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Shear and Pressure Reducing Insoles for the Diabetic Foot

NCT00499356 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 299

Last updated 2007-07-11

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Summary

We evaluated the feasibility of the GlideSoft™ novel insole to reduce pressure and shear forces on the foot. No commercially available insoles are designed to reduce shear. Although insurance providers spend millions on diabetics' therapeutic insoles, there is no scientific data about shear or pressure reduction. We will evaluate the optimal bonded materials from Phase I compared to the Glidesoft™ design using the same combination of viscoelastic materials. We evaluate 2 patient groups of 150 patients per arm (300 total) in an 18 month trial. The control group patient arm wore a traditional bonded insole whereas another the second arm receive the GlideSoft™. At baseline, and at the end of the 18 month trial, in-shoe gait lab and in vitro biomechanical parameters measured pressure, shear, and material properties as these changed with wear. This Phase II eighteen (18) month clinical trial evaluated the effectiveness of ShearSole™ reducing the incidence of diabetic ulcers. The overall study hypothesis was that GlideSoft™ provides significant shear reduction as compared to traditional insoles without sacrificing pressure reduction characteristics or durability.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

pressure reducing insole

DEVICE

GlideSoft®

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Diabetica Solutions Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Kevin R Higgins, DPM

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-05-31
Completion
2005-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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