Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

External Fixator or Antibiotic-coated Plate in Severe Open Long Bone Fractures

Lead Sponsor:

Oluwasegun Aremu

Collaborating Sponsors:

Orthopaedic Trauma Association

Conditions:

Fracture Related Infection

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to assess whether infection rate is reduced with use of antibiotic-coated plate in severe open tibial fractures compare to use of external fixators

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age ≥ 18yrs,
  • Gustilo-Anderson IIIA and IIIB open fractures,
  • involvement of any long bone fractures that can be fixed with either plate or uniplanar external fixation,
  • wound can be closed primarily, with skin graft or flap, or can heal secondarily

Exclusion

  • Patients with traumatic brain injury,
  • spinal cord injury,
  • severe burns,
  • 1 long bone fractures,
  • refusal to consent,
  • history of allergies to ceftriaxone or sulbactam,
  • fractures associated with vascular injury
  • and non-compliance with follow-up.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

178 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06193330

Start Date

January 1 2024

End Date

December 31 2026

Last Update

January 5 2024

Active Locations (2)

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1

Federal Medical Centre, Owo

Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria, +234

2

Univeristy College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, +234