Effect of Blood Flow by Botulinum Toxin Injection for Severe Peripheral Artery Occlusive Disease

Last updated: March 11, 2025
Sponsor: Yonsei University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

4

Condition

Venous Leg Ulcers

Ulcers

Treatment

Botulinum toxin A

Clinical Study ID

NCT06878482
9-2023-0006
  • Ages > 20
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of subcutaneous injection of botulinum toxin A on wound healing caused by lower extremity ischemia.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Age ≥ 20 years old

  2. Patients who have a lower extremity wound among those who have been diagnosed withmoderate or severe lower extremity ischemia

  3. Patients who are unable to perform additional procedures (angioplasty, etc.) byperforming peripheral vascular examination and CT angiography

  4. Wound size ≥ 1x1cm2 to ≤ 3x3cm2

  5. Patients who can follow the clinical trial procedure well and abide by the visitschedule

  6. Written informed consent to participate in the study after having fully understoodthe contents of the protocol and restrictions.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Patients with diseases that can affect neuromuscular function, such as myastheniagravis, Eaton-Lamberton syndrome, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and motorneuropathy

  2. Within 4 weeks before screening, aminoglycoside antibiotics, curare-like agents, ordrugs that inhibit neuromuscular function (muscle relaxants, anticholinergics,benzodiazepines, benzamides, tetracyclines, Rinco Those who have taken mycinantibiotics, etc.)

  3. Those taking aspirin, NSAIDs or anticoagulants within 7 days before screening

  4. Those who have received botulinum toxin preparations within 3 months beforescreening

  5. Angiography or CT angiography If one or more of the three major blood vessels in thelower extremity are open

  6. Cases in which blood flow to the lower extremities can be preserved by performingballoon angioplasty even if all three major blood vessels in the lower extremity areblocked

  7. Those who are currently taking steroids or immunosuppressants that affect wounds, orthose who have taken them within one month of screening

  8. Those who have applied injection drugs or wound coverings that help improve woundswithin 1 week of screening

  9. Women who are pregnant, lactating, planning to become pregnant during the clinicalperiod, or women of childbearing age who are not using available contraceptivemethods (women of childbearing age must be negative in the pregnancy test prior toinjection).

  10. Those who are allergic or sensitive to botulinum toxin

  11. Those who have participated in another clinical trial within 30 days beforescreening or those who have not passed the half-life of the investigational productof the clinical trial that they participated in, whichever is longer.

  12. Those who are not suitable for this clinical trial under the judgment of otherinvestigators

Study Design

Total Participants: 15
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Botulinum toxin A
Phase: 4
Study Start date:
April 17, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
March 31, 2026

Study Description

Tissues below the calf are governed by blood flow from the anterior tibial artery, peroneal artery, and posterior tibial artery. When an ulcer occurs due to acute lower extremity ischemia, one of the three blood vessels is blocked by a blood clot, or when the blood vessel is narrowed due to perivascular inflammation, such as Buerger's disease, it occurs in a subacute or chronic form. In particular, in the case of elderly patients with ulcers or diabetic feet due to lower extremity ischemia, the symptoms are often worsened by chronic narrowing of blood vessels due to arteriosclerosis or blockage by blood clots. To treat this, prostaglandin or antithrombotic drugs are taken, and blood flow is resumed through stent surgery, but in the lower extremities, the recurrence rate is relatively high because the blood vessels are smaller than the iliac artery, femoral artery, and popliteal artery.

Botulinum toxin is known to have a positive effect on wound healing and blood flow improvement. Botulinum toxin has been published several times in papers showing its spasmolytic effect by participating in the radiographic hip osteoarthritis Ras homolog A (RhoA)/Rock-assisted protein kinase (ROCK) pathway. In addition, botulinum toxin has a vasodilating effect related to the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) pathway, and is involved in increasing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) from NO-mediated angiogenesis, inhibiting vasoconstriction, increasing blood flow rate, and promoting angiogenesis.

In this study, in patients with chronic wounds on the feet, whose lower extremity blood vessels circulate mainly through collateral circulation, subcutaneous injection of Botulinum toxin in and around the wound improves blood flow around the wound and confirms the degree of wound healing.

Connect with a study center

  • Yongin Severance Hospital

    Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do 16995
    Korea, Republic of

    Active - Recruiting

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