Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01431560
Outcomes of Operative Treatment of Unstable Ankle Fracture - Comparison Between Metallic and Biodegradable Implants
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 109 (actual)
- Sponsor
- National Police Hospital · Other Government
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 16 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purposes of this study are to compare the outcomes of the biodegradable implants for the fixation of ankle fracture and those of metallic implants, and to assess the problems of the biodegradable implants. Null hypothesis is that the clinical outcomes of biodegradable plate and screws for ankle fracture are not different from those of metallic implants.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | fixation of the ankle fracture (Solco ) | fixation with metallic implant |
| DEVICE | fixation of the ankle fracture (Freedom) | fixation with biodegradable implant |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2008-06-01
- Primary completion
- 2010-01-01
- Completion
- 2011-08-01
- First posted
- 2011-09-09
- Last updated
- 2011-09-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: South Korea
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01431560. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.