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Terminated Not applicable Interventional

Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Versus Open Reduction Internal Fixation of 3&4 Part Proximal Humerus Fractures

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02597972

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Official title

Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Versus Open Reduction Internal Fixation of 3 &Amp; 4-Part Proximal Humerus Fractures: A Randomized Prospective Study

Brief summary

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Will patients who suffer complex humerus fractures have better functional outcomes and less implant failure with shoulder replacement (reverse total shoulder arthroplasty, RTSA) compared to shoulder repair (open reduction and internal fixation, ORIF)?

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT02597972
Recruitment status
Terminated
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Other
Enrollment
3 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
70 Years and older
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
Aug 31, 2015
Primary completion
Dec 16, 2018
Completion
Dec 16, 2018
Last update posted
Jan 26, 2020

2015 – 2018

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Mayo Clinic in Rochester Rochester Minnesota 55905

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