Trial Outcomes & Findings for Comparative Evaluation of External Chest Wall Fixator Treatment Effectiveness in Patients With Rib Fractures (NCT NCT06448078)

NCT ID: NCT06448078

Last Updated: 2024-11-08

Results Overview

Pain level of patients on the 10th day, 1st month and 3rd month (Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) will be used to assess pain level.Pain level will be scored between 1 and 10.Higher scores represent worse outcomes.)

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

34 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

3 months

Results posted on

2024-11-08

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Case Group
External chest wall fixator will be applied to the rib fracture area in the case group External chest wall fixator: External chest wall fixator is applied in the form of external bonding to the rib fracture area
Control Group
No intervention will be made to the control group
Overall Study
STARTED
14
20
Overall Study
COMPLETED
14
20
Overall Study
NOT COMPLETED
0
0

Reasons for withdrawal

Withdrawal data not reported

Baseline Characteristics

Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Case Group
n=14 Participants
External chest wall fixator will be applied to the rib fracture area in the case group External chest wall fixator: External chest wall fixator is applied in the form of external bonding to the rib fracture area
Control Group
n=20 Participants
No intervention will be made to the control group
Total
n=34 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
59.50 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 19.55 • n=14 Participants
52.50 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.80 • n=20 Participants
55.38 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 16.51 • n=34 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
4 Participants
n=14 Participants
4 Participants
n=20 Participants
8 Participants
n=34 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
10 Participants
n=14 Participants
16 Participants
n=20 Participants
26 Participants
n=34 Participants
Race and Ethnicity Not Collected
0 Participants
Race and Ethnicity were not collected from any participant.
Region of Enrollment
Turkey
14 participants
n=14 Participants
20 participants
n=20 Participants
34 participants
n=34 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 3 months

Population: first month pail level

Pain level of patients on the 10th day, 1st month and 3rd month (Visual Analogue Pain Scale (VAS) will be used to assess pain level.Pain level will be scored between 1 and 10.Higher scores represent worse outcomes.)

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Case Group
n=14 Participants
External chest wall fixator will be applied to the rib fracture area in the case group External chest wall fixator: External chest wall fixator is applied in the form of external bonding to the rib fracture area
Control Group
n=20 Participants
No intervention will be made to the control group
Pain Level
1.79 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 0.80
2.85 score on a scale
Standard Deviation 1.53

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 3 months

Number of participants who developed complications

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Case Group
n=14 Participants
External chest wall fixator will be applied to the rib fracture area in the case group External chest wall fixator: External chest wall fixator is applied in the form of external bonding to the rib fracture area
Control Group
n=20 Participants
No intervention will be made to the control group
Complications
2 Participants
8 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 3 months

Duration of hospital stay of patients (days)

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Case Group
n=14 Participants
External chest wall fixator will be applied to the rib fracture area in the case group External chest wall fixator: External chest wall fixator is applied in the form of external bonding to the rib fracture area
Control Group
n=20 Participants
No intervention will be made to the control group
Hospital Stay
2.00 day
Standard Deviation 0.784
2.70 day
Standard Deviation 0.979

Adverse Events

Case Group

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Control Group

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Additional Information

Gizem Kececi Ozgur

Ege University

Phone: +90 506 678 71 28

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place