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Not yet recruitingNCT07290673Updated Mar 9, 2026

Evaluating the Efficacy of FoundationDRS Solo in Addition to Standard of Care for the Treatment of Non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers

An interventional study of FoundationDRS Solo and Standard of Care in Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU), sponsored by Samaritan Biologics. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-03-09.

Sponsored by Samaritan Biologics · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
124
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if using FoundationDRS Solo improves healing of chronic, non-healing foot ulcers in diabetic patients.

The main question that this study aims to answer is:

Does FoundationDRS Solo, when used in conjunction with standard of care wound management techniques, result in a higher percentage of target ulcers achieving complete closure (i.e. healing) as compared to ulcers being treated with standard of care alone after 12 weeks of treatment.

One ulcer on each participant's foot will receive weekly applications of 1) FoundationDRS Solo and standard of care wound management or 2) standard of care wound management alone. Pictures of the ulcer and measurements of its size will be measured every week to track its healing progress over a total treatment period of 12 weeks. Additionally, the participants will be asked to fill out a questionnaire about the wound impacts their life and their quality of life.

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Patients with diabetes often develop ulcers on their lower extremities. While some ulcers can be managed using standard of care wound management techniques including debridement, moist dressings, infection control and off-loading, many develop into chronic, non-healing wounds. Chronic non-healing wounds can lead to higher risk of infection, amputation and decreased quality of life.

Advanced wound therapies aim to promote rapid and complete healing of chronic wounds. Examples of an advanced wound therapies include scaffolds that contain and / or mimic the structure and function of the natural extracellular matrix of tissue. Several biomimetic scaffolds have been cleared for the management of a variety of wounds (including DFU's) by the US FDA.

The focus of this clinical trial is to determine the clinical utility of treating diabetic foot ulcers with weekly applications of FoundationDRS Solo in addition to standard of care wound management techniques compared to applying standard of care wound management only.

It is hypothesized that the addition of FoundationDRS Solo to standard of care treatment will result in a higher percentage of ulcers achieving complete closure (i.e. healing) compared to ulcer being treated with standard of care alone after 12 weeks of treatment.

To test this hypothesis the study will consist of patients who will undergo standard of care for 4-weeks prior to entering a 12-week treatment phase. During the 4-week standard of care phase, patients meeting inclusion criteria (including confirmation that ulcer does not reduce in area by more than 50%) will be randomized into the treatment groups. During the 12-week treatment phase, index wounds will be treated weekly with FoundationDRS Solo and standard of care or standard of care alone.

Evaluation of data (outcome measures) associated with the trial will include intent to treat and per protocol analyses which will be performed by at least one blinded statistician and investigator.

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Conditions studied

  • Diabetic Foot Ulcer (DFU)

Keywords

  • Diabetes
  • Diabetic Foot
  • Allograft
  • Scaffold
  • Wound Healing
  • Advanced Wound Care
  • Comparative Effectiveness
  • Lower Extremity Ulcer
  • Time to heal
  • Treatment
  • Diabetes Complication
  • Skin Ulcer
  • Neuropathy
  • Peripheral artery disease
  • Ischemia
  • Wagner Grade
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In context

Diabetic Foot

1,077 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetic Foot; 222 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 124 is above the median of 60 across 847 interventional studies indexed under Diabetic Foot.

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Lead sponsor

Samaritan Biologics is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. 1. Subjects must be at least 18 years of age or older.
  2. Subjects must have a diagnosis of type 1 or 2 Diabetes mellitus requiring treatment with oral medications and/or insulin replacement therapy.
  3. At randomization subjects must have a target ulcer with a minimum surface area of 1.0 cm2 and a maximum surface area of 20.0 cm2 measured post debridement prior to randomization at treatment visit 1 (TV1).
  4. The target ulcer must have been present for a minimum of 4 weeks and is unresponsive (defined by less than 50% wound area reduction) to standard wound care.
  5. The target ulcer must be located on the foot with at least 50% of the ulcer below the malleolus.
  6. The target ulcer must be Wagner 1 or 2 grade, extending at least through the dermis or subcutaneous tissue and may involve the muscle provided it is below either malleoli.
  7. The affected limb must have adequate perfusion confirmed by vascular assessment. Any of the following methods performed within 3 months of the first screening visit are acceptable:

    1. ABI between 0.7 and ≤ 1.3;
    2. TBI ≥ 0.6;
    3. TCOM ≥ 40 mmHg;
    4. PVR: biphasic;
    5. skin perfusion pressure (SPP) ≥ 30 mmHg.
  8. If the subject has two or more ulcers, they must be separated by at least 2 cm. The largest ulcer satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be designated as the target ulcer.
  9. The index ulcer has been offloaded with protocol defined offloading device for at least 14 days prior to randomization (i.e. Screening through TV1/Randomization).
  10. The potential subject must consent to using the prescribed offloading method for the duration of the study.
  11. The potential subject must agree to attend the weekly study visits required by the protocol.
  12. The potential subject must be willing and able to participate in the process.
  13. Index ulcer and/or index ulcer limb may have had prior infection(s), but must be adequately treated and controlled as defined by IDSA Guidelines Grade level 1 (Appendix L).
  14. The index ulcer has a clean base and is free from necrotic debris at time of placement of product / treatment.
  15. Negative pregnancy test for females of (e.g., not for at least one yar or surgically sterile). Females of childbearing potential must be willing to use acceptable methods of (birth control pills, barriers, or abstinence) starting at Screening and continuing through the duration of their study participation.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. The target ulcer has been present for more than 52 weeks.
  2. The ulcer includes exposed tendon or bone.
  3. The potential subject is known to have a of \< 6 months.
  4. The potential subject's target ulcer is not secondary to diabetes.
  5. The target ulcer is infected or has cellulitis in the surrounding skin.
  6. There is evidence of osteomyelitis complicating the target ulcer.
  7. The potential subject has an infection in the target ulcer or in a remote location that requires systemic antibiotic therapy.
  8. The potential subject is receiving (including systemic at doses greater than 10 mg of Prednisone per day or equivalent) or cytotoxic chemotherapy.
  9. The potential subject has applied topical steroids to the ulcer surface within one month of initial screening.
  10. The potential subject has a previous partial amputation on the affected foot that resulted in a deformity impeding proper offloading of the target ulcer.
  11. A potential subject must be excluded if either of the following conditions are met:

Condition A (Overall 4-week reduction)

The surface are of the target ulcer has decreased by more than 50% over the 4 weeks prior to Treatment Visit 1, which includes:

The historical run-in period, and

The 2-week Screening Phase.

OR

Condition B (Sequential reductions across both phases)

Both of the following are true:

  1. During the historical run-in period (the 2-weeks prior to the Screening Visit):

    The target ulcer surface area decreases by more than 25%.

  2. During the active 2-week Screening Phase (from Screening Visit 1 [SV1] to Treatment Visit 1 [TV1]):

The target ulcer surface area decreases by an additional 25% or more.

12. The surface area of the potential subject's target ulcer has reduced in size by more than 50% in the 4 weeks prior to Treatment Visit 1 (i.e. 2-week historical run-in and 2-week screening phase).

13. The potential subject has (HbA1c) greater than or equal to 12% within 3 months of the initial screening visit.

14. The potential subject has an acute Charcot foot, or an inactive Charcot foot, that impedes proper offloading of the target ulcer.

15. The potential subject is pregnant or considering becoming pregnant within the next 6 months.

16. The potential subject has major uncontrolled medical disorders such as serious cardiovascular, renal, liver or pulmonary disease, lupus, palliative care or sickle cell anemia.

17. Participation in a clinical trial involving treatment with an product within the previous 30 days.

18. The potential subject has, in the opinion of the investigator, a medical or psychological condition that may interfere with study assessments.

19. The potential subject is treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy or cellular, acellular and matrix-like products (CAMPS) in the 30 days prior to the initial screening visit .

20. The potential subject has a score of less than 17 and is considered malnourished according to the Mini Nutritional Assessment (MNA).

21. Presence of any condition(s) which seriously compromises the subject's ability to complete this study or has a known history of poor adherence to medical treatment.

22. Subject has ulcers that are completely necrotic or fibrotic tissue. 23. Subject currently being treated for an active malignant disease or subjects with history of within the ulcer.

24. Known to or known allergies to any of the Foundation DRS Solo components.

25. Presence of diabetes with poor metabolic control as documented with an HbA1c ≥12.0 within 30 days of randomization (TV1).

26. Index ulcer and/or index limb with presence of gangrene or unstable ischemia at the initial screening visit (SV1).

27. Index ulcer in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, is suspicious for cancer and should undergo an ulcer to rule out a neoplasm of the ulcer.

28. Any finding, in the judgment of the Principal Investigator, that would place the subject at health risk, impact the study, or affect the completion of the study.

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

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Life expectancy

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Immunosuppression

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HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

Investigational drug or device

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Cancer (malignancy)

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Contraindication

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Biopsy and archival tissue

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
124 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    FoundationDRS Solo

    FoundationDRS Solo is a porous, degradable composite scaffold composed of chitosan and chondroitin sulfate

    Other: FoundationDRS Solo · Other: Standard of Care

  • Active comparator
    Standard of Care

    Standard of care (SOC) will include cleansing of the index wound with sterile normal saline solution, followed by sharp debridement to remove necrotic tissue, application of appropriate dressings and wound off-loading.

    Other: Standard of Care

Interventions

  • OtherFoundationDRS Solo

    FoundationDRS Solo is a porous, degradable composite scaffold composed of chitosan and chondroitin sulfate

    Also known as: Foundation DRS

  • OtherStandard of Care

    Standard of care (SOC) will include cleansing of the index wound with sterile normal saline solution, followed by sharp debridement to remove necrotic tissue, application of appropriate dressings and wound off-loading

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of Complete Wound Closure

    The percentage of wounds completely healed. Complete healing will be defined as 100% epithelialization without drainage and need for dressing or wound size ≤ 0.1cm\^2 as determined by the site investigator and validated by a blinded review board.

    Time frame: 12-weeks following study screening phase

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time to wound closure

    Time to wound closure over 12 weeks will be determined via a Kaplan-Meier analysis

    Time frame: 12-weeks following study screening phase

  2. Percent reduction in wound area

    Percent reduction of wound area \[(Ai-Axw\]) / Ai\] x100, where Ai is the area of the index wound at randomization, Axw is the wound area at weekly intervals.

    Time frame: 12-weeks following study screening phase

  3. Adverse Events

    A symptom, sign, illness or experience that develops or worsens in severity during the course of the study. Intercurrent illnesses or injuries will be regarded as adverse events. Abnormal results of laboratory or diagnostic procedures are considered to be adverse events if the abnormality: Leads to study withdrawal. Is associated with a serious adverse event. Is associated with clinical signs or symptoms. Leads to additional treatment or to further diagnostic tests. Is considered by the Investigator to be of clinical significance

    Time frame: 12-weeks following study screening phase

  4. Wound Quality of life (Wound-QoL) questionnaire

    Average scores will range from 0 (lowest score) to 4 (highest score), with a higher score indicating that the wound effected the subject's quality of life more severely.

    Time frame: 12-weeks following study screening phase

Other outcomes

  1. Proportion of ulcers that completely heal in patients 65 years or older

    Proportion of ulcers that completely heal in patients 65 years or older for CAMP plus SOC versus SOC alone

    Time frame: 12-weeks following study screening phase

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Study locations

1 site
  • Alma Medical and Research Services
    Hollywood, Florida 33021, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Apr 2026; primary completion for Oct 2027, 18 months later.

Of 103 industry-sponsored interventional studies with no phase under Diabetic Foot, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 40. This study's planned 18 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 343 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 39.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Oct 30, 2025
First posted
Dec 18, 2025
StartEst.
Apr 1, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Oct 1, 2027
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2027
Last update
Mar 9, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 9, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07290673
Lead sponsor
Samaritan Biologics
Collaborators
Emergent Clinical Consulting, LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 18, 2025
Start date
Apr 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Oct 1, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 9, 2026

Study contacts

Jeremy J Mercuri, PhD
Contact
jmercuri@samaritanbiologics.com
484-883-2033
Jerry Chang, BS
Contact
jchang@samaritanbiologics.com
352-256-2707

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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