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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02534259
Other study ID # STUDY00002137
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date August 2015
Est. completion date March 14, 2018

Study information

Verified date February 2019
Source Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of this study is to develop methods for using forces measured on circular external fixators to predict the state of individual patient's healing of severe tibial fractures and defects.


Description:

Patients receiving external fixators for tibial fractures and defects will be recruited. Normal struts on the device will be substituted with similar but instrumented struts which enable force measurement. During clinical visits, forces in the fixator, plus foot forces, will be measured during ambulation. Changes in force measurements across treatment and bone healing will be analyzed.

Severe fractures in the lower limb are associated with high energy trauma in both civilian and military patients,and are sometimes treated with external fixation devices to stabilize the bone until healing has occurred. The devices are kept on the patient for up to a year or more at significant cost, intrusiveness, and risk of infection. The clinician must decide when to remove the device such that adequate healing has occurred and the bone will not re-fracture, but healing rates are variable and x-rays can be misleading. The clinician must also identify when a patient is starting to progress poorly and an early revision surgery is needed to prevent further complications.

The investigators' goal is to develop novel approaches for instrumenting and collecting mechanical data from orthopaedic braces and devices, and identifying new methodologies for interpreting this large volume of functional data for optimizing personalized treatment. The present study is focused on external fixators. Strain gauges will be adhered to the fixators so that fixator forces can be measured during clinical visits. In this pilot study the investigators will develop methods to predict healing based on these measured forces.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 6
Est. completion date March 14, 2018
Est. primary completion date March 14, 2018
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years to 80 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

1. 18 to 80 years of age

2. Patients scheduled to undergo or currently undergoing treatment at Hershey Medical Center for tibia fracture and/or defect using a circular external fixator including Ilizarov and Taylor Spatial Frame types.

3. Ability to perform study procedures including ambulation (with assistance device if needed)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. External fixator design that cannot be suitably instrumented for force measurements due to space constraints or other issues

2. Axially stable fracture

3. Inability to understand English

4. Inability to provide informed consent

5. Difficulty maintaining follow-up

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Other:
Force monitoring of external fixator struts


Locations

Country Name City State
United States Penn State Hershey Medical Center Hershey Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Radiographic and other clinical assessment of bone healing during clinical visits Simultaneously measured during outcome 1 measurements Approximately 5 times across treatment, with treatment lasting months to a year or more
Primary Forces measured in the external fixator during ambulation during clinical visits Approximately 5 times across treatment, with treatment lasting months to a year or more
Secondary Forces measured in instrumented insoles during ambulation during clinical visits Simultaneously measured during outcome 1 measurements Approximately 5 times across treatment, with treatment lasting months to a year or more
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