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Trial reportInternational wound journal2013

A prospective, non comparative, multicenter study to investigate the effect of cadexomer iodine on bioburden load and other wound characteristics in diabetic foot ulcers.

Jamie A Schwartz, John C Lantis, Cynthia Gendics, Amy M Fuller, Wyatt Payne, Diane Ochs

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Trial report in International wound journal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jamie A SchwartzDivision of Vascular Clinical Research, Department of Surgery, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. JSchwartz@chpnet.org
John C Lantis
Cynthia Gendics
Amy M Fuller
Wyatt Payne
Diane Ochs
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center · USBay Pines VA Healthcare System · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few studies regarding wound treatment with topical antimicrobials evaluate change in the bacterial bioburden of the wound with treatment. This study sought out to determine the in vivo effect of cadexomer iodine antibacterial dressing on diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) that were infected or achieved a critical level of colonisation, looking specifically at wound progression in relation to bioburden. Fifteen patients corresponding to 16 total DFUs met criteria of displaying clinical signs of infection or critical colonisation and were suitable for a topical antibacterial dressing. They underwent weekly treatment for 6 weeks. Cultures were taken at week 0, 3 and 6 as appropriate. At week 6 median log10 bacterial count reduction of 1.0 was observed from baseline (p = 0·025). At week 3- a median log10 bacterial count reduction of 0.3 was observed from baseline (p = 0·049). Over the study period there was a 53.6% median reduction of the wound surface area. There were no patients that completely healed their ulcer over the 6 week study period. There was a statistically significant median reduction in the bacterial load over the 6 week period (p = 0·025) as well as 3 weeks (p = 0·049). This was accompanied by a median reduction of 53.6% in ulcer surface area and 50% in ulcer depth from baseline to final.

Indexed as

Wound HealingAdministration, TopicalAdultAgedAnti-Infective Agents, LocalBacterial LoadCohort StudiesDiabetic FootFemaleHumansIodophorsLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesWound InfectionAnti-Infective Agents, Localcadexomer iodineIodophors

Identifiers

PMID23136838
PMCPMC7950698
OpenAlexW2076259651

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