Status:

COMPLETED

Supplemental Perioperative Oxygen to Reduce Surgical Site Infection After High Energy Fracture Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Major Extremity Trauma Research Consortium

Conditions:

Post Operative Surgical Site Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-80 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The OXYGEN Study is a double blinded prospective randomized controlled trial that will compare the proportion of surgical site infections within 6 months in patients treated with Supplemental Perioper...

Detailed Description

Primary Objective To compare the proportion of surgical site infections within 6 months in patients treated with Supplemental Perioperative Oxygen compared to those treated without Supplemental Perio...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All "high energy" tibial plateau fractures treated operatively with plate and screw fixation. We define "high energy" tibial plateau fractures as patients who are either:
  • Initially treated with an external fixation and treated more than 7 days later after swelling has resolved.
  • Gustilo Type I, II, and IIIA open fracture, regardless of timing of definitive treatment.
  • All "high energy" pilon (distal tibial plafond) fractures treated operatively with plate and screw fixation. We define "high energy" tibial plateau fractures as patients who are either:
  • Initially treated with an external fixation (with or without fibula fixation or limited internal fixation) and treated definitively more than 7 days later after swelling has resolved.
  • Gustilo Type I, II, and IIIA open fracture, regardless of timing of definitive treatment.
  • All "high energy" calcaneus fractures treated operatively with plate and screw fixation in a staged fashion. We define "high energy" calcaneus fractures as patients who are either:
  • Treated definitively more than 7 days later after swelling has resolved.
  • Gustilo Type Type I, II, and IIIA \[30,31\] open fracture, regardless of timing of definitive treatment.
  • Ages 18 to 80 years
  • Patients may have co-existing infection not at study fracture site, with or without antibiotic treatment.
  • Patients may have risk factors for infection including diabetes, immunosuppression from steroids or other medications, HIV, or other infections.
  • Patients may have a head injury.
  • Patients may be treated initially with a temporary external fixator prior to randomization.
  • Patients may have a portion of the fixation (e.g. fibula fixation in pilon or percutaneous screws across a tibial plateau fracture) prior to definitive plate fixation, at any initial surgery before randomization for definitive fixation.
  • Patients may have other orthopedic and non-orthopaedic injuries.
  • Patients may have pre-existing musculoskeletal injuries, be non ambulators, or have spinal cord injuries.

Exclusion

  • Tibial plateau, pilon, or calcaneus already infected at time of study enrollment.
  • Type IIIB, or IIIC open \[30,31\] fractures
  • Patient speaks neither English nor Spanish.
  • Transfer patients who have already had definitive fixation.
  • Severe problems with maintaining follow-up (e.g. patients who are homeless at the time of injury or those how are intellectually challenged without adequate family support).
  • Patients who are intubated at the time of consent.
  • Patients whose oxygen requirements at the time of surgery would prevent them from participating in either study group will be excluded.
  • History of COPD or any other chronic respiratory disease that renders the patient oxygen dependent at baseline.
  • Current or history of Bleomycin use (chemotherapy use associated with oxygen toxicity).
  • Patient is currently pregnant.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

1000 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01798810

Start Date

June 1 2013

End Date

June 30 2022

Last Update

July 29 2022

Active Locations (2)

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Banner University Medical Center/The CORE Institute

Phoenix, Arizona, United States, 85023

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University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21201