Cytomedix Announces Favorable Results from Diabetic Foot Ulcer Clinical Trial

Cytomedix Inc. (Rockville, Md) announces that the audit of its clinical investigational sites and trial results for diabetic foot ulcers is complete. The company began this audit with the assistance of an independent consultant, a former US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) branch chief responsible for bioresearch monitoring.

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A healthy 55-year-old man suffered a superficial skin abrasion to the left medial ankle while working at a sewage treatment plant. The abrasion progressed to a shallow ulcer with surrounding erythema over the next 4 to 5 days. A worsening course over the following 3 weeks prompted referral to the authors’ facility for further evaluation. Initial examination revealed an exquisitely tender, shallow ulcer, measuring approximately 8 cm x 5 cm with a necrotic base and extensive surrounding erythema (Figure 1).