Recruiting

Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Sponsor:

Linnea Polgreen

Code:

NCT03942081

Conditions

Foot Ulcer

Foot Ulcer, Diabetic

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Ulcer Measurement Software

Study Details

Brief summary:

All study procedures will occur during one appointment. The research team will measure the size of the foot ulcer (if one is present) and multiple photos will be taken with a smart phone camera and thermal camera. Demographic information will be obtained from the medical record.

Conditions

Foot Ulcer

Foot Ulcer, Diabetic

Study ID

NCT03942081

Start date

Sep 5, 2017

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 21 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes
  • Has a current foot lesion
  • Receiving care through University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) Iowa River Landing Diabetes Clinic, UIHC Internal Medicine Clinic, or UIHC Orthopedic Clinic.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Cognitive impairment that prevents consent
  • Lack of fluency in speaking or understanding English
  • Known aversion to research studies

Study Design

Enrollment

500 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Screening

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Ulcer Measurement and Photo Group

Diabetic patients with foot ulcers being seen in clinic.

no intervention: Healthy Control Group

Patients without foot ulcers being seen in the clinic.

Interventions

Ulcer Measurement Software

Photos being taken of foot ulcers. Software estimation of foot ulcer being compared to actual measured size.

Primary outcome measure

  • Foot Ulcer Size [ Time Frame: 45 minutes ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Linnea Polgreen, PhD

(319) 384-3024linnea-polgreen@uiowa.edu

Shelby L Francis, PhD

319-678-8037shelby-francis@uiowa.edu

Locations

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Recruiting

Iowa City, Iowa, United States, 52242

Contacts

Shelby L Francis, PhD

319-775-0689shelby-francis@uiowa.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Linnea Polgreen

Last update posted

Sep 4, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Linnea Polgreen on 2026-09-04.