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Tension Band Versus Locking Plate Fixation for the Treatment of Patella Fractures

NCT04891549 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 122

Last updated 2026-01-15

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Summary

This study is a multicenter pragmatic, prospective, assessor-blinded, randomized independent clinical trial in which we compare locking plate fixation to standard tension band fixation in patients with patella fractures.

Conditions

  • Patella Fracture
  • Surgery
  • Orthopedic Disorder

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Tension band fixation

Fracture fixation of the patella fracture with tension band.

PROCEDURE

Plate fixation

Fracture fixation of the patella fracture with a plate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Randers Regional Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Regional Hospital Hjoerring

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Regional Hospital Kolding

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Viborg Regional Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • Rasmus Elsøe

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rasmus Elsoe, MD, PhD · Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark

  • Peter Larsen, PT, PhD · Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-09-01
Primary Completion
2025-09-30
Completion
2025-09-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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