Static Helical Screw Locking of Pertrochanteric Femur Fractures Using the TFN-A

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFraser Orthopaedic Research Society

About this trial

The study will investigate the shortening and collapse of pertrochanteric fractures following surgical management with the TFN-Advanced nailing system. The focus will be on comparing radiographic assessments of nails which have been statically locked versus dynamically locked. This is a randomized control study with the initial invention being randomized to either statically locking or dynamically locking. For a two-month period, all eligible patients will receive the randomized allocated treatment, then treatment will switch to the alternate treatment for the next two months and will continue to alternate treatments for two-month periods until study enrollment has completed.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Patients >18 years of age

AO/OTA 31-A fractures who the surgeon deems eligible for treatment with a cephalomedullary nail

Open and closed fractures

Ambulatory prior to injury (with or without walking aides)

Disqualifiers

Contralateral hip fracture or hip arthroplasty

Fracture not amenable to treatment with a cephalomedullary nail

Non-ambulatory patient

Fractures >14 days (time of injury to OR)

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Dynamic Rotational Locking
  • Static Locking

Treatment groups

218 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators