Plating Clavicle Fractures

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Clavicle Fracture, Non Union/Malunion

In brief

The anterior-inferior clavicle plate position will have a lower rate of soft tissue irritation that limits activity and/or requires hardware removal compared to superior plate position.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00871468

Run by

United States Army Institute of Surgical Research

People needed

90

Starts

2008-10-01

Expected to finish

2018-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-10-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Active duty, Reservists, National Guard service members
• completely displaced shaft fracture of the clavicle (no cortical contact between the main proximal and distal fragments)
• a fracture involving the middle third of the clavicle (a fracture amenable to plate fixation with a minimum of three screws in each proximal and distal fragment)
• chronic nonunion and malunion fractures
• no medical contraindications to general anesthesia
• provided informed consent.

You may not qualify if…

• an age of less than eighteen years or greater than sixty five years
• a fracture in the proximal or distal third of the clavicle not amenable to plating
• a pathological fracture
• an associated head injury (a Glasgow Coma Scale score of <15 at 21 days after injury)
• an inability to comply with followup
• a medical contraindication to surgery and/or anesthesia (such as heart disease, renal failure, or active chemotherapy)
• a lack of consent.

Where it is running

• William Beaumont Army Medical Center — El Paso, Texas, United States
• US Army Institute of Surgical Research — Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

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