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HIV in Orthopaedic Skeletal Trauma Study

NCT03131947 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 420

Last updated 2018-05-22

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Adult patients \> 18 years with fresh (within 2 weeks of injury), closed and open, tibia and femur fractures who undergo IM nailing for fracture fixation will be eligible for the study. Participants will be recruited over 24 months. Participants will undergo a baseline questionnaire, HIV testing and assessment of their BMD. They will be followed up at 6 weeks, and 3, 6 and 12 months. All adult patients who develop delayed bone union at 6 month follow up will be considered cases. Adult patients who show evidence of radiological union at 6 months or less will be considered controls.

Conditions

  • Fracture Healing in HIV-positive Patients

Interventions

OTHER

HIV positive patients

As above

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Professor David Lalloo

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Professor Hamish Simpson

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Professor William J Harrison

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Professor Sithombo Maqungo

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Wellcome Trust Liverpool Glasgow Centre for Global Health Research

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-09-28
Primary Completion
2019-08-31
Completion
2019-08-31

Countries

  • South Africa

Study Locations

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