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

NCT ID: NCT06193330

Last Updated: 2024-01-05

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

178 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-01-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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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

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Fracture Related Infection

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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antibiotic-coated plate

participants will receive antibiotic-coated plate for treatment of their type III open long bone fractures

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

antibiotic-coated plate

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

A plate for fixing long bone fractures is coated with antibiotics cement prepared in theatre

External Fixator

participants will receive external fixator for treatment of their type III open long bone fractures

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

external fixator

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

external fixators are applied to participants with severe long bone fractures

Interventions

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antibiotic-coated plate

A plate for fixing long bone fractures is coated with antibiotics cement prepared in theatre

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

external fixator

external fixators are applied to participants with severe long bone fractures

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 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 Criteria

* 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.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Orthopaedic Trauma Association

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Oluwasegun Aremu

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Oluwasegun Aremu

DR

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Oluwasegun Aremu

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Locations

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Federal Medical Centre, Owo

Owo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Site Status

Univeristy College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Site Status

Countries

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Nigeria

Central Contacts

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Oluwasegun Aremu

Role: CONTACT

+2347069414622

Olugboyega Oyewole

Role: CONTACT

+2348023657211

Facility Contacts

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Oluwasegun Aremu

Role: primary

+2347069414622

Olugboyega Oyewole

Role: backup

+2348023657211

References

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Diwan A, Eberlin KR, Smith RM. The principles and practice of open fracture care, 2018. Chin J Traumatol. 2018 Aug;21(4):187-192. doi: 10.1016/j.cjtee.2018.01.002. Epub 2018 Feb 21.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 29555119 (View on PubMed)

Blease R, Kanlic E. Management of open fractures. Bosn J Basic Med Sci. 2005 Nov;5(4):14-21. doi: 10.17305/bjbms.2005.3224.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16351592 (View on PubMed)

Odatuwa-Omagbemi DO. Open fractures: epidemiological pattern, initial management and challenges in a sub-urban teaching hospital in Nigeria. Pan Afr Med J. 2019 Jul 19;33:234. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2019.33.234.18141. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31692766 (View on PubMed)

Ikem IC, Oginni LM, Bamgboye EA. Open fractures of the lower limb in Nigeria. Int Orthop. 2001;25(6):386-8. doi: 10.1007/s002640100277.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11820448 (View on PubMed)

Conway JD, Hlad LM, Bark SE. Antibiotic cement-coated plates for management of infected fractures. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2015 Feb;44(2):E49-53.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25658083 (View on PubMed)

Ifesanya AO, Alonge TO. Operative stabilization of open long bone fractures: A tropical tertiary hospital experience. Niger Med J. 2012 Jan;53(1):16-20. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.99825.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23271839 (View on PubMed)

Ifesanya AO, Ogundele OJ, Ifesanya JU. Orthopaedic surgical treatment delays at a tertiary hospital in sub Saharan Africa: Communication gaps and implications for clinical outcomes. Niger Med J. 2013 Nov;54(6):420-5. doi: 10.4103/0300-1652.126301.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 24665159 (View on PubMed)

Metsemakers WJ, Morgenstern M, McNally MA, Moriarty TF, McFadyen I, Scarborough M, Athanasou NA, Ochsner PE, Kuehl R, Raschke M, Borens O, Xie Z, Velkes S, Hungerer S, Kates SL, Zalavras C, Giannoudis PV, Richards RG, Verhofstad MHJ. Fracture-related infection: A consensus on definition from an international expert group. Injury. 2018 Mar;49(3):505-510. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2017.08.040. Epub 2017 Aug 24.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28867644 (View on PubMed)

Aremu O, Oyewole O, Ifesanya A, Olawoye O, Ogunlade O. Use of antibiotic-cement coated plate in the treatment of Gustilo-Anderson type III long bone fractures in low- and middle-income countries vs external fixation: A multicentre randomized control trial study protocol. Injury. 2024 Aug;55(8):111637. doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2024.111637. Epub 2024 May 28.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38824836 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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interventional

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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