Pelvic Fractures in the Elderly

Pelvic Fracture Clinical Trial

— PelvFx  

Official title:

PelvFx - Pelvic Fractures in the Elderly Patient Influence of Fracture Classification According to Rommens & Hofmann on Mobility, Operation and Independence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03476824
• Other study ID #: 2017-01859; ch18Ramser
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2006
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of the project is to predict the patient under conservative therapy as a function of the patient Classification of Rommens and Hofmann and other potential prognostic factors. A corresponding prognostic score may be used in the future by patients and attending physicians support joint decision between surgical and conservative treatment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 400
• Est. completion date: December 31, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 60 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pelvic fracture after low-energy trauma

• Treatment in the years 2006 to 2016

• patients equal to or older than 60 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pelvic fracture after a high-energy space

• Pathological fracture in the area of a tumor or a bony metastasis

• Existence of a documented refusal

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fractures, Bone
• Hip Fractures
• Pelvic Fracture

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	University Hospital Switzerland, Traumatology	Basel

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	mortality	number of patients who died within one year after pelvic fracture	from pelvic fracture until year 1
Primary	loss of independence	loss of independence defined as number of patients leaving their own home and starting to live in a retirement home or asylum within one year after pelvic fracture	from pelvic fracture until year 1