A Prospective Randomised Multicenter Study Comparing the Sliding Hip Screw and the Intertan Nail in Trochanteric and Subtrochanteric Femoral Fractures

Haukeland University Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Treatment With a New Nail or a Sliding Hip Screw; Trochanteric and Subtrochanteric Hip Fractures

Treatments: Procedure: Intertan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00621088

17972

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a study to compare the new nail "INTERTAN" with a Sliding Hip Screw in treating a specific group of hipfractures (trochanteric and subtrochanteric fractures).

Are there differences in terms of pain, early and late functional mobility and complications between the to implants (and methods of operation)?

Enrollment: 500 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients older than 60 years with a trochanteric or subtrochanteric hip fracture.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with pathologic fractures, patients already included with a fracture on the opposite side.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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500 participants in 1 patient group

Intertan

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Intertan