California, 90033
Tze-Woei Tan323-442-6835tze-woei.tan@med.usc.edu

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