CompletedNot Applicable

Immediate Weight Bearing Versus Protected Weight Bearing in Supracondylar Distal Femur Fractures

United States53 participantsStarted 2015-04

Plain-language summary

This study is designed to examine if immediate weight bearing on a distal femur fracture fixed with a primary locking plate, either a distal condylar locking plate or a LISS (less invasive stabilization system), is safe and promotes more rapid fracture healing than partial weight bearing, which is standard of care.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * aged \> 18 yo * distal supracondylar femur fracture (Supracondylar distal femur fractures treated with a locked plate, either a distal condylar locking plate or a LISS (less invasive stabilization system), including peri-prosthetic fractures) * both male and female Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with an intracondylar split, * polytrauma patients with associated trauma that will inhibit their ability to weight bear, * metastatic disease, * incomplete follow up, * subjects with questionable ability to bear weight (ie advanced dementia), * open fractures with bone loss.

What they're measuring

Time to Distal Femur Fracture Healing by Radiographic Evidence

Timeframe: up to 12 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03167099

SponsorWest Virginia University

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-10

Results submitted2022-02-22

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