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Surgical Stabilization for Rib Fractures

NCT04081233 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 84

Last updated 2024-04-02

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the usual care alone to usual care plus early surgical stabilization in adult trauma patients who have been admitted with rib fractures, to evaluate for heterogeneity of treatment effect in high risk subgroups and to determine the the impact of multiple rib fractures on post-discharge health status and time to return to work or usual physical activity.

Conditions

  • Trauma Chest
  • Rib Fracture Multiple

Interventions

PROCEDURE

surgical stabilization

Surgical procedure utilizing any commercially available internal rib fixation system

PROCEDURE

Usual care

Usual care typically consists of breathing exercises and pain control,often including opioids

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

    collaborator NIH

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David E Meyer, MD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-23
Primary Completion
2022-12-31
Completion
2022-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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