Patients with a noninfected neuroischemic diabetic foot ulcer were more likely to achieve wound closure within 20 weeks when randomly assigned a sucrose octasulfate dressing vs. those assigned a standard wound dressing, according to findings published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
“Delayed wound healing in neuroischemic diabetic foot ulcers has been related to excess matrix metalloprotease concentrations; these proteins destroy components of the extracellular matrix and damage growth factors and their receptors that are essential for healing,” Michael Edmonds, MD, of the Diabetic Foot Clinic at King’s College Hospital in London, and colleagues wrote. “Sulfated oligosaccharides are known to have many biological activities; in particular, the potassium salt of sucrose octasulfate has been shown to inhibit matrix metalloproteases and to interact with growth factors and restore their biological functions because it has high charge density.”
Edmonds and colleagues analyzed data from 240 patients with diabetes and a noninfected neuroischemic diabetic foot ulcer of grade IC or IIC, with a wound … read more