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Table 1 Demographics, wound size, revascularization and wound surgery before study start in the PP population

From: NPWT resource use compared with standard moist wound care in diabetic foot wounds: DiaFu randomized clinical trial results

Baseline parameter of the PP population

NPWT

SMWC

Study participants in the population, No.

44

110

Age in years, Mean (SD)

66.5 (11.0)

67.8 (10.4)

Sex, No. (%)

 Male

29 (65.9)

84 of 110 (76.4)

 Female

15 (34.1)

26 of 110 (23.6)

Wound surface area at randomization calculated from CRF entries (width and length), mm2

 Study participants with data available (used from screening), No.

43 (1)

110 (0)

 Mean (SD)

964 (1392)

878 (1266)

 Min-Max

20 - 7536

12 - 7654

Wound volume at randomization calculated from CRF entries (width, length and depth), mm3

 Study participants with data available (used from screening), No.

43 (1)

110 (0)

 Mean (SD)

33,359 (95748)

14,742 (36523)

 Min-Max

94 - 602,880

0 - 306,150

Study participants with revascularization before study start, No. (%)

1 (2.3)

8 (7.3)

 Study participants with Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA), No. (%)

0 of 1 (0)

5 of 8 (62.5)

 Study participants with PTA and Stent, No. (%)

0 of 1 (0)

0 of 8 (0)

 Study participants with Venous Bypass, No. (%)

1 of 1 (100)

0 of 8 (0)

 Study participants with Polytetrafluoroethylene Bypass, No. (%)

0 of 1 (0)

1 of 8 (12.5)

 Study participants with Thromboendarterectomy, No. (%)

0 of 1 (0)

0 of 8 (0)

 Study participants with Thromboendarterectomy and Patch plastic, No. (%)

0 of 1 (0)

2 of 8 (25.0)

 Study participants with multi-level reconstruction, No. (%)

0 of 1 (0)

0 of 8 (0)

Study participants with wound surgery at the study wound site before treatment start, No. (%)

31 (70.5)

83 (75.5)

 Study participants with surgical debridement, No. (%)

13 of 31 (41.9)

41 of 83 (49.4)

 Study participants with major amputations, No. (%)

0 of 31 (0)

0 of 83 (0)

 Study participants with minor amputations, No. (%)

3 of 31 (9.7)

19 of 83 (22.9)

 Study participants with minor amputations in the border zone to vital tissues, necrosectomy and debridement, No. (%)

15 of 31 (48.4)

23 of 83 (27.7)