Ankle Fracture Treatment in the Elderly

Ankle Fracture Clinical Trial

Official title:

Ankle Fracture Treatment in the Elderly, at Risk Population

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01444144
• Other study ID #: 146-2011
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 26, 2011
• Last updated: September 29, 2017
• Start date: March 2011
• Est. completion date: April 3, 2011

Study information

• Verified date: September 2017
• Source: University of Florida
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to track surgical outcomes and post-operative course in patients 55 years of age or older treated for ankle fractures.

Description:

This study seeks to describe and track surgical outcomes associated with the use of a minimally invasive surgical technique used to treat ankle fractures in at-risk patients 55 years of age or older

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 118
• Est. completion date: April 3, 2011
• Est. primary completion date: April 3, 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 55 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• at least 55 years of age at time of surgery

• receiving treatment for ankle fractures

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ankle Fracture
• Ankle Fractures
• Fractures, Bone

Intervention

Other:
• Fracture union
Retrospective records review post-operatively until fracture resolved.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	UF&Shands Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute	Gainesville	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Florida

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Status of Fracture Union	Retrospective records review tracking ankle fractures post-operatively until fracture heals.	Post-operatively until documentation of fracture healing, assessed up to seven months following surgery.
Secondary	Post-operative Complications	Retrospective record review tracking complications post-operatively until resolved.	Post-operatively until documentation that complications resolved, assessed up to seven months following surgery.