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External Fixator or Antibiotic-coated Plate in Severe Open Long Bone Fractures

NCT06193330 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 178

Last updated 2024-01-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess whether infection rate is reduced with use of antibiotic-coated plate in severe open tibial fractures compare to use of external fixators

Conditions

  • Fracture Related Infection

Interventions

PROCEDURE

antibiotic-coated plate

A plate for fixing long bone fractures is coated with antibiotics cement prepared in theatre

PROCEDURE

external fixator

external fixators are applied to participants with severe long bone fractures

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Orthopaedic Trauma Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • Oluwasegun Aremu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Oluwasegun Aremu · University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-02-14
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • Nigeria

Study Locations

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