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RCT Determining Best Treatment for Geriatric Acetabular Fractures (GeriTab)

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University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Acetabular Fracture

Treatments

Procedure: Open Reduction internal Fixation
Procedure: Open Reduction Internal Fixation with Total Hip Arthroscopy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03419182
HP-00047655

Details and patient eligibility

About

There is debate over the best management for acetabular (hip) fractures that occur within the geriatric population. Geriatric patients, 60 years or older, are at greater risk for operative complications because they tend to have poorer bone quality, complicated fractures, and multiple health problems. Physicians currently have no guidelines as to the best surgical management for these particular fractures, because there is little data on the long-term outcomes of these injuries. The use of internal fixation (a nail or plate) is a standard method for repairing these injuries, however when the injuries are complicated it is predicted to have a poorer outcome than performing internal fixation along with total hip arthroplasty (joint reconstruction). Given the significant problems that result from hip fractures in this population, our study is designed to determine the best method for treatment of acetabular fractures and to clarify the criteria for treatment with guidelines assisting the physician in selecting the appropriate treatment.

Full description

This is a pilot randomized controlled study conducted at Shock Trauma and University of Maryland Medical Center of patients 60 years and older who have sustained an acetabular fracture. Based on the patient's fracture pattern, dome impaction, posterior wall component and femoral head fracture, the patients will be randomized to their treatment arm. One treatment arm will consist of patients who are treated with ORIF alone. The other treatment will undergo ORIF as well as concomitant total hip arthroplasty in the same surgery.

Furthermore the functional status evaluation of each patient will be standardized using the WOMAC (Western Ontario McMaster Universities OA index), a lower extremity specific outcome score that has been validated for use in patients of similar age to our cohort study in osteoarthritis or after total hip arthroplasty; and the SF-36 (Short Form-36) which is a validated general health outcome measure that calculates mental and physical subcomponent scores. Patients will also be assessed using the Harris Hip Score, which has been used for patients with post-traumatic arthritis undergoing conversion to total hip arthroplasty.

All patients will be followed as standard of care for their follow up visits at 6 month and 1 year. As the patient population at Shock Trauma and University of Maryland Medical Center are all treated by the same orthopaedic group, one dedicated investigator will follow their outcomes. To minimize the risk of bias, I, the individual administering the WOMAC or SF-36 will be blinded to the patient's treatment arm. As the patient will be giving consent for their treatment, they cannot be blinded. Also, the surgeons (and the research coordinator) will know which group the patient is in, but the investigator collecting the data will not.

Enrollment

53 patients

Sex

All

Ages

60 to 100 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients 60 years and older at the time of injury who have sustained an acetabular fracture
  • Fluent in the English Language

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients under the Age of 60 years old
  • Patients who are medically contraindicated for surgery
  • Patients who in the surgeon's view will be unable to comply with posterior hip precautions (to prevent dislocation) after surgery
  • In patients with bilateral acetabular fractures, the most severe side will be randomized into the study while the other side will be treated but not included in the study.
  • Open Injuries

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

53 participants in 4 patient groups

RCT - ORIF
Active Comparator group
Description:
A patient in this study arm consents to randomization and receives RCT - ORIF as his/her treatment assignment. He/she will have his/her acetabular fracture treated by open reduction internal fixation.
Treatment:
Procedure: Open Reduction internal Fixation
RCT - (THA) + ORIF
Active Comparator group
Description:
A patient in this study arm consents to randomization and receives RCT - (THA) + ORIF as his/her treatment assignment. He/she will have his/her acetabular fracture treated by open reduction internal fixation with primary total hip arthroplasty.
Treatment:
Procedure: Open Reduction Internal Fixation with Total Hip Arthroscopy
OBS - ORIF
No Intervention group
Description:
A patient in this study arm does not consent to randomization, but does agree to be involved in the observational study. He/she decides, with input from his/her surgeon, to have his/her acetabular fracture treated by open reduction internal fixation.
OBS (THA) + ORIF
No Intervention group
Description:
A patient in this study arm does not consent to randomization, but does agree to be involved in the observational study. He/she decides, with input from his/her surgeon, to have his/her acetabular fracture treated by open reduction internal fixation with primary total hip arthroplasty.

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