An interventional study of photobiomodulation in Pressure Ulcer (PU), sponsored by Ankara Medipol University. Enrolling by invitation at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-21.
Sponsored by Ankara Medipol University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Photobiomodulation Group (Intervention Group):
Before the intervention, the patient's skin sensitivity to light will be tested by applying light for 3 minutes to one-fourth of the forearm skin. If redness occurs and persists for more than 2 hours, this indicates photosensitivity, and the intervention will not be performed.
The Patient Information Form will be completed during the first meeting with the patients included in the study. Subsequently, blood values will be determined, the Patient Assessment Form will be filled out, vital signs will be measured, and then the intervention will begin. After routine wound care/cleaning procedures in the intensive care unit, without applying any medication, cream, or lotion to the wound area, red light (660 nm wavelength) will be applied to the wound area for 5 minutes at a distance of 55 cm during the first 3 days, and for 10 minutes at the same distance on the following days. This application will continue once daily for 14 days. Wound assessments will be performed, and photographs will be taken on Day 1, Day 4, Day 7, and Day 14 (Baracho et al., 2021; Viecelli et al., 2024; Lima et al., 2020).
Control Group:
The Patient Information Form will be completed during the first meeting with the patients included in the study. Subsequently, blood values will be determined, the Patient Assessment Form will be filled out, and vital signs will be measured. No intervention will be performed other than the routine wound care procedure carried out in the intensive care unit. Wound assessments will be performed, and photographs will be taken on Day 1, Day 4, Day 7, and Day 14, in the same manner as in the intervention group.
545 studies on the registry are indexed under Pressure Ulcer; 129 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 46 is below the median of 70 across 405 interventional studies indexed under Pressure Ulcer.
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Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
Platelets
Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.
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BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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Metastases
Cancer that has spread from where it began to other parts of the body. “Metastatic” cancer is cancer that has spread this way.
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photobiomodulation intervention group
Device: photobiomodulation
routine hospital care
The effectiveness of photobiomodulation application in chronic wound healing will be evaluated.
The healing of pressure sores in the patients in the experimental group will be faster and more effective than in the control group.
This application will be continued once a day for 14 days and wound evaluation will be made and wound photographs will be taken on days 1, 4, 7 and 14. Wound assessment will be based on Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing-PUSH and wound measurement(diameter).
Time frame: 14 days
Plan to share: Undecided
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Started May 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2027, 10 months after the start.
Of 179 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Pressure Ulcer, half reached primary completion within 11 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 28. This study's planned 10 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 209 studies reached it within 11 months; a quarter within 5 and three quarters within 28.
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