Assessment of Fixation Strategies for Severe Open Tibia Fractures
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Official title
A Prospective Randomized Trial to Assess Fixation Strategies for Severe Open Tibia Fractures:Modern Ring External Fixators Versus Internal Fixation
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to compare the use of modern ring external fixation versus internal fixation for fracture stabilization of severe open tibia fractures.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01494519
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- 442 participants
Conditions and interventions
Interventions
- Surgery with an external ring fixator Procedure
- Definitive fixation with a locked IM nail or plate Procedure
Procedure
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 64 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 2011 (Type not available)
- Primary completion
- Sep 2017 (Actual)
- Completion
- Sep 2018 (Actual)
- Last update posted
- May 26, 2026
2011 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 33
- U.S. states
- 17
- U.S. cities
- 30
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294 | — |
| Naval Medical Center San Diego | San Diego | California | 92134 | — |
| UCSF Medical Center | San Francisco | California | 94115 | — |
| Denver Health and Hospital Authority | Denver | Colorado | 80204 | — |
| University of Miami Ryder Trauma Center | Miami | Florida | 33101 | — |
| Orlando Regional Medical Center | Orlando | Florida | 32806 | — |
| Florida Orthopaedic Institute, Tampa General Hospital | Tampa | Florida | 33606 | — |
| Eskenazi Health | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| OrthoIndy / Methodist Hospital | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| St Vincent Hospital | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46260 | — |
| University of Maryland, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center | Baltimore | Maryland | 21201 | — |
| Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | Bethesda | Maryland | 20889 | — |
| Boston Medical Center | Boston | Massachusetts | 02118 | — |
| Hennepin County Medical Center / Minneapolis | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55415 | — |
| Regions Hospital | Saint Paul | Minnesota | 55101 | — |
| University of Mississippi Medical Center | Jackson | Mississippi | 39216 | — |
| St. Louis Medical Center | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| Mission Hospital | Asheville | North Carolina | 28801 | — |
| Carolinas Medical Center | Charlotte | North Carolina | 28232 | — |
| Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 27157-1070 | — |
| MetroHealth Medical Center | Cleveland | Ohio | 44109 | — |
| Geisinger Health System | Danville | Pennsylvania | 17822 | — |
| Penn State University M.S. Hershey Medical Center | Hershey | Pennsylvania | 17033 | — |
| Allegheny General Hospital | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15212 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37232 | — |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas | Texas | 75390 | — |
| Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | El Paso | Texas | 79905 | — |
| San Antonio Military Medical Center | Fort Sam Houston | Texas | 78234-6315 | — |
| UT Health: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School | Houston | Texas | 77030 | — |
| University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio | San Antonio | Texas | 78229 | — |
| Naval Medical Center Portsmouth | Portsmouth | Virginia | 23708 | — |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison | Wisconsin | 53705 | — |
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- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01494519, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
- What this page does not do
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted May 26, 2026 · Synced Oct 21, 2026
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