Phase III clinical trial: Dermofural®. Mild infection in diabetic foot ulcer

General information

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Acronym of Public Title:

Dermofural® - DFU

Scientific title:

Phase III clinical trial controlled with placebo, randomized, double-blind, for the evaluation of the efficacy and safety of Dermofural® 0.15% ointment as an antibacterial in patients adults with mild infection of diabetic foot ulcers.

Acronym of Scientific Title:

EC III: Dermofural® - DFU

Secondary indentifying numbers:

CBQ/DFU/PD/2200

Issuing authority of the secondary identifying numbers:

Chemical Bioactive Center

Source(s) of monetary or material support:

Chemical Bioactive Center. Provincial Directorate of Health of Villa Clara.

Authorization for beginning

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Regulatory instance to authorize the initiation of the study:

Center for State Control of Drugs, Medical Devices and Equipment (CECMED)

Authorization date :

06/01/2025

Reference number:

06/05.00223MC

Principal investigator

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First name:

Cecilio

Last name:

González Benavides

Medical Specialty :

Specialist of second degree in Angiology and Vascular Surgery. Specialist of first degree in MGI.

Affiliation:

"Arnaldo Milián Castro" University Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital

Postal address:

Avenida Hospital Nuevo e/ Circunvalación y Doble Vía

City:

Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Country:

Cuba

Zip Code:

50100

Telephone:

+53-42270380

Email address:

ceciliogonzalez@infomed.sld.cu

Clinical sites to participate

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Countries of recruitment:

Cuba

Clinical sites:

Villa Clara, Policlínico Santa Clara, Dra. María Luisa González del Sol (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, Policlínico XX Aniversario, Dra. Maritza Artiles Morales (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, Policlínico Marta Abreu, Dra. Haydee López García (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, Policlínico Chiqui Gómez, Dra. Miriam Fernández Castañeda (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, Policlínico José Ramón León Acosta, Dra. Vilma Ferrer Suárez (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, Policlínico Capitán Roberto Fleites, Dra. María Cecilia García Granela (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, Policlínico Juan B Contreras, Dra. Dayrelis Quintero Quintero (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, Policlínico Manuel Piti Fajardo, Dra. Nora Clavelo González (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Villa Clara, 50 Aniversario, Dra. Anabel Enjamio Gallardo (Specialist of first degree in MGI)

Recruitment status

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Recruitment status:

Recruiting

Date of first enrollment:

27/02/2025

Health condition and Intervention

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Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied:

Diabetic foot ulcer with mild infection

Health condition(s) code:

Diabetic Foot

Foot Ulcer

Diabetic Angiopathies

Diabetic Neuropathies

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes Complications

Leg Ulcer

Endocrine System Diseases

Skin Ulcer

Vascular Diseases

Cardiovascular Diseases

Intervention(s):

Group 1 (study) Dermofural®, a daily application of the ointment, for 7 days, topical. First, the lesion will be cleaned with physiological saline at room temperature. After drying, the product will be applied and a bandage will be placed. Group 2 (control) Placebo, a daily application of the ointment, for 7 days, topical. First, the lesion will be cleaned with physiological saline at room temperature. After drying, the placebo will be applied and a bandage will be placed.

Intervention code:

Anti-Bacterial Agents

Anti-Infective Agents

Ointments

Placebos

Intervention keyword:

Dermofural, Topical antibacterial

Outcomes and Timepoint

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Primary outcome(s):

Global response (combination of clinical and microbiological response). It will be evaluated in the categories “Satisfactory” and “Unsatisfactory” where: - Satisfactory: when 48 hours after the last application of the assigned treatment, the response clinical lesion is in the non-infected category (no presence of any signs and symptoms clinical: (inflammation, induration, tenderness, edema, redness, erythema, pain, local heat, hyperesthesia and purulent secretion) and present microbiological response (absence of bacterial growthm in DFU or healed ulcer). Unsatisfactory: when 48 hours after the last application of the assigned treatment, the response clinical presentation of the lesion is in the categories “mild”, “moderate” or “severe” with or without growth bacterial in the DFU, or present clinical response in the “uninfected” category with growth bacterial in the UPD.

Key secondary outcomes:

Safety (identification of adverse events occurring during the application of the test product). Measuring time: daily, during 7 days.. Occurrence (yes/no), Description (EA presented is reported using an accurate medical terminology), Duration (date difference between the beginning and the end of the event), Intensity (mild, moderate or severe), Seriousness (serious/serious or not serious/not serious), Attitude toward the drug (unchanged or permanent discontinuation), Results (recovered, improved persists, worsens, death), Causation (likely/certain, probable, possible, unlikely, unrelated or not evaluable/unclassifiable), Local events (yes/no), Systemic events (yes/no). -Biochemical parameters (Hemoglobin g/L, total leukocyte count cells/L, neutrophils %, lymphocytes %, monocytes %, eosinophils %, basophils %, platelet count cells/L, erythro mm/h, creatinine mmol/L, TGO U/L, TGP U/L). Measuring time: before starting treatment with Dermofural®/placebo and after finishing it. Glycosylated hemoglobin %. Measuring time: before starting treatment with Dermofural®/placebo.

Selection criterias

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Gender:

Male/Female

Minimum age:

19 year

Maximum age:

None

Inclusion criteria:

1. Patients with a microbiological and clinical diagnosis of superficial UPD with mild infection, newly diagnosed or previously treated. 2. Grade 1 UPD according to Wagner's classification. 3. Neuropathic UPD. 4. Time elapsed since the last treatment indicated for UPD ≥ 4 weeks. 5. Patients ≥ 19 years. 6. Patients who express written voluntariness by signing the informed consent to participate in the research.

Exclusion criteria:

1. Pregnancy, postpartum or breastfeeding. 2. Patients with a history of allergy or hypersensitivity to Dermofural®/placebo or any of its components. 3. Patients with decompensated chronic diseases including, but not limited to: diabetes mellitus, venous insufficiency, arterial hypertension, bronchial asthma, interstitial fibrosis, chronic renal failure, ischemic heart disease, symptomatic congestive heart failure, aortic stenosis, endocarditis, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia. 4. Patients who are being treated with immunotherapy or other oncological treatment or who have received it in the last three months prior to this study. 5. Patients with autoimmune diseases. 6. Patients with a history of psychiatric illness or mental incapacity that prevents them from expressing their willingness to participate in the study or hinders their evaluation and treatment. 7. Patients who have recently participated (1 month) or are participating in another clinical trial at the time of selection. 8. Patients with active systemic or local infections that require the use of other antibacterial agents. 9. Patients who have received systemic antibacterial treatment in the 72 hours prior to the time of selection. 10. Patients who fail to comply with at least one of the daily treatments in the pre-inclusion period. When a patient meets the 3rd exclusion criterion, they may be scheduled for a consultation, within a period of time agreed between the doctor and the patient, to re-evaluate their response to the treatment of the chronic disease in question.

Type of population:

Adults

Type of participant:

Patients

Study design

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Type study:

Interventional

Purpose:

Treatment

Allocation:

Randomized controlled trial

Masking:

Double Blind

Control group:

Placebo

Study design:

Parallel

Phase:

3

Target sample size:

164

Contact for public queries

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First Name:

Yenni

Last Name:

González Lugo

Specialty:

Bachelor degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences. Master in Drug research and development.

Affiliation:

Chemical Bioactive Center

Postal Address:

Carretera a Camajuani, Km 5 1/2.

City:

Santa Clara, Villa Clara.

Country:

Cuba

Zip Code:

54830

Telephone:

+53-42281192 +53-42281473

Email :

yennig@uclv.edu.cu

Contact for scientific queries

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First Name:

Cecilio

Last Name:

González Benavides

Specialty:

Specialist of second degree in Angiology and Vascular Surgery. Specialist of first degree in MGI.

Affiliation:

"Arnaldo Milián Castro" University Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital

Postal Address:

Nuevo Hospital e/ Circunvalacion y Doble Via

City:

Santa Clara, Villa Clara.

Country:

Cuba

Zip Code:

50100

Telephone:

+53-42270380

Email :

ceciliogonzalez@infomed.sld.cu

Research Ethics Committees

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Name of Research Ethics Committees:

"Arnaldo Milian Castro" University Clinical-Surgical Provincial Hospital (HAMC)

Budgeted Unit Municipal Health Directorate of Santa Clara

Status of evaluation:

In Evaluation

Status of evaluation date of Ethic Committee:

20/07/2022

Postal address of Ethic Committee :

Avenida Hospital Nuevo e/ Circunvalación y Doble Vía, Santa Clara, Villa Clara.

Buenviaje e/ Maceo y Unión, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Telephone:

+53-42270033

+53-42205483

Email:

danielart@infomed.sld.cu

maritzaba@infomed.sld.cu

About study completion

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Final enrolment number:

0

Study completion date:

15/01/2026

Date of available results:

17/02/2026

Date of first publication:

15/04/2026

Registration and Update

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Primary registry:

RPCEC

Unique ID number:

RPCEC00000423

Date of Registration in Primary Registry:

24/04/2023

Record Verification Date:

2025/01/26

Next update date:

2026/01/26

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