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Recruiting Not applicable Interventional

Sternal Plating High Risk

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT06660186

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Official title

Randomized Trial of Rigid Plate Fixation Versus Wire Cerclage in High-Risk Sternotomy Patients

Brief summary

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Participants are being invited to participate in a research study at University Hospitals because they have heart disease and are scheduled for open heart surgery. Currently, UH cardiac surgeons close the sternum (or breastbone) after a sternotomy (procedure that allows a doctor to reach the heart and blood vessels) with either a rigid plate fixation Sternal Plate or a Wire Cerclage. However, the study team would like to further evaluate these two techniques. Any volunteer over the age of 18 who is at an increased risk for developing sternal wound complications may be eligible to participate.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT06660186
Recruitment status
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Enrollment
250 participants

Conditions and interventions

Conditions

Interventions

Device

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 89 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
Mar 12, 2026 (Actual)
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2027 (Estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2027 (Estimated)
Last update posted
Apr 30, 2026

2026 – 2027

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University Hospitals Cleveland Ohio 44106 Recruiting

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