Nerve stimulation for vascular health in veterans with diabetes or limb loss
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study tests whether a mild electrical stimulation of certain leg nerves can improve blood vessel function and leg health in veterans with diabetic neuropathy or lower limb amputation.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- Be a veteran
- Speak English
- Have diabetic peripheral neuropathy (diagnosed for at least 5 years) or a lower limb amputation (below or above knee)
- If you have an amputation, it must be at least 3 months old
- If you have an amputation, you must have a nerve cuff implanted around your sciatic or tibial nerves (for a specific subgroup)
- Not have severe neurological, vision, hearing, heart, lung, or cognitive conditions
- Not be pregnant
- Not have a history of sensitivity to light
- If you have an amputation, must not have an active skin infection at the residual limb or significant phantom limb pain
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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