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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02418260
Date of registration: 08/04/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo
Public title: Surgical Interventions for the Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures
Scientific title: Surgical Interventions for the Treatment of Humeral Shaft Fractures: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
Date of first enrolment: June 2014
Target sample size: 120
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02418260
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Rafael Pierami
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Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Federal University of Sao Paulo
Name:     Rafael Pierami, M.D.
Address: 
Telephone: +5511982325308
Email: rafael_pierami@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Rafael Pierami, M.D.
Address: 
Telephone: +5511982325308
Email: rafael_pierami@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Complete fracture with angulation greater than 20 degrees, rotation greater than 30
degrees and/or shortening greater than 3 cm.

- Fractures located from 4 cm distal to the surgical neck to 2 cm proximal to the end of
the medullary canal.

Exclusion Criteria:

- fractures older than 3 weeks

- pathologic fractures

- fractures with extension to elbow or shoulder joint

- patients with ipsilateral upper extremity fracture or injury

- fractures with associated neurologic injury

- patients with previous pathology of the shoulder, arm or elbow that cause pain or
range of motion limitation

- patients who do not agree with the terms of the study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fracture of Shaft of Humerus
Humerus Fracture
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Open reduction and plate osteosynthesis
Procedure: Bridge Plate osteosynthesis
Procedure: Locked intramedullary nail osteosynthesis
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) [Time Frame: 48 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Time to previous activities return [Time Frame: 48 weeks]
Changes in the Visual Analog Scale for Pain (VAS) [Time Frame: 48 weeks]
Failure (need for aditional surgical procedure) [Time Frame: 48 weeks]
Changes in the Constant-Murley Shoulder Outcome Score [Time Frame: 48 weeks]
Radiographic angular deformity [Time Frame: at 48 weeks]
Complications (nonunion, symptomatic malunion, hardware related issues, shoulder pain, infection, neurological injury and loss of range of motion of shoulder and/or elbow) [Time Frame: 48 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
24997313.8.0000.5505
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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