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InterTAN IM Nail Versus Sliding Hip Screw in Geriatric Fractures

NCT00664950 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2015-09-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Elderly patients with an intertrochanteric hip fracture will be randomized to receive either a sliding hip screw (SHS) (control group) or InterTAN intermedullary nail (IMN) (experimental group) for surgical fixation of their hip fracture. This study will assess functional and mortality outcomes for elderly patients with hip fractures.

Conditions

  • Hip Fractures

Interventions

DEVICE

sliding hip screw

surgical repair of hip fracture using conventional sliding hip screw

DEVICE

IntertAn IM nail

interTAN IM nail

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Orthopaedic Research Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David Sanders, MD · London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

  • Dianne Bryant · Western University, Canada

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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