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Adapting Lifestyle Offloading for DFUs
Adapting a Lifestyle-based Offloading Intervention in Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Who can join
Ages 21 and older · All sexes
Full eligibility criteria
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
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- Lifestyle-based intervention by an occupational therapist (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of Southern California · Participants: 20 · Started: Feb 10, 2025
Contact the study team
- Tze Woei Tan · Phone: 3234426835
- Jason Garcia · Phone: 3234426835
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06278935
Locations in the U.S.
| California | University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.