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Clinical Trials/NCT06193330
NCT06193330
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Use of Antibiotics-cement Coated Plate in the Treatment of Gustilo-Anderson Type III Long Bone Fractures in Low- and Middle-income Countries vs External Fixation: A Multi-centre Randomized Control Trial

Oluwasegun Aremu2 sites in 1 country178 target enrollmentStarted: January 1, 2024Last updated:

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Not yet recruiting
Sponsor
Oluwasegun Aremu
Enrollment
178
Locations
2
Primary Endpoint
number of participants with fracture-related infection after 1 year

Overview

Brief Summary

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

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
None

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

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.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

number of participants with fracture-related infection after 1 year

Time Frame: one year

participants will be followed-up for one year and occurrence of infection at any point during this time period will be noted and recorded once

Secondary Outcomes

  • number of participants who require re-operation after one year(one year)
  • number of participants who have fracture union after one year(one year)
  • change in 12-item Short Form Survey (SF-12) score at baseline and at one year follow-up(one year)

Investigators

Sponsor
Oluwasegun Aremu
Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Sponsor Investigator
Principal Investigator

Oluwasegun Aremu

DR

University College Hospital, Ibadan

Study Sites (2)

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