Sternal Plating High Risk
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Heart Diseases
In brief
Participants are being invited to participate in a research study at University Hospitals because they have heart disease and are scheduled for open heart surgery. Currently, UH cardiac surgeons close the sternum (or breastbone) after a sternotomy (procedure that allows a doctor to reach the heart and blood vessels) with either a rigid plate fixation Sternal Plate or a Wire Cerclage. However, the study team would like to further evaluate these two techniques. Any volunteer over the age of 18 who is at an increased risk for developing sternal wound complications may be eligible to participate.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06660186
- Run by
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
- People needed
- 250
- Starts
- 2026-03-12
- Expected to finish
- 2027-06-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-04-30
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- University Hospitals — Cleveland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)
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